"Huram my father's" — This is a wrong translation. Huram here is the workman sent by the king of Tyre, not the king of Tyre’s father (see th…

Huram’s reply. (Compare to 1 Kings 5:7–9)

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding ,
&c.] In such things as Solomon required he should, ([…

Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile sup…