Hiram, King of Tyre


Said to have been born in 989 BC and to have ruled Tyre from 970 BC until 936 BC.

Info from phoenicia.org/temple.htm on 17 Dec 2007


Hiram, King of Tyre is considered in Masonic Legend to have been one of the Three Grand Masters involved in the construction of King Solomon's Temple

Hiram, King of Tyre is said to have sent King Solomon a cunning worker named Hiram Abif since the Israelites knew almost nothing about constructing anything.