2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Huram	חוּרָם֒ chu.Ram	H2361	Churam · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּאמֶר֮ vai.yo.Mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Blessed	בָּר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh	H1288	to kneel · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
made	עָשָׂ֔ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
given	נָתַן֩ na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
David	לְדָוִ֨יד le.da.Vid	H1732	David · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wise	חָכָ֗ם cha.Kham	H2450	wise · adjective, masculine singular absolute
son	בֵּ֣ן ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
endued	יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ yo.De.a'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
prudence	שֵׂ֣כֶל Se.khel	H7922	intelligence · noun, common masculine singular absolute
understanding	וּבִינָ֔ה u.vi.Nah	H998	understanding · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
build	יִבְנֶה yiv.neh-	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	בַּ֙יִת֙ ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
house	וּבַ֖יִת u.Va.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
kingdom	לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ le.mal.khu.To	H4438	a rule · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by t…
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were cre…
Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath giv…
1 Chronicles 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bow…
2 Chronicles 1:10-12 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles 2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:11–end

Here we have, I. The return which Huram made to Solomon's embassy, in which he shows a great respect for Solomon and a readiness to serve him. Meaner people may learn of these great ones to be neighbourly and complaisant. 1. He congratulates Israel on having such a king as Solomon was (Ch2 2:11): Because the Lord loved his people, he has made thee king. Note, A wise and good government is a great blessing to a people, and may well be accounted a singular token of God's favour. He does not say, Because he loved thee (though that was true, Sa2 12:24) he made thee king, but because he loved his people. Princes must look upon themselves as preferred for the public good, not for their own persona…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:11

HURAM'S KIND ANSWER. (Ch2 2:11-18) 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 Kg1 5:7).

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:11

Answered 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, king of Kent, thus concludes a charter to secure the liberties of the Church: Ego Wythredus rex Cantiae haec omnia suprascripta et confirmavi, atque, a me dictata propria manu signum sanctae crucis pro ignorantia literarum espressi; "All th…

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John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram said, moreover, blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth,.... Huram seems to have had some good notions of the divine Being, not only as the God of the people of Israel, in a peculiar sense, but as the Former and Maker of all things: who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding; see 1 Kings 5:7. that might build an house for the Lord, and for his kingdom; as in 2 Chronicles 2:1.

Dictionary and topics

Huram — (noble born).
Earth · CREATED BY GOD — CREATED BY GOD
Hiram · .Helps — .Helps
King · 22:10; — 22:10;
Palaces · Of kings: Called the house of the kingdom — Of kings: Called the house of the kingdom
Prudence · Exemplified: Solomon — Exemplified: Solomon
Tyre · the temple and his — the temple and his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:11

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:12

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 2:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:11

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:12

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 2:8

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 2:12