2 Chronicles 2:12
in 2 Chronicles 2And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
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ASV
Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Lord ... that made heaven and earth - This appears to have been a formula designating the Supreme God with several of the Asiatic nations. In the Persian inscriptions Ormazd is constantly called “the great god, who gave” (or made) “heaven and earth.”
This site's exposition
Because the Lord hath loved his people
on 2 Chronicles 2:11-12
Huram's reply opens with a confession before it names any timber, because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them, and v12 carries it further, blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth. Kings gives Hiram's blessing in one shorter clause; Chronicles lets the Tyrian king name Israel's God at greater length as maker of heaven and earth. Whether Huram speaks as a convert to Israel's faith or as a king honoring a neighbor's god by that god's own name is read differently among the commentators, and the letter itself does not settle which.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Made heaven and earth - It seems Huram was not only a friend to the Jewish nation, but a proselyte to their religion, and that he worshipped Jehovah, the God of Israel, (who was now known by that name to the neighbour-nations) as the God that made heaven and earth, and the fountain of power as well as of being.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
endowed with understanding, of my father Huram He was my father’s ingenious craftsman, and he is also mine.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| חוּרָם֒ | churam | Huram | H2361 → | 13 times |
| בָּר֤וּךְ | barukh | [be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֔ה | ʾasah | he has made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | hashamayim | the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַן֩ | natan | he has given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְדָוִ֨יד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בֵּ֣ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חָכָ֗ם | chakham | wise | H2450 → | 138 times |
| יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ | yodea' | [who] knows | H3045 → | 945 times |
| שֵׂ֣כֶל | sekhel | insight | H7922 → | |
| וּבִינָ֔ה | uvinah | and understanding | H998 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִבְנֶה־ | yivneh- | he will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַּ֙יִת֙ | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | for Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּבַ֖יִת | uvayit | and a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ | lemalkhuto | for royalty his | H4438 → | 91 times |
וַיֹּאמֶר֮and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
חוּרָם֒Huram
churamH2361 →13 times
בָּר֤וּךְ[be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֔הhe has made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםthe heavens
hashamayimH8064 →421 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַן֩he has given
natanH5414 →2011 times
לְדָוִ֨ידto David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בֵּ֣ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
חָכָ֗םwise
chakhamH2450 →138 times
יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙[who] knows
yodea'H3045 →945 times
שֵׂ֣כֶלinsight
sekhelH7922 →
וּבִינָ֔הand understanding
uvinahH998 →
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִבְנֶה־he will build
yivneh-H1129 →376 times
בַּ֙יִת֙a house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
לַיהוָ֔הfor Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּבַ֖יִתand a house
uvayitH1004 →2046 times
לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃for royalty his
lemalkhutoH4438 →91 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
it leads to
- Colossians 1:16–17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- John 1:1–3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 5:12
In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
- Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…
- Colossians 1:16–17
Through
1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 John 5:4
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Titus 3:4–6
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- 1 Peter 1:23
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.