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2 Chronicles 2
18 verses with commentary
Preparations for Building the Temple
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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<strong>And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings account which include...
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(1) **Determined.**—Literally, *said,* which may mean either *commanded,* as in 2Chronicles 1:2; 1Chronicles 21:17, or *thought, purposed, resolved,* as in 1Kings 5:5. The context seems to favour the latter sense.
**And an house for his kingdom.**—Or, *for his royalty;* that is, as the Vulg. renders, *a palace for himself.* Solomon’s royal palace is mentioned again in 2Chronicles 2:12; 2Chronicles...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
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<strong>And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as par...
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(2) **And Solomon told out.**—That is, *counted out.* (Comp. Psalm 22:17; Exodus 5:8.) For the rest of this verse see Note on 2Chronicles 2:18, where its contents are repeated. (Comp. 1Kings 5:15.)
**To bear . . . to hew . . . to oversee.**—*Bearers of . . .* *hewers* . . . *overseers over,* as in 2Chronicles 2:18.
(2) The treaty with Huram of Tyre (2Chronicles 2:3-16).
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →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. Huram: or, Hiram
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and wo...
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(3) **And Solomon sent to Huram.**—Comp. 1Kings 5:2-11, from which we learn that Huram or Hiram had first sent to congratulate Solomon upon his accession. The account here agrees generally with the parallel passage of the older work. The variations which present themselves only prove that the chronicler has made independent use of his sources.
**Huram.**—In Kings the name is spelt *Hiram* (1Kings ...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet: Heb. incense of spices
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<strong>Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon...
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(4) **I build.**—*Am about to build* (*bôneh*)*.*
**To the name of the Lord.**—1Kings 3:2; 1Chronicles 16:35; 1Chronicles 22:7.
**To dedicate.**—Or, *consecrate.* (Comp. Leviticus 27:14; 1Kings 9:3; 1Kings 9:7.) The italicised *and* should be omitted, as the following words define the purpose of the dedication, viz., *for burning before him,* &c. Comp. Vulgate: “Ut consecrem eam ad adolendum incen...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
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<strong>And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings account which includes Solomon's failures, ...
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(5) **And the house which I build is great.**—1Chronicles 29:1.
**Great is our God above all gods.**—Exodus 18
11; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 77:13; Psalm 95:3. According to modern notions of magnitude, the Temple of Solomon was a small building. (See on 1Kings 6:2-3.) Shelley’s
“There once proud Salem’s haughty fane
Reared high to heaven its thousand golden domes,
is pure fancy.
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
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Solomon's rhetorical question 'But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him?' expresses proper theological understanding of divine transcendence. God is omnipresent (1 Kings 8:27) - no physical structure can 'contain' Him. Yet paradoxically, God condescends to dwell among His people. The phrase 'who am I then, that I should build him an house, s...
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(6) **But who is able.**—Literally, *who could keep strength?* (See 1Chronicles 29:14.)
**The heaven . . . cannot contain him.**—This high thought occurs in Solomon’s prayer (1Kings 8:27; 2Chronicles 6:18).
**Who am I then . . . before him?**—That is, I am not so ignorant of the infinite nature of Deity, as to think of localising it within an earthly dwelling. I build not for His residence, but fo...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
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<strong>Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's ...
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(7) **Send me now** **. . .**—*And now send me a wise man, to work in the gold and in the silver* (1Chronicles 22:15; 2Chronicles 2:13).
**And in** (*the*) **purple, and crimson, and blue.**—No allusion is made to this kind of art in 2Chronicles 4:11-16, nor in 1Kings 7:13 *seq.,* which describe only metallurgic works of this master, whose versatile genius might easily be paralleled by famous name...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: or, Almuggim, I.Kin.10.11.
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<strong>Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building...
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(8) **Fir trees.**—The word *bĕrôshîm* is now often rendered cypresses. But Professor Robertson Smith has well pointed out that the Phoenician Ebusus (the modern Iviza) is the “isle of *bĕrōshîm,”* and is called in Greek Πετυου̑σαι*, i.e.,* “Pine islets.” Moreover a species of pine is very common on the Lebanon.
**Algum trees.**—*Sandal wood;* Heb. *’algummîm,* which appears a more correct spellin...
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. wonderful: Heb. great and wonderful
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<strong>Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings account whic...
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(9) **Even to prepare me timber in abundance.**—Rather, *And they shall prepare,* or, *let them prepare.* (A use of the infinitive, to which the chronicler is partial: see 1Chronicles 5:1; 1Chronicles 9:25; 1Chronicles 13:4; 1Chronicles 15:2; 1Chronicles 22:5.) So Syriac, “Let them be bringing to me.”
**Shall be wonderful great.**—See margin; and LXX., μέγας καὶ ἔνδοξος*,* “great and glorious;” Sy...
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Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
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<strong>And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon'...
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(10) **And, behold, I will give . . . barley.**—Rather, *And, behold, for the hewers,* that is, *for the woodcutters, I will give wheat as food for thy servants,* viz., *twenty thousand kors, and barley twenty thousand kors, &c.* “For the hewers” may mean “as for the hewers,” or perhaps “on account of the hewers” (Genesis 4:23). The latter sense would bring the verse into substantial harmony with ...
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Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-e...
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(11-15) Huram’s reply. (Comp. 1Kings 5:7-9.)
(11) **Answered in writing.**—*Said in a letter.* This seems to imply that Solomon’s message had been orally delivered.
**Because the Lord hath loved his people.**—So 2Chronicles 9:8; 1Kings 10:9. In the parallel passage Hurain blesses Jehovah, on hearing Solomon’s message, apparently before writing his reply.
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Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →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. endued: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
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Hiram of Tyre's letter to Solomon: '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.' This Gentile king's blessing of YHWH as Creator ('made heaven and earth') and provider of wisdom demonstrates God's glory re...
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(12) **Huram said moreover.**—*And Huram said,* that is, in his letter to Solomon.
**Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth.**—In 1Kings 5:7 we read simply, “Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.” The chronicler has perhaps modified the words of his source in a monotheistic sense; although it is quite possible that Jeaov...
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Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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<strong>And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike the Kings account which includes Solomon's f...
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(13) **Endued with understanding.**—See the same phrase in 1Chronicles 12:32.
**Of Huram my father’s.**—Rather, *Huram my father*—i.e., master, preceptor, as in 2Chronicles 4:16, where Huram is called the “father” of Solomon. (Comp. Genesis 45:8; Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19. So LXX. and Vulgate; Syriac omits.)
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
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<strong>The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.</stron...
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(14) **The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan.**—In 1Kings 7:14 Hiram is called “son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali.” “Bertheau explains,” She was by birth a Danite, married into the tribe of Naphtali, became a widow, and as a widow of the tribe of Naphtali became the wife of a man of Tyre, by whom she had a son Huram. Thus two of the tribes of Israel could boast that on the mother’s side...
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**36. all the people said, Amen--**(Compare Psa 72:19, 20; 106:48). In the former, the author of the doxology utters the "amen" himself, while in the latter the people are exhorted to say "amen." This may arise from the fact that the latter psalm originally concluded with the injunction to say "amen." But in this historical account of the festival, it was necessary to relate that the people obeyed...
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Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
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<strong>Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmatic for post-exilic Israel. Unlike th...
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(15) **The wheat, and the barley.**—See 2Chronicles 2:10. Huram accepts Solomon’s proposed exchange of benefits.
**His servants.**—Huram means himself and his court. The term is the correlative of “lord.”
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. as much: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
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<strong>And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple building and worship as paradigmat...
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(16) **And we will cut wood.**—The *we* is emphatic, *and we, on our part,* the pronoun being expressed in the Hebrew.
**Wood** (= “timber,” 2Chronicles 2:8-10; 2Chronicles 2:14).—Properly *trees.*
**As much as thou shalt need.**—See margin. “Need” (*çôrek*) occurs here only in the Old Testament. The word is common in the Targums, and in Rabbinic writings; 1Kings 5:8 has the classical phrase, “all...
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
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<strong>And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solom...
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(17, 18) Solomon’s levy of Canaanite labourers. (A return to the subject of 2Chronicles 2:2.)
(17) **All the strangers.**—The indigenous Canaanite population. (Comp. the use of the term in Genesis 23:4; Exodus 22:21; Leviticus 17:8.)
**After the numbering.**—The word *sĕphâr,* “reckoning,” “census,” occurs here only in the Old Testament.
**Wherewith David his father.**—The former census of the nat...
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
Read full commentary →And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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<strong>And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.</strong><br><br>This verse contributes to the narrative of Solomon's reign, specifically focusing on Mobilizing resources for God's house. The Chronicler presents Solomon's faithfulness in temple...
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(18) **And he set . . .**—Literally, *and he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains.* This exactly agrees with 1Kings 5:15.
**And three thousand and six hundred overseers.**—The same number was given in 2Chronicles 2:2. In 1Kings 5:16 we read of 3,300 officers. In the Hebrew, *three* (*shālôsh*) and *six* (*shêsh*) might easily be confused; ou...
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**37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--**The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 2
Solomon's message to Huram respecting the temple, His treaty with Huram.
--Solomon informs Huram of the particular services to be performed in the temple. The mysteries of the true religion, unlike those of the Gentile superstitions, sought not concealment. Solomon endeavoured to possess Huram with great and high thoughts of the God of Israel. We should not be afraid or ashamed to ...
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