And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Ver. 1. And Hiram.] Called Huram. 2Ch 2:3 Josephus calleth him Irom, and Eupolemus in Eusebius Suron. He was king of Tyre and Sidon also.
For Hiram was ever a lover of David.] A fast friend is a rare bird. Most friends now-a-days are like Joab's dagger, as soon in and as soon out. The love of foster-brothers in Ireland far surpasseth - saith one, a but I believe him not - all the loves of all men. They only love truly that love one another out of a pure heart fervently. 1Pe 1:22 This love lasteth.
a Camden's Elisab., 483.