And Hiram king of Tyre sent servants unto Solomon
 His ambassadors, to condole him on the death of his father, and congratulate him on his accession to the throne; this king is called by the Phoenician historians F19 Hirom, and by Eupolemus F20 Suron, as he is Huram in ( 2 Chronicles 2:3 ) ; and by Theophilus of Antioch F21 Hierom the son of Abelmalus, in the twelfth year of whose reign the temple was built: 
 for he had heard that they had anointed him, king in the room of his
 father;
 that the Israelites had anointed him king: 
 for Hiram was ever a lover of David;
 a friend and ally of his; and we never read of the Tyrians being at war with him, or assisting any of his enemies.