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 brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
The setting
Tyre, Lebanon, ~960 BC. A skilled craftsman with mixed Jewish-Phoenician heritage receives the call to work on God's temple...
The emotion here: amazed at God's choice of unlikely craftsman
The original word
chokhmah (חָכְמָה) — skill that comes from God, not just human training
Why it matters
Mixed marriages were common in border regions, creating people with dual cultural expertise
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Kings 7:14
Hiram's mixed heritage wasn't a disqualification - it was exactly what God needed for this job
Common misconceptionPeople think only 'pure' Israelites could work on the temple, but God chose someone with international heritage and skills.
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Bible Genome reading
1 Kings 7:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Kings 7:14 comes from the book of 1 Kings, written during the United Kingdom period. The setting is the Temple. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include craftsmanship, temple construction. Notable phrases: filled with wisdom and understanding.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same worship
“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
— Deuteronomy 6:4
“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
— Deuteronomy 6:5
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
— John 14:6
“Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."”
— John 8:58
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