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Verse 2 Chronicles 2:13. _I HAVE SENT A CONNING MAN_] His name appears
to have been _Hiram_, or _Hiram Abi_: see the notes on 1 Kings
7:13-11....
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OF HURAM MY FATHER’S - A wrong translation. Huram here is the
workman sent by the king of Tyre and not the king of Tyre’s father
(see 1 Kings 5:1 note). The words in the original are Huram Abi, and
th...
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2. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
The Beginning and Appeal to Huram
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. Solomon's purpose (2 Chronicles 2:1)_
2. The workmen (2 Chronicles 2:2)
3. The message to Huram, King of Tyre ...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings
5:5). Though the general narrative in the parallel passages is the
same, the Chronicler's account varies in detail sufficiently from t...
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_I have sent_ According to 1 Kings 7:13 Solomon himself sent and
fetched Hiram the artificer.
_of Huram my father's_) Better as R.V. mg., EVEN HURAM MY FATHER.
Huram the king calls Huram the artifice...
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AND NOW I HAVE SENT A CUNNING MAN, &C.— _Therefore I have sent unto
thee a man of understanding, whom my father Huram had for his
instructor._ Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, Solomon, being appointed to...
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2. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE (Chapter 2)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 2:1. Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name
of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. 2. And Solomon counted out
threescore and...
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_AND NOW I HAVE SENT A CUNNING MAN, ENDUED WITH UNDERSTANDING, OF
HURAM MY FATHER'S,_
I have sent a cunning man - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:13.)...
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2:13 Abi, (h-12) Or 'of Huram my father;' and so ch. 4.16....
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SOLOMON'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIRAM
This chapter substantially reproduces 1 Kings 5, with some differences
in numbers, names, and expressions....
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OF HURAM MY FATHER'S] RM 'even Huram my father': the term 'father
'being a title of honour: cp. Genesis 45:8. But the whole expression
may be a proper name, 'Huram Abi'; and so in 2 Chronicles 4:16....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 2
PREPARATIONS FOR THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 2:1-18
V1 Solomo
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(11-15) Huram’s reply. (Comp. 1 Kings 5:7.)...
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ENDUED WITH UNDERSTANDING. — See the same phrase in 1 Chronicles
12:32.
OF HURAM MY FATHER’S. — Rather, _Huram my father_ — i.e.,
master, preceptor, as in 2 Chronicles 4:16, where Huram is called the...
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SOLOMON
THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same
principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of
the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
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The king's devotion to the highest work of his life was, however,
unhindered, and the second chapter gives us the story of how he
commenced his preparations for doing that work by new commercial
treat...
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_Father. Hebrew Abi, is considered by some as the surname of Hiram.
(Pagnin, &c.) --- But he might have that title in consideration of his
great skill, as Solomon gives it him, chap. iv. 16. We use ma...
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Some have thought that Hiram was one of that class of people, who were
Proselytes to the Jewish religion. There were same who were permitted
to worship in the gates, or outer courts of Israel. But I d...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7.
Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should
be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to
Him...
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AND NOW I HAVE SENT A CUNNING MAN, ENDUED WITH UNDERSTANDING,.... In
such things as Solomon required he should, 2 Chronicles 2:7
OF HURAM MY FATHER'S; a workman of his, whom he employed, and so might...
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And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram
my father's,
Ver. 13. _Of Huram my father,_] _i.e., _ His servant and architect.
The Vulgate hath it, Hiram my father, _i.e., _...
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1 and
17 Solomons labourers for the building of the Temple.
3 His embassage to Huram for workemen and prouision of stuffe.
11 Huram sendeth him a kinde answere.
1 AND Solomon determined to build a...
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And now I have sent a cunning man, an artist such as Solomon desired
accompanied the embassy to Jerusalem, ENDUED WITH UNDERSTANDING, OF
HURAM, MY FATHER'S, the master's name itself being Huram, like...
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Huram's Kind Answer...
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SOLOMON'S REQUEST FROM HIRAM
(vv.1-10).
As the Lord had foretold to David, He worked upon Solomon's heart to
make him determine to build both a temple for the Lord and a royal
house for himself (v.1...
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i.e. Who was my father's chief workman. Or, _Huram Abi_, a man so
called; the prefix _lamed_ being here only a note of the accusative
case. See more on 2 CHRONICLES 4:16....
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2 Chronicles 2:13 sent H7971 (H8804) skillful H2450 man H376 endowed
H3045 (H8802) understanding H998 Huram H236
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CONTENTS: Preparation to build the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram, King of Tyre.
CONCLUSION: (2 Chronicles 2:4-6) It becomes us to go about every work
for God with a due sense of our utter...
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2 Chronicles 2:1. _A house._ The word temple among the Jews, gradually
obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built
temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose to...
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_Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold._
HURAM AND SOLOMON
Learn from this intercourse--
I. That friendship in life is helpful.
II. That co-operation among men is desirable.
III. Th...
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_And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord._
SOLOMON’S PREDESTINED WORK
Solomon was born to do this work. There is no need for the rose to
say, “Now I am going to be beautiful...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 2:11 In his reply to Solomon,
Hiram, though a Gentile, acknowledges Yahweh as Creator.
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds with 1 Kings 5. It comprises
preparations for building the temple (2 Chronicles 2:1); Solomon’s
message to Huram (2 Chronicles 2:3); Huram’s reply ...
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EXPOSITION
2 CHRONICLES 2:1
In the Hebrew text this verse stands as the last of 2 Chronicles 1:1.
DETERMINED. The Hebrew word is the ordinary word for "said;" as, _e.g;
_in the expression of such fre...
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Now Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and
a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out [or counted out] seventy
thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to cu...
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2 Chronicles 4:16...