Send me now ... — And now send me a wise man, to work in the gold and in the silver (1 Chronicles 22:15; 2 Chronicles 2:13).
And in (the) purple, and crimson, and blue. — No allusion is made to this kind of art in 2 Chronicles 4:11-16, nor in 1 Kings 7:13 seq., which describe only metallurgic works of this master, whose versatile genius might easily be paralleled by famous names of the Renaissance.
Purple (’argĕwân). — Aramaic form. (Heb. ’argâmân, Exodus 25:4.)
Crimson (karmîl). — A word of Persian origin, occurring only here and in 2 Chronicles 2:13, and 2 Chronicles 3:14. (Comp. our word carmine.)
Blue (tĕkçleth). — Dark blue, or violet (Exodus 25:4, and elsewhere.)
Can skill. — Knoweth how.
To grave. — Literally, to carve carvings; whether in wood or stone. (1 Kings 6:29; Zechariah 3:9; Exodus 28:9, on gems.)
With the cunning men. — The Hebrew connects this clause with the infinitive to work at the beginning of the verse. There should be a stop after the words to grave.
Whom David my father did provide (prepared, 1 Chronicles 29:2). — 1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 28:21.