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Soiomon and Hiram, While Hiram was sending cedars and marbles and skilled workmen to David ami Solomon, he did not neglect the , floats of them, and to sail to what place adornment of his own island city. He soever of thy country thou shalt desire, was a great builder on his own account, and leave them there, after wcich thv and did more than anv other prince give to Tyre that “perfection of beauty” of .which the prophet Ezekiel speaks. He rebuilt witn very great magnif icence the temple of Baal at Melkarth, and m.ide it what it was when Herodotus visited it; he constructed an artifici, mole to connect the islet, where the tem ple stood, with the rocK of Tyre, and sur- walls that enabled the city to withstand so many sieges. He also built a verv magnificent palace for himself within the city walls. We may form some idea of what Hi ram p pidace was like by .'■eading the description in the seco.id hook of Kings, and in Josephus’ Antiquities of Solo mon s house of the forest of Lebanon,” which, being the work of artists sent to -Jerusalem by Hiram, was probably con structed after T}’rian models. Josephus tells us that Solomon's palace was a very spacious building, constructed to contain a great muUitude. It was surrounded by open courts, and was approached through porches of great beauty—“the porch of pillars and the porch of judgement,” covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. The roof was sup ported by cedar pillars, and the walls built of precious marble arranged in rows; the fourth row being adorned with scidptures, “where’’-y were repres ented trees and all sorts of plants, with the shades that arose from their branches and leaves that hung down from them. Those trees and plants covered the stone that was beneath them, and their leaves were wrought so prodgiously thin and subtle that you would think they were in motion, but the other part up to the roof was p'astered over, and, as it were, embroidered with color or pictures.” Hiram’s affections for Davil descended to his son Solomon. As soon as he heard of Solomon’s accession to the throne, he gent an embassy to congratulate him and take part in the ceremony of his corona tion, The Jewish king acknowledged the attention by sending a letter in liis own hand-writing to his brother mon arch. This letter, and a copy of Hiram's re ply to it, were kept among the Tyrian records for several hundred years, and were still in existence at Tyre in Jose phus' time, who gives a somewhat longer version of them than is found in the Book of Kings. 'SOLOMON TO KING IIISAM. “Know thou that my father would have built a temple to God, but was hindered by wars and continual e.xpedi- fions, for he did not leave off to over throw bis enemies till they were all sub ject to tribute ; bat I give thanks to God for the peace I at present enjoy ; and on that account I am at leisure, and design to build a house to God ; for God foretold to my father that such a house should be built by me. Wherefore I desire thee to send some of thy subjects with mine to Ijebanon, to cut down timber, for the Sidonians are more skillful than our peo ple in cutting of wood. As for wages to the hewers of wood, I shall pay whatso ever price thou shalt demand.” HIRAM TO KING SO.LOMON. “It is fit to feiess God when He hath ■committed thy .fathers government to thee, who art a wise man and endowed with all virtues. As for me, I rejoice in the condition thou art in, and will be subservient to thee in all that thou send subjects may carry them to Jerusalem; but do thou take care to procure us corn for this timber, which we stand in need of, because we inhabit an i.^land.” In accordance with this proposition, Solomon fixed on the sea-port of Joppa, which was seventy four miles to Tyre and thirty-two from Jerusalem, as the spot to which the Tyrian sailors were to bring of his subjects. Strabo says it was re ported in his time-tliat the towers of Je- rujalem could be seen from the higli hill on which Joppa stood. It is hai-dly probable that the towers could actually be seen, y§t that such an idea should ex ist enables us to realize the shortness of the distance between Jerusalem and Jofipa, and the ease with which commu nication between Tyr|> and Solomon's oajiital might be carried on. Ancient writers tell us that, after the first ex change of letters, a very constant inter course existed between the two kings. Solomon is said to have paid Hiram a visit at Tyre, and to have worshipped in the great temple of Baal at Melcartlj— curious, r.o doubt, to compare the works which Hiram was carrying on there with his own temple and the cedar lioiise then growing up at Jerusalem under the hands of Tyrian artists. When the two kings were apart tliey kept up tlieir friendshiji by a li-eqiient intercliange of letters containing riddles and dark say ings, e.ach king having promised to pay a forfeit for every riddle he could not solve. For a long time the victory was uniformly on Solomon s side ; neitt-er Hiram nor any of his sages could fathom the preb eras he sent, while Solomon never failed to return ready answers to all of theirs. At length Hiram found a very clever Syrian youth callei! 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I similatcs so closely to llie such IS Its liberality and catholicity of spirit i . . . that it is snccessfnllj reaching out in all di- plietl him with qnei les which puzzled the |rection.s ami among all denominations of the Jewish sage hiraselh j State, and wherever it has appeared is received Arabian writers have preserved many ! with nuexceptionablelieaitlness and approval, riddles and dark sayings attributed to | One of Hie features of the Cmb-ai! /VftoAmt Solomon, some of which, no doubt, have ' . Ti ^ 1 brevity and spiciness of its articles, on witicli a strong likeness to the questions that , account the leading newspaper man of the Hiram and the Tyrian wise men ponder- , state pronounces it superior to ail others, ed over. 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