2 Chronicles 2:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I. His resolution within himself concerning his business (2 Chron. 2:1): He determined to build, in the first place, a house for the name of the Lord. It is fit that he who is the first should be served?first a temple and then a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Send now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron ,.... There being many things relating to the temple about to be built, and vessels to be put into it, which were to be made of those metals: and in purple, and crimson, and blue ; used in making the vails for it, hung up in different places: and that can skill to grave ; in wood or stone: with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David did provide ; see ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

A great project: the building of a temple. I. THE PROJECT CONCEIVED . ( 2 Chronicles 2:1 .) A project: 1 . Not new, but old. Not taken up by Solomon for the first time, but one his father David had years before meditated, though not permitted to execute it, because he had been "a man of war, and had shed blood '( 1 Chronicles 28:3 ). 2 . Not self-devised, but delegated, Not assumed out of vanity or from purely political motives, but handed down to him in circumstances... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

This chapter, in a homiletic point of view, invites attention to Those methods (or some of them) of religious enterprise which go to ensure success and to issue in real usefulness. For we may notice here— I. THE REPEATED RECORD , ON THE PART OF SOLOMON , OF HIS RESOLUTION OR DETERMINATION . "Solomon determined." The enterprise "of building a house to the Name of the Lord" had been set before him. He knew it had been in his father's mind. He had heard it in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

Human labour. Concerning the work in which we are engaged as men of action and production, we have here four suggestions. I. THE AMPLITUDE OF MATERIAL WITH WHICH GOD HAS SUPPLIED US . We have mention made ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 ) of different metals—gold, silver, brass, iron; and this enumeration is far from being exhaustive. We have reference ( 2 Chronicles 2:8 ) to different trees; and these are only a reminder of all the kinds of timber to be had in the forests... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me … a man cunning to work , etc. The parenthesis is now ended. By comparison of 2 Chronicles 2:3 , it appears that Solomon makes of Hiram's services to David his father a very plea why his own requests addressed now to Hiram should be granted. If we may be guided by the form of the expressions used in 1 Chronicles 14:1 and 2 Samuel 5:11 , 2 Samuel 5:12 , Hiram had in the first instance volunteered help to David, and had not waited to be applied to by David. This would show us... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:7

See 1 Kings 5:6, note; 1 Kings 7:13, note.Purple ... - “Purple, crimson, and blue,” would be needed for the hangings of the temple, which, in this respect, as in others, was conformed to the pattern of the tabernacle (see Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1, etc.). Hiram’s power of “working in purple, crimson,” etc., was probably a knowledge of the best modes of dyeing cloth these colors. The Phoenicians, off whose coast the murex was commonly taken, were famous as purple dyers from a very remote... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:7

2 Chronicles 2:7. Send me therefore a man cunning to work in gold, &c. There were admirable artists, in all the works here referred to, at Tyre; some of whom Solomon desired to be sent to him, that they might assist those whom David had provided, but who were not so skilful as those of Tyre. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

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