2 Chronicles 2:11

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.] It is a great mercy of God to any people, that they have good governors; and the contrary. Isa 3:2-4

Related Commentaries of 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 a...
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...
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....
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 th...
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.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-15) Huram’s reply. (Comp. 1 Kings 5:7-9 .)
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 fi...
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 prepa...
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 worsh...
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, a...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Treaty with Hiram. B. C. 1015. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 messa...
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 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 nee...
The Biblical Illustrator

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold. Huram and Solomon Learn from this intercourse-- I. That friendship in life is helpful....
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...
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 Solo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Huram's Kind Answer
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

¹¹ 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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 2:11