2 Chronicles 2:1, Solomon’s labourers for the building of the temple; 2 Chronicles 2:3, His embassage to Huram for workmen and provision of stuff; 2 Chronicles 2:11, Huram sends him a kind answer; 2 Chronicles 2:17, Solomon employs strangers, as labourers, and overseers.
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2 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 2 — Overview
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2 Chronicles 2 — Overview2 Chronicles 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon's trading, which we read of in the close of the foregoing
chapter, and the encouragement he gave both to merchandise and
manufacturers, were very commendable. But building was the work he was
designed…2 Chronicles 2 — Overview2 Chronicles 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSolomon intending to build a temple for God, and a palace for himself, sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, to furnish him with materials and workmen, 2Ch 2:1, to which Hiram returned an agreeable answer, 2Ch 2:11, and for this…2 Chronicles 2:1-102 Chronicles 2:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon'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…2 Chronicles 2:12 Chronicles 2:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgedetermined: 1 Kings 5:5
for the name: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 28:58; 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:20; 1 Chronicles 22:10; Matthew 6:9-10
an house: 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 9:12 Chronicles 2:22 Chronicles 2:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgetold out threescore: 2 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Kings 5:15-162 Chronicles 2:22 Chronicles 2:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men,.... Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from 1Ki 5:15, see the notes there.See Gill on "1Ki 5:15".See Gill on "1Ki 5:16"