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2 Chronicles 2:3

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Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

KJV

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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 2

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Huram, the form used throughout Chronicles (except 1Ch 14:1) for the name both of the king and of the artisan whom he lent to Solomon 2Ch 2:13; 2Ch 4:11, 2Ch 4:16, is a late corruption of the true native word, Hiram (marginal note and reference).

This site's exposition

Do for me as you did for my father David

on 2 Chronicles 2:3-6

The letter opens on precedent, “Do for me as you did for my father David”. Verse 6 confesses that the highest heavens “cannot contain Him”. Kings holds that confession for the dedication prayer at 1 Kings 8:27, and Chronicles sets it in the request for cedar.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): As thou didst deal with David, so deal with me. As we must show kindness to, so we may expect kindness from, our fathers' friends, and with them should cultivate a correspondence. (2.) He represents his design in building the temple: he intended it for a place of religious worship (

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation

And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre,.... The same with Hiram, 1Ki 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 1Ch 14:1, even so deal with me; which words are a supplement.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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 1Ki 5:2 (note).

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • חוּרָ֥םHuram

    churamH2361 →13 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • צֹ֖רTyre

    tzorH6865 →

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙you dealt

    ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • דָּוִ֣ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אָבִ֔יfather my

    ʾaviH1 →1212 times

  • וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח־and you sent

    vatishlach-H7971 →845 times

  • ל֣וֹto him

    lo

  • אֲרָזִ֔יםcedars

    ʾarazimH730 →73 times

  • לִבְנֽוֹת־to build

    livnot-H1129 →376 times

  • ל֥וֹfor him

    lo

  • בַ֖יִתa house

    vayitH1004 →2046 times

  • לָשֶׁ֥בֶתto dwell

    lashevetH3427 →1079 times

  • בּֽוֹ׃in it

    bo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 5:1Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.8 works1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.5 works2 Samuel 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.3 works1 Kings 5:2And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:3 works1 Chronicles 22:4and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Samuel 5:11

    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 14:1

      Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

    • 1 Kings 5:1–2

      Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

    • 1 Kings 5:18

      So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 14:1

    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 7:1–12

      Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezra 3:7

      They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…

    • 2 Samuel 5:11–16

      Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    • 2 Samuel 7:2

      he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

    • 2 Chronicles 2:8–12

      Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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