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2 Chronicles 2:14

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He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 devise any device; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

KJV

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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,.... Here follows an account of the descent of the artificer, and of his skill in working; of what seeming disagreement there may be in this account, with that in 1Ki 7:14; see Gill on 1Ki 7:14.

This site's exposition

a cunning man, endued with understanding

on 2 Chronicles 2:13-16

Huram sends a craftsman called Huram my father's, an honorific title rather than kinship, whose mother is of the daughters of Dan and whose father was a man of Tyre. The pairing recalls Bezaleel of Judah given the tabernacle's chief gift and Aholiab of Dan set beside him at Exodus 31:6, so that a craftsman of Dan's line again stands at the side of Judah's king for the greater house. Kings names the same man's mother of the tribe of Naphtali, a variance the commentators read as a mother married into Naphtali from a Danite family, and neither text is set aside for the other. The letter closes with the wheat, barley, oil and wine confirmed and the timber promised by raft to Joppa, some forty miles short of Jerusalem by land.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

, but it seems she was of the tribe of Naphtali, 1 Kings vii. 14 ), but his father was a Tyrian--a good omen of uniting Jew and Gentile in the gospel temple, as it was afterwards when the building of the second temple was greatly furthered by Darius ( Ezra vi. ), who is supposed to have been the son of Esther--an Israelite by the mother's side.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

To find out every device - Compare Exo 31:4. The “devices” intended are plans or designs connected with art, which Huram could invent on any subject that was “put to him.”

The words behind it

35 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.

  • בֶּן־a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אִשָּׁ֞הa woman

    ʾishahH802 →781 times

  • מִן־one of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנ֣וֹת[the] daughters of

    benotH1323 →588 times

  • דָּ֗ןDan

    danH1835 →70 times

  • וְאָבִ֣יוand father his

    veavivH1 →1212 times

  • אִישׁ־[was] a man

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • צֹרִ֡יTyrian

    tzoriH6876 →

  • יוֹדֵ֡עַ[who] knows

    yodea'H3045 →945 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתto work

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • בַּזָּֽהָב־in <the> gold

    bazahov-H2091 →389 times

  • וּ֠בַכֶּסֶףand in <the> silver

    uvakesefH3701 →403 times

  • בַּנְּחֹ֨שֶׁתin <the> bronze

    banechoshetH5178 →140 times

  • בַּבַּרְזֶ֜לin <the> iron

    babarzelH1270 →76 times

  • בָּאֲבָנִ֣יםin <the> stone<s>

    baavanimH68 →273 times

  • וּבָעֵצִ֗יםand in <the> wood<s>

    uvaetzimH6086 →328 times

  • בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ןin <the> purple

    baargamanH713 →

  • בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙in <the> violet

    batekheletH8504 →49 times

  • וּבַבּ֣וּץand in <the> fine linen

    uvabutzH948 →8 times

  • וּבַכַּרְמִ֔ילand in <the> crimson

    uvakarmilH3758 →3 times

  • וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙and to engrave

    ulefateachH6605 →144 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • פִּתּ֔וּחַengraving

    pituachH6603 →

  • וְלַחְשֹׁ֖בand to design

    velachshoH2803 →124 times

  • כָּל־any

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶתdesign

    machashavetH4284 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִנָּֽתֶן־it will be given

    yinaten-H5414 →2011 times

  • לוֹ֙to him

    lo

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • חֲכָמֶ֔יךָskilled [people] your

    chakhameikhaH2450 →138 times

  • וְֽחַכְמֵ֔יand [the] skillful [people] of

    vechakhmeiH2450 →138 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֖יlord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • דָּוִ֥ידDavid

    davidH1732 →

  • אָבִֽיךָ׃father your

    ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times

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

Related verses

9 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.

2 Chronicles 2:7Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.4 works1 Kings 7:14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.4 worksExodus 35:34And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.4 works1 Kings 7:13–14Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.3 worksExodus 31:3–4And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,3 works2 Chronicles 26:15And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 35:31And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,3 worksExodus 35:35He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.2 worksPsalms 74:5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees2 works

The walk

5 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 Chronicles 2:7

    Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 2:13–14

      So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.

    • 1 Chronicles 22:15–16

      You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—

    • Exodus 31:3–5

      And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

    • Isaiah 60:10

      Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

    • Isaiah 28:26

      For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 2 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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