2 Chronicles 2 · Verse 13

2 Chronicles 2:13

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
2 Chronicles 2:13, King James Version

2 Chronicles 2:13 in other translations

BSBSo now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
WEBNow I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
ASVAnd now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
YLT‘And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,
DARBYAnd now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,
BBEAnd now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,
WebsterAnd now I have sent a skillful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

What does 2 Chronicles 2:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:13-14
13-14. I have sent a cunning man--(See on 1Ki 7:13-51).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 I have sent a cunning man - His name appears to have been Hiram, or Hiram Abi: see the notes on 1Kgs 7:13, 1Kgs 7:14.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 2:13 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.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
שָׁלַ֧חְתִּיsha.Lach.tiI sendH7971
אִישׁ\־'ish-a manH376
חָכָ֛םcha.KhamwiseH2450
יוֹדֵ֥עַyo.De.a'[who] knowsH3045
בִּינָ֖הbi.NahunderstandingH998
לְחוּרָ֥םle.chu.Ram<to> HuramH2361
אָבִֽי\׃'a.ViAbiH1

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 2:13

  • 2 Chronicles 4:16

    The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
of Huram.
4:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13

    And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

  • 2 Chronicles 2:14

    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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2 Chronicles 2:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo pues te he enviado un hombre hábil y entendido, que fué de Hiram mi padre,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		fils d’une femme d’entre les filles de Dan, et dont le père est Tyrien, sachant travailler en or, et en argent, en airain, en fer, en pierres, et en bois, en pourpre, en bleu, et en byssus, et en cramoisi, et sachant faire toute sorte de gravure et inventer toute sorte de choses qu’on lui donnera à inventer, avec tes hommes habiles et les hommes habiles de mon seigneur David, ton père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun sende ich einen kunstverständigen, einsichtsvollen Mann, Huram-Abi,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misi ergo tibi virum prudentem et scientissimum Hiram patrem meum,