2 Chronicles 2:11

2 Chronicles 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, "Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 2:11

9to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. 10Now behold, I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.” 12Then Huram continued, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the Lord and a royal palace for himself. 13“Now then, I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

2 Chronicles 2:11 word by word

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר חוּרָ֤ם מֶֽלֶךְ־צֹר֙ בִּכְתָ֔ב וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ נְתָנְךָ֥ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Then Huramחוּרָםchûrâm · HiramH2361
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in a letterכְּתָבkâthâb · writingH3791
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• Because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• lovesאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• His peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• He has madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:11

• 2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your God; because your God loved Israel, establishing them forever, He made you king over them, to carry out justice and righteousness.”
• Deuteronomy 7:7“The Lord did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples,
• 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you to put you on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loves Israel forever, He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
• Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; May his name produce descendants as long as the sun shines; And may people wish blessings on themselves by him; May all nations call him blessed.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Answered in writing - Though correspondence among persons of distinction was, in these early times, carried on by confidential messengers, yet we find that epistolary correspondence did exist, and that kings could write and read in what were called by the proud and insolent Greeks and Romans barbarous nations. Nearly two thousand years after this we find a king on the British throne who could not sign his own name. About the year of our Lord 700, Withred…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Josephus 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 forgeries. Because the Lord hath loved his people - Compare the marginal references. The neighboring sovereigns, in their communications with the Jewish monarchs, seem to have adopted the Jewish name for the Supreme Being (Yahweh), either identifying Him (as did…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Because the Lord hath loved his people, &c.--This pious language creates a presumption that Huram might have attained some knowledge of the true religion from his long familiar intercourse with David. But the presumption, however pleasing, may be delusive (see on 1Ki 5:7).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 2:11

• Hiram
• King
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Tyre
• Tyre, Tyrians
• Cut
• Graving
• Huram
• Silver
• Temple
• earth, land

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings