2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Huram	חוּרָ֥ם chu.Ram	H2361	Churam · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Tyre	צֹ֖ר tzor	H6865	Tsor · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
deal	עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ 'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֣יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֔י 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
send	וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח va.tish.lach-	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
cedars	אֲרָזִ֔ים 'a.ra.Zim	H730	a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
build	לִבְנֽוֹת Liv.not-	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
house	בַ֖יִת Va.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular absolute
dwell	לָשֶׁ֥בֶת la.She.vet	H3427	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

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

1 Chronicles 14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
2 Samuel 5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
1 Kings 5:1-11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I. His resolution within himself concerning his business (Ch2 2:1): He determined to build, in the first place, a house for the name of the Lord. It is fit that he who is the first should be served - first a temple and then a palace, a house not so much for himself, or his own convenience and magnitude, as for the kingdom, for the honour of it among its neighbours and for the decent reception of the people whenever they had occasio…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:3

HIS MESSAGE TO HURAM FOR SKILFUL ARTIFICERS. (Ch2 2:3-10) Solomon sent to Huram--The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (Ch2 2:11; also see on Kg1 5:8). As thou didst deal with David my father--This would seem decisive of the question whether the Huram then reigning in Tyre was David's friend (see on Kg1 5:1-6). In opening the business, Solomon grounded his request for Tyrian aid on two reasons: 1. The temple he proposed to build must be a solid and permanent building because the worship was to be continued in perpetuity; and therefore the building materials must be of the most durable quality. 2. It must be a magnificent structure because it was to be dedicate…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:3

Solomon sent to Huram - This man's name is written חירם Chiram in Kings; and in Chronicles, חורם Churam: there is properly no difference, only a י yod and a ו vau interchanged. See on Kg1 5:2 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:3

And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre,.... The same with Hiram, 1 Kings 5:1 and from whence it appears, that Huram first sent a letter to Solomon to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, which is not taken notice of here: as thou didst deal with my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein; see 1 Chronicles 14:1, even so deal with me; which words are a supplement.

Dictionary and topics

Hiram — High-born. (1.) Generally “Huram,” one of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:5). (2.) Also “Huram” and “Horam,” king of Tyre. He entered into an alliance with David, and assisted him in building his palace…
Huram — (noble born).
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Tyre — A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more…
Cedar · David’s ample provision of, in — David’s ample provision of, in
Hiram · .Builds a house for David — .Builds a house for David
Tyre · .Hiram, king of — .Hiram, king of

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 2:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:3

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:3

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2 Chronicles 2:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 2:3

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 2:3

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 2:1

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 2:3