Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Ki. 5:17, 18; 2 Sam. 5:11). This art the Hebrews no doubt learned in Egypt (Ex. 1:11, 14), where ruins of temples and palaces fill the traveller with wonder at the present day.