2 Chronicles 2:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, ”

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Huram my father’s - A wrong translation. Huram here is the workman sent by the king of Tyre and not the king of Tyre’s father (see 1 Kings 5:1 note). The words in the original are Huram Abi,...
2 Chronicles 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, I have sent a cunning man - His name appears to have been Hiram, or Hiram Abi: see the notes on 1 Kings 7:13 , 1...
2 Chronicles 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And now I have sent a cunning man, &c.— Therefore I have sent unto thee a man of understanding, whom my father Huram had for his instructor. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, Solomon, being ap...
2 Chronicles 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, I have sent a cunning man - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:13-51 .)
2 Chronicles 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-15) Huram’s reply. (Comp. 1 Kings 5:7-9 .)
2 Chronicles 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding ,.... 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 s...
2 Chronicles 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, Ver. 13. Of Huram my father, ] i.e., His servant and architect. The Vulgate hath it, Hiram my father, i.e.,...
2 Chronicles 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Who was my father's chief workman. Or, Huram Abi , a man so called; the prefix lamed being here only a note of the accusative case. See more on 2 Chronicles 4:16 .
2 Chronicles 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Huram's Kind Answer
2 Chronicles 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 4:16

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge