2 Chronicles 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. ”

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Josephus and others professed to give Greek versions of the correspondence, which (they said) had taken place between Hiram and Solomon. No value attaches to those letters, which are evidently forg...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Preparations for the Building of the Temple (see notes on 1 Kings 5:5-18 ). Though the general narrative in the parallel passages is the same, the Chronicler's account varies in detail sufficientl...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Answered in writing - Though correspondence among...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Then Huram the king ... answered in writing,...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Negotiations with Hiram This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5 , with some differences in numbers, names, and expressions.
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Answered in writing. — Said in a letter. This seems to imply that Solomon’s message had been orally delivered. Because the Lord hath loved his people. — So 2 Chronicles 9:8 ; 1 Kings 10:9 ....
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a c...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The king's devotion to the highest work of his life was, however, unhindered, and the second chapter gives us the story of how he commenced his preparations for doing that work by new commercial trea...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought that Hiram was one of that class of people, who were Proselytes to the Jewish religion. There were same who were permitted to worship in the gates, or outer courts of Israel. But I...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon ,.... In which letter he told him he had considered the contents of his, and would grant him all that he desired, see 1 Kin...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Ver. 11. Because the Lord hath loved his people...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Huram answered, Because the Lord loved his people , &c. Thus he congratulates the happiness of Israel in having such a king as Solomon was. And certainly a wise and good government is a great bl...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SOLOMON'S REQUEST FROM HIRAM (vv.1-10). As the Lord had foretold to David, He worked upon Solomon's heart to make him determine to build both a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Treaty with Hiram. B. C. 1015. 11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in wr...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 1 Kings 5 . It comprises preparations for building the temple ( 2 Chronicles 2:1-2 ); Solomon’s message to Huram ( 2 Chronicles 2:3-10 ); Huram’s reply...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:1 . A house. The word temple among the Jews, gradually obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord. Solomon’s predestined work Solomon was born to do this work. There is no need for the rose to say, “Now I am going to be beaut...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Chronicles 2:1 In the Hebrew text this verse stands as the last of 2 Chronicles 1:1-14 . Determined . The Hebrew word is the ordinary word for "said;" as, e.g; in the expre...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Huram, the king of Tyre, having received Solomon's message delivered to him in the form of a letter, answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved His people, He ha...
2 Chronicles 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 10:9 ; 2 Chronicles 9:8 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Deuteronomy 7:8 ; Psalms 72:17

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge