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2 Chronicles 2:3

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3 1Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "2As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.
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2 Chronicles 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre
The same with Hiram, ( 1 Kings 5:1 ) and from whence it appears, that Huram first sent a letter to Solomon to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, which is not taken notice of here:

as thou didst deal with my father, and didst send him cedars to
build him an house to dwell therein;
see ( 1 Chronicles 14:1 ) , even so deal with me; which words are a supplement.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:3 In-Context

1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them.
3 Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.
4 "Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on 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 greater is our God than all the gods.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Kings 5:2-11
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 14:1

Footnotes 1

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