2 Chronicles 2:11-18
Amplified Bible
Hiram to Assist
11 Then Hiram, king of Tyre replied in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.” 12 Hiram said also, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
13 “Now I am sending a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi, 14 the son of a [a]Danite woman and a Tyrian father. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics, and in fine linen. He is able to make any kind of engraving and to carry out any design given him. He will work with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father. 15 Now then, let my lord send to his servants the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine of which he has spoken. 16 We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Then Solomon took a count of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census that his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. 18 He assigned 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stone in the mountain, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 1 Kin 7:14 says that this woman was of the tribe of Naphtali. Most likely her mother’s marriage united her with a tribe of which she was not a native.
2 Chronicles 2:11-18
New American Standard Bible
Huram to Assist
11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, [a]answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “(A)Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.” 12 Then Huram [b]continued, “Blessed be (B)the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, [c]endowed with discretion and understanding, (C)who will build a house for the Lord and a [d]royal palace for himself.
13 “Now then, I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, [e]endowed with understanding, 14 (D)the son of a [f]Danite woman and [g]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, violet, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to [h]execute any design which is assigned to him, to work with your skilled workers and with [i]those of my lord, your father David. 15 Now then, let my lord send his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of (E)which he has spoken. 16 (F)We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, (G)following the [j]census which his father David had [k]taken; and 153,600 were found. 18 (H)He appointed seventy thousand of them to carry loads and eighty thousand to quarry stones in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:11 Lit said...and he sent
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit said
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit knowing discretion
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit house for his royalty
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 Lit knowing understanding
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit a woman of the daughters of Dan
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit whose father is a Tyrian man
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit devise any device
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit skilled men
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 Lit numbering
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 Lit numbered of them
Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.