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 Living Translation (NLT)King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king!

Context of 2 Chronicles 2:11

9to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 10And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 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. 12Hiram also said: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal house for himself! 13And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram my master craftsman

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 9:8Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
• Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
• 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
• Psalms 72:17His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall 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
• 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