2 Chronicles 2 · Verse 3

2 Chronicles 2:3

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.
2 Chronicles 2:3, King James Version

2 Chronicles 2:3 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBSolomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, ‘When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in;
DARBYAnd Solomon sent to Huram 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 so do for me.
BBEAnd Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,
WebsterAnd 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 in it, even so deal with me.

What does 2 Chronicles 2:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 2:3-6
3-6. Solomon sent to Huram--The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (2Ch 2:11; also see on 1Ki 5:8). As thou didst deal with David my father--This would seem decisive of the question whether the Huram then reigning in Tyre was David's friend (see on 1Ki 5:1-6). 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. 2. It must be a magnificent structure because it was to be dedicated to the God who was greater than all gods; and, therefore, as it might seem a presumptuous idea to erect an edifice for a Being "whom the heaven and the heaven of heavens do not contain," it was explained that Solomon's object was not to build a house for Him to dwell in, but a temple in which His worshippers might offer sacrifices to His honor. No language could be more humble and appropriate than this. The pious strain of sentiment was such as became a king of Israel.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 1Kgs 5:2 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 2:3 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.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
אֶל\־'el-toH413
חוּרָ֥םchu.RamHuramH2361
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
צֹ֖רtzorTyreH6865
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙'a.Si.tayou dealtH6213
עִם\־'im-withH5973
דָּוִ֣ידda.VidDavidH1732
אָבִ֔י'a.Vifather myH1
וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח\־va.tish.lach-and you sentH7971
ל֣וֹloto him
אֲרָזִ֔ים'a.ra.ZimcedarsH730
לִבְנֽוֹת\־Liv.not-to buildH1129
ל֥וֹlofor him
בַ֖יִתVa.yita houseH1004
לָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetto dwellH3427
בּֽוֹ\׃boin it

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 2:3

  • 1 Chronicles 14:1

    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

  • 2 Samuel 5:11

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

  • 1 Kings 5:1-11

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Huram.
1Ki 5:1
Hiram.As thou didst.
2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 14:1

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 2:2

    And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:3

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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2 Chronicles 2:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y envió á decir Salomón á Hiram rey de Tiro: Haz conmigo como hiciste con David mi padre, enviándole cedros para que edificara para sí casa en que morase.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, je bâtis une maison pour le nom de l’ Éternel, mon Dieu, pour la lui consacrer, pour faire fumer devant lui l’encens de drogues odoriférantes, et pour l’arrangement continuel des pains, et pour les holocaustes du matin et du soir, des sabbats, et des nouvelles lunes, et des jours solennels de l’ Éternel, notre Dieu; cela est prescrit à Israël à toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Salomo sandte zu Huram, dem König von Tyrus, und ließ ihm sagen: So wie du meinem Vater David getan und ihm Cedern gesandt hast, daß er sich ein Haus baue, um darin zu wohnen, so tue auch mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misit quoque ad Hiram regem Tyri, dicens: Sicut egisti cum David patre meo, et misisti ei ligna cedrina ut ædificaret sibi domum, in qua et habitavit: