2 Chronicles 2:15

15 "Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of ¹which he has spoken.

2 Chronicles 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:15

Now therefore, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the
wine, which my lord hath spoken of
In his letter to him, ( 2 Chronicles 2:10 ) as for the phrase "my lord", which some think is used, because Hiram was tributary to Solomon, it may only be a respectful way of speaking:

let him send unto his servants;
Hiram accepted thereof as a proper reward for the work of his servants.

2 Chronicles 2:15 In-Context

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

14 the 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.

15 "Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken.

16 "We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem."

17 Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 2:10