2 Chronicles 2:4-14

4 "Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, ¹to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out ²the showbread continually, and to offer ³burnt offerings morning and evening, ⁴on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God, this being required forever in Israel.

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for ⁵greater is our God than all the gods.

6 "But ⁶who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except * to ^[a]burn incense before Him?

7 "Now ⁷send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men ^[b]⁸whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

8 "⁹Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed ¹⁰my servants will work with your servants,

9 to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

10 "Now behold, ¹¹I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 * kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 * kors of barley, and 20,000 * baths of wine and 20,000 * baths of oil."

Huram to Assist

11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: "¹²Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them."

12 Then Huram continued, "Blessed be ¹³the LORD, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, ¹⁴who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

13 "Now I am sending Huram-abi *, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

14 ¹⁵the son of a Danite * woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father.

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2 Chronicles 2:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 2

Solomon intending to build a temple for God, and a palace for himself, sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, to furnish him with materials and workmen, 2Ch 2:1-10, to which Hiram returned an agreeable answer, 2Ch 2:11-16, and for this service Solomon numbered all the strangers in Israel, 2Ch 2:17,18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. Exodus 30:7
2. Exodus 25:30
3. Exodus 29:38-42
4. Numbers 28:9, 10
5. Exodus 15:11; 1 Chronicles 16:25
6. 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18
7. Exodus 31:3-5; 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14
8. 1 Chronicles 22:15
9. 1 Kings 5:6
10. 2 Chronicles 9:10, 11
11. 1 Kings 5:11
12. 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Chronicles 9:8
13. Psalms 33:6; Psalms 102:25
14. 2 Chronicles 2:1
15. 1 Kings 7:14

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "offer up in smoke"
[b]. Lit "who are with me"
[c]. I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
[d]. I.e. One kor equals approx 10 bu
[e]. Lit "said...and he sent"
[f]. Lit "said"
[g]. Lit "knowing discretion"
[h]. Lit "house for his royalty"
[i]. Lit "knowing understanding"
[j]. Lit "a woman of the daughters of Dan"
[k]. Lit "whose father is a Tyrian man"
[l]. Lit "devise any device"
[m]. Lit "skilled men"