Tree of Life Version
2 Chronicles 2:11
11Then Huram continued, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth. He gave King David a wise son, endowed with insight and understanding, who will build a House for Adonai and a royal house for himself.
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
9Now, behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,000 measures of ground wheat, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 vats of wine and 20,000 vats of oil.” 10Then King Huram of Tyre, replied in a letter that he sent to Solomon, “Because Adonai loves His people, He has made you king over them.” Then Huram continued, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth. He gave King David a wise son, endowed with insight and understanding, who will build a House for Adonai and a royal house for himself. 12So now I am sending Huram-abi—a skilled man endowed with understanding 13who is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan and whose father was a man from Tyre—a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, in purple and blue, fine linen and crimson, and to engrave all kinds of engraving, and who can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled men and with the skilled men of my lord David your father.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 22 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 Adonai your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king before Adonai your God. Because your God loved Israel, establishing them forever, He made you king over them to execute justice and righteousness.”
- Deuteronomy 7:7“It is not because you are more numerous than all the peoples that Adonai set His love on you and chose you—for you are the least of all peoples.
- 1 Kings 10:9Blessed be Adonai your God, who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. It is because of Adonai’s everlasting love for Israel that He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
- Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever. May his name increase before the sun, and may all nations be blessed by him and 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
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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
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