Hiram Abiff

Hiram Hiram Abiff was Abif or after an allegory of the Freemasons, the architect of the Temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem.

History

The historic temple of Solomon was built around 988 BC on the Temple Mount. The Bible, King Hiram I 've sent men to the building material and construction of the temple.

2 Chronicles 2 refers to a formal request of Solomon to King Hiram I ( Tyros ) for workers and materials; King Hiram answered this by posting of Hiram Abi, " the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan. And his father was a man of Tyre. "

The phrase " my father Hiram " is in Hebrew Hiram avi; from which the roll origin of the legend figure Hiram Abif would be explainable.

Hiram Abif is referred to by Freemasons as the widow's son.

After the Masonic allegory Hiram Abif was murdered by three fellows who had attacked him, to learn the secret that wore this builder with it. The secret is to never have been revealed: Hiram Abifs body was hidden by the legend outside the city walls, where he remained until King Solomon auffand these and buried.

At Hiram Abifs death is remembered in various Masonic rituals. History is the Hiramlegende that appears in the Third Degree of Freemasonry, even at the Futuwwa frets ( cf. men Bund) is using, instead of Hiram Ali " Caliph " occurs, which was slain by some Kharijites and which is a reflection of a historical event and a key point of the ritual of Ismaili brotherhood is. The oldest recorded branch of the Islamic male bonding is the 'al- Banna ', the Order of the builder ( the Arabic word for Maurer is also ' banna '). The founder of the 'al- Banna' - Order, which arose in the context of the Sunnis, was Maaruf Karkhi († 815), who was adored by his family as King Solomon.