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FREEMASONEY ILLUSTRATED . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number for the 13 th Jan ., I find at page ' 50 the following passage :: — '' From this city , with materials to assist King Solomon in erecting his temple , came , by order of his sovereign master , * ' Hiram Abif . ' King Hiram calls him 'Huram Abi / which is an evidence of his high standing at Tyre ; for the title of < ' or father , was , among the Hebrews , bestowed as a title of honour or dignity : thus ' Hiram Abif * means in Hebrew ' Hiram my father . " Interesting as the article " Freemasonry Illustrated " is , in which the foregoing paragraph appears , it is spoiled by the incorrectness of the rendering of the Hebrew words " Hiram , " or " Huram Abif , " as " Hiram , my father . " Let us consult the original Hebrew , and see how the matter stands . The first
[ The Editor does not hold himself / responsible for any opinions entertained iy Correspondents . ] '
THE MASONIC CHARITIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —I have the pleasure to inform you of the result of the observations regarding the want of support to the Masonic charities , " especially the Annuity Fund , " which were made by the Secretary of the Romford Lodge on Thursday , the 28 th inst . It was resolved unanimously that the Lodge of Hope and Unity , No . 259 , held at Romford , Essex , do subscribe for the future the sum of one guinea to each of the Masonic charities . —Yours fraternally , . Frederick Adlard , February 5 , 1858 . Treasurer , No . 259 .
mention of Hiram , the architect , occurs in 1 Kings vii . 13-14 : — And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre . He was a widow ' s son , of the tribe of Napthali , and bis father was a man of Tyre , a worker in brass , " & c . & c . Hiram is next mentioned twice in the 40 th verse of the seventh chapter , and again once in the 45 th verse .
Thus we find Hiram s name four times in the Book of Kings , without any mention of the term "Abif . " In Chronicles we find the name is written " Huram , " and the architect is first spoken of , but not by name , in the 2 nd 5 ook , second chapter , and 13 th verse : — "And now I have sent a cunning man , endued with understanding of Hiram my
father ' s . '' In the Hebrew text , the word rendered " my fathers / is in English letters , " Abi . " Continuing the quotation in the 14 th verse , —" The son . of a woman of the daughters of Dan , and his father was a man of Tyre , skilful to work in gold and in silver / ' & c . & c .
In the fourth chapter , 11 th verse , the architect is spoken of by name twice , and in the 16 th verse we read—" All their instruments did Huram his father make for
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C 0 ERE 8 P 0 NI > E ^ CE .
FREEMASONEY ILLUSTRATED . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number for the 13 th Jan ., I find at page ' 50 the following passage :: — '' From this city , with materials to assist King Solomon in erecting his temple , came , by order of his sovereign master , * ' Hiram Abif . ' King Hiram calls him 'Huram Abi / which is an evidence of his high standing at Tyre ; for the title of < ' or father , was , among the Hebrews , bestowed as a title of honour or dignity : thus ' Hiram Abif * means in Hebrew ' Hiram my father . " Interesting as the article " Freemasonry Illustrated " is , in which the foregoing paragraph appears , it is spoiled by the incorrectness of the rendering of the Hebrew words " Hiram , " or " Huram Abif , " as " Hiram , my father . " Let us consult the original Hebrew , and see how the matter stands . The first
[ The Editor does not hold himself / responsible for any opinions entertained iy Correspondents . ] '
THE MASONIC CHARITIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —I have the pleasure to inform you of the result of the observations regarding the want of support to the Masonic charities , " especially the Annuity Fund , " which were made by the Secretary of the Romford Lodge on Thursday , the 28 th inst . It was resolved unanimously that the Lodge of Hope and Unity , No . 259 , held at Romford , Essex , do subscribe for the future the sum of one guinea to each of the Masonic charities . —Yours fraternally , . Frederick Adlard , February 5 , 1858 . Treasurer , No . 259 .
mention of Hiram , the architect , occurs in 1 Kings vii . 13-14 : — And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre . He was a widow ' s son , of the tribe of Napthali , and bis father was a man of Tyre , a worker in brass , " & c . & c . Hiram is next mentioned twice in the 40 th verse of the seventh chapter , and again once in the 45 th verse .
Thus we find Hiram s name four times in the Book of Kings , without any mention of the term "Abif . " In Chronicles we find the name is written " Huram , " and the architect is first spoken of , but not by name , in the 2 nd 5 ook , second chapter , and 13 th verse : — "And now I have sent a cunning man , endued with understanding of Hiram my
father ' s . '' In the Hebrew text , the word rendered " my fathers / is in English letters , " Abi . " Continuing the quotation in the 14 th verse , —" The son . of a woman of the daughters of Dan , and his father was a man of Tyre , skilful to work in gold and in silver / ' & c . & c .
In the fourth chapter , 11 th verse , the architect is spoken of by name twice , and in the 16 th verse we read—" All their instruments did Huram his father make for