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 supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple. 10Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.” King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.” 12Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 13Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Huramחוּרָםchûrâm · HiramH2361
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in writingכְּתָבkâthâb · writingH3791
• which he sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• Because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath lovedאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• he hath madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:11

• 2 Chronicles 9:8May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”
• Deuteronomy 7:7It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
• 1 Kings 10:9May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”
• Psalms 72:17May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

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