Chronicles II 2:13

13 And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man to Chiram my father

Chronicles II 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding,
&c.] In such things as Solomon required he should, ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 )

of Huram my father's;
a workman of his, whom he employed, and so might be depended upon as a good artificer; though rather Huram is the artificer's name,

and Abi,
we render "my father", his surname, that is, "Huram Abi"; and this is the opinion of several learned men ^F7, and is very probable; for certain it is, that his name was Huram or Hiram, ( 1 Kings 7:13 ) , and so he is called "Huram his father, or Huram Abif", ( 2 Chronicles 4:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Luther. Emanuel Sa, Piscator, Schmidt, Beckius in Targum in loc.

Chronicles II 2:13 In-Context

11 And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made thee king over them.

12 And Chiram said, Blessed the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

13 And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man to Chiram my father

14 (his mother of the daughters of Dan, and his father a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.

15 And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.