1 Kings 7:14 (WEB)
He 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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“Our own Bezaleel also and Hiram, the son of a Tyrian woman, are spoken of in scripture as filled with wisdom and the spirit of God because they framed, the one the furniture of the tabernacle, the other that of the temple.” — editor's note: 1 Kings vii. 14. A mistake of Jerome. It was Hiram’s father who was a Tyrian.
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1 Kings 7:14 and 2 Chronicles 2:14 share the same wording (12 words).
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Acts 16:1 takes up the words of 1 Kings 7:14 (8 words in common).