3 Kings 7:13
And king Solomon sent, and brought Hiram from Tyre,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Misit quoque rex Salomon, et tulit Hiram de Tyro,
- Septuagint (Swete)
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- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֥ח אֶת חִירָ֖ם מִצֹּֽר
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Origen Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Chapter XXV
It is worth while to enquire how, on the one hand, Solomon the king is said to have built the temple, and on the other the master-builder whom Solomon sent and fetched, “Hiram of Tyre, the son of a woman who was a widow; and he was of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and filled with wisdom and understanding, to work all works in brass; and he was brought in to King Solomon and wrought all his works.” Here I ask whether Solomon can be taken for the first-born of all creation, and Hiram for the man whom he assumed, from the constraint of men, for the word Tyrians means “constrainers”, the man who derived his birth from nature, and being filled with all manner of art and wisdom and understanding, was brought in to cooperate with the first-born of all creation, and to build the temple. …