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

9An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent. 10In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.” King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king! 12Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself. 13“I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram-abi, who is extremely talented.

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 9:8Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
• Deuteronomy 7:7“The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
• 1 Kings 10:9Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
• Psalms 72:17May the king’s name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.

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