He was the son of a widowed woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a Tyrian man, a worker in copper; and he was full of the wisdom and the understanding and the knowledge for doing every sort of work in copper.
Ia putra seorang janda dari suku Naftali, dan bapaknya orang Tirus, seorang tukang tembaga; dan ia penuh dengan hikmat dan pengertian serta pengetahuan untuk mengerjakan segala macam pekerjaan tembaga.