11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
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He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-22)We have here such a summary both of the brass-work and the gold-work of the temple as we had before (1 Kgs. 7:13-51), in which we have nothing more to observe than, 1. That Huram the workman was very punctual: He finished all that he was to make (2 Chron. 4:11), and left no part of his work undone. Huram, his father , he is called, 2 Chron. 4:16. Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was…
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