2 Chronicles 2:13

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 Kings 7:14.

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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:...
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...
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....
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:...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of Huram my father's] RM 'even Huram my father': the term 'father 'being a title of honour: cp. Genesis 45:8 . But the whole expression may be a p...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-15) Huram’s reply. (Comp. 1 Kings 5:7-9 .)
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Endued with understanding. — See the same phrase in 1 Chronicles 12:32 . Of Huram my father’s. — Rather, Huram my father — i.e., master, prec...
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

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 fa...
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 archit...
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

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...
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

Huram's Kind Answer
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And now I have sent a cunning man, an artist such as Solomon desired accompanied the embassy to Jerusalem, endued with understanding, of Huram, my f...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 4:16

¹³ And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 2:13