Return Joseph's Bones to Shechem and the Friend Named Hirah

Another interpretation: Joseph said to them, "I adjure you that from the place where you stole me, there you shall return me." And so they did: "And the bones of Joseph they buried in Shechem" (Joshua 24:32). Rabbi Eliezer says: they bring him down from his greatness, as it is said, "And Judah went down." "And he turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah" (Genesis 38:1). The Rabbis say: Hirah is the same Hiram who lived in the days of David, as it is said, "For Hiram was always a lover of David" (1 Kings 5:15) — that man was accustomed to be a lover of this tribe. Rabbi Yehudah bar Simon said: it was a different Hiram. According to the opinion of the Rabbis he lived close to one thousand two hundred years, and according to the opinion of Rabbi Yehudah he lived close to five hundred years.