HIRAM ~ THE ALLY OF KING SOLOMON

THE KING WHO PURCHASED GOLD FROM HINDUSTAN FOR HIS JEWISH EMPIRE?
A. HIRAM ~ THE ALLY OF KING SOLOMON ..
Hiram,The King of Tyre ~the Venice of the ancient world were Phoenicians. He was a friend and ally of Solomon, who is said to have become king in 1000 B.C. Hiram had already been the friend of David, towards the end of David's reign.
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He renewed travels from the head of the Persian Gulf, as well as the Red Sea , and he reached the gold of Ophir [ present NALLA SOPARA] and the apes and peacocks of India. In return for gold, silver and cedar wood, he not only obtained wheat and oil from Palestine, but new routes to the south and east for his commerce.
It was from Hiram that Solomon borrowed skilled workmen, who brought the materials, wood, stone and metals for the building of the famous temple old Jerusalem