1 Kings 7:14
Hebrew Text— 1 Kings 7:14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in bronze. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
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He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, and in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze.
He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.
and the forks, the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:
Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.
You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze.
“They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,
“ ‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,
All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
“They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
the pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished bronze.
David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.
There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;
“All this”, David said, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of God’s house. Every willing man who has skill, for any kind of service, shall be with you in all kinds of work. Also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.”
So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which Yahweh’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.
“Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving; and they overlaid them with gold.
Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house:
In Jerusalem, he made devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.
This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.
He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.