2 Chronicles 2 · Verse 11

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

2 Chronicles 2:11, King James Version

2 Chronicles 2:11 in other translations

BSB	Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
WEB	Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
ASV	Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.
YLT	And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: ‘In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.'
DARBY	And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.
BBE	Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.
Webster	Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

What does 2 Chronicles 2:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Because the Lord hath loved his people, &c.--This pious language creates a presumption that Huram might have attained some knowledge of the true religion from his long familiar intercourse with David. But the presumption, however pleasing, may be delusive (see on 1Ki 5:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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 insolent Greeks and Romans barbarous nations. Nearly two thousand years after this we find a king on the British throne who could not sign his own name. About the year of our Lord 700, Withred, king of Kent, thus concludes a charter to secure the liberties of the Church: Ego Wythredus rex Cantiae haec omnia suprascripta et confirmavi, atque, a me dictata propria manu signum sanctae crucis pro ignorantia literarum espressi; "All the above dictated by myself, I have confirmed; and because I cannot write, I have with my own hand expressed this by putting the sign of the holy cross +." - See Wilkins' Concilta.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 2:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559

חוּרָ֤םchu.RamHuramH2361

מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428

צֹר֙tzorTyreH6865

בִּכְתָ֔בbikh.Tavin a documentH3791

וַיִּשְׁלַ֖חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971

אֶל\־'el-toH413

שְׁלֹמֹ֑הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010

בְּאַהֲבַ֤תbe.'a.ha.Vatbecause lovesH160

יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

עַמּ֔וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971

נְתָנְךָ֥ne.ta.ne.Khahe has made youH5414

עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemover themH5921

מֶֽלֶךְ\׃Me.lekhkingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 2:11

2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because.
9:8; De 7:7,8; 1Ki 10:9; Ps 72:17

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Context

2 Chronicles 2:10
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
2 Chronicles 2:11
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
2 Chronicles 2:12
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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2 Chronicles 2:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entonces Hiram rey de Tiro respondió por letras, las que envió á Salomón: Porque Jehová amó á su pueblo, te ha puesto por rey sobre ellos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Hiram dit: Béni soit l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, qui a fait les cieux et la terre, de ce qu’il a donné au roi David un fils sage, doué de sens et d’intelligence, qui bâtira une maison à l’ Éternel et une maison pour son royaume.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Huram, der König von Tyrus, antwortete schriftlich und sandte an Salomo folgende Botschaft: Weil Jehova sein Volk liebt, hat er dich zum König über sie gesetzt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dixit autem Hiram rex Tyri per litteras quas miserat Salomoni: Quia dilexit Dominus populum suum, idcirco te regnare fecit super eum.