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    Hiram I of Tyre: Ally and Potential Facilitator of Solomon's Golden Age. Hiram I, king of Tyre, ruled a powerful Phoenician city-state during the 10th century BCE. The exact dates of his reign are debated by scholars, with estimates placing it between 980 and 947 BCE. His reign coincided with the rise of the United Kingdom of Israel under King ...

  2. Hiram, king of Tyre (reigned 969–936), furnished building materials for Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem (10th century), and the notorious Jezebel, wife of King Ahab, was the daughter of Ethbaal, “king of Tyre and Sidon.”. In the 10th and 9th centuries Tyre probably enjoyed some primacy over the other cities of Phoenicia and was ruled by ...

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  3. Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Three people in the Bible were named Hiram, and two of them were associated with Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city-state on the Mediterranean coast. In some cases, Huram is a variant used for the name Hiram. Hiram in Hebrew and its variant Huram both mean “brother of the exalted.”. The first Hiram was the king of Tyre who reigned ...

  4. Aug 26, 2020 · King Hiram was a wealthy and powerful ruler of Tyre, one of several city states that formed the confederation of Phoenicia. King Hiram formed a beneficial a...

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  5. Hiram I (Phoenician: 𐤇𐤓𐤌 Ḥirōm "my brother is exalted", Hebrew: חירם Ḥīrām, Modern Arabic: حيرام, also called Hirom or Huram) was the Phoenician king of Tyre according to the Hebrew Bible. His regnal years have been calculated by some as 980 to 947 BC, in succession to his father, Abibaal.

  6. May 21, 2018 · Hiram in the Bible, name of a king of Tyre, who supplied many of the building materials for Solomon's Temple. Hiram is also the name of a skilled worker in the building of the Temple of Solomon, a figure in the legends of freemasonry. Hiram (hī´rəm). 1 In the Bible, king of Tyre, c.969–936 BC, a friend of David and Solomon.

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › King_of_TyreKing of Tyre - Wikipedia

    King of Tyre. The King of Tyre was the ruler of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. The traditional list of 12 kings, with reigns dated to 990–785 BC, is derived from the lost history of Menander of Ephesus as quoted by Josephus in Against Apion I. 116–127. [1] Josephus asserts that Menander had drawn his list from the ...