2 Chronicles 2:13-14

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

14 ¹the 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.

2 Chronicles 2:13-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 7:14

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "knowing understanding"
• [b] Lit "a woman of the daughters of Dan"
• [c] Lit "whose father is a Tyrian man"
• [d] Lit "devise any device"
• [e] Lit "skilled men"