CHAPTER II _Solomon determines to build a temple_, 1. _The number of his workmen_, 2. _Sends to Huram for artificers and materials_, 3-10. _Huram sends him a favourable answer, and makes an agreement_ _with him concerning the labour to be done, and the wages to_ _be paid to his men_, 11-16. _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:3. _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 1 Kings 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:6. _SEEING THE HEAVEN AND HEAVEN OF HEAVENS_] "For the lower heavens, the middle heavens, and the upper heavens cannot contain him, seeing he sustains all things by the arm of his power. Heaven is the throne of his glory, the earth his footstool; the deep, and the whole world, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:7. _SEND ME - A MAN CUNNING TO WORK_] A person of great ingenuity, who is capable of planning and directing, and who may be over the other artists.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:11. _ANSWERED IN WRITING_] Though correspondence among persons of distinction was, in these early times, carried on by confidential messengers, yet we find that epistolary correspondence did exist, and that kings could _write_ and _read_ in what were called by the proud and ins... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:13. _I HAVE SENT A CONNING MAN_] His name appears to have been _Hiram_, or _Hiram Abi_: see the notes on 1 Kings 7:13-11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 2:16. _IN FLOATS BY SEA TO JOPPA_] 1 Kings 5:9, and on the parallel places, for other matters contained in this chapter.... [ Continue Reading ]