2 Chronicles 2:3
in 2 Chronicles 2Then 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 verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
As thou didst deal with David my father
on 2 Chronicles 2:3-6
Solomon's letter to Huram opens on precedent, as thou didst deal with David my father, then states what the house is for: incense, shewbread, the morning and evening burnt offerings, sabbaths, new moons and the solemn feasts, an ordinance for ever to Israel. Then comes v6, the confession that the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him, so the house is only a place to burn sacrifice before him and not a residence in the pagan sense. Kings keeps that theology for Solomon's dedication prayer at the temple's completion (1 Ki 8:27); Chronicles moves it forward into the building request itself, so the king writing for cedar already says plainly what the cedar cannot hold.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): 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 & Brown1802–1910
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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חוּרָ֥ם | churam | Huram | H2361 → | 13 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| צֹ֖ר | tzor | Tyre | H6865 → | |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ | ʾasita | you dealt | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| דָּוִ֣יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֔י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ | vatishlach- | and you sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| אֲרָזִ֔ים | ʾarazim | cedars | H730 → | 73 times |
| לִבְנֽוֹת־ | livnot- | to build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | for him | ||
| בַ֖יִת | vayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לָשֶׁ֥בֶת | lashevet | to dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | bo | in it |
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.
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
2 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.
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.
- 1 Chronicles 14:1
Through
1 Chronicles 14:1Now 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
- 1 Kings 7:1–12
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.
- PlacePhoenician coastTyrePhoenician island-fortress and merchant power, judged in Amos 1:9-10 and at length in Ezekiel 26-28.
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.