Two towering mountain ranges ran within lebanons borders, and on their slopes grew thick forests of cedars. Hiram maintained friendly relations with israel, supplying solomon with men and materials for the construction of the temple at jerusalem and cooperating with him in. After 20 years of building, solomon gave 20 towns in galilee to hiram, king of tyre. He had earlier provided building materials and workers for david to build his palace 2 sam. After david had conquered jerusalem, hiram sent him cedarwood and carpenters and masons so that he might. Later, when solomon succeeded his father david as king, king hiram continued his alliance with palestine. Hiram, also called huram, or ahiram, phoenician king of tyre reigned 969936 bc, who appears in the bible as an ally of the israelite kings david and.
Under his reign, tyre became an important phoenician city and a large trading empire. It has been conjectured that hiram had hoped for the noble bay of acco or ptolemais milman, rawlinson, but surely he had seaboard enough already. His regnal years have been calculated by some as 980 to 947 bc, in succession to his. And hiram came out from tyre to see the cities which solomon had given him. Hiram king of tyre britannica encyclopedia britannica.
Map of ancient israel chabulon bible history online. Hiram was succeeded as king of tyre by his son baaleser i. Tyre map of ancient israel old testament maps bible history. The old testament tells us that hiram was a friend and business associate of david, solomons father. Hiram king tyre grand lodge we are a privileged group of men who at some period in our lives either knew, or were introduced to, a. Hiram king tyre grand lodge we are a privileged group of men who at some period in our lives either knew, or were introduced to, a brother. Tyre was an important port city on the mediterranean sea north of israel. Posts about map of solomons territory written by atozmom. All of the cedar and pine for the original temple in jerusalem came from tyre 1 kings 5. King hiram of tyre sent cedar lumber, carpenters, and stonemasons to help david build his palace in jerusalem palestine 2 samuel 5. Solomon and hiram shared in trade with india and the mediterranean, and hiram sent much material for the temple. His regnal years have been calculated by some as 980 to 947 bc, in succession to his father, abibaal.
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