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1 Kings 7:40

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Hiram made the basins, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he worked for king Solomon in the house of Yahweh:

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The Kingdom of David and SolomonThe united kingdom of Israel at its height under kings David and Solomon.

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Tyre was Hiram’s Phoenician home, while the Jordan plain near Succoth supplied the casting site for temple bronze. The Most Holy Place belonged to

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1 Kings 7:40 mentions Hall of Judgment, Hall of Pillars, Hall of the Throne, House of the Forest of Lebanon, Jordan, Most Holy Place, Succoth and Tyre.

Jordan · Bill Rice
Tyre · Vyacheslav Argenberg

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