King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 2:13 Mean?
“And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,”
Context
11
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.
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. endued: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14
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.
15
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(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.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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