2 Chronicles 2:14

2Ch 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.

Ver. 14. The son of a woman.] See on 1Ki 7:14.

Skilful to work in gold, &c.] Some men are good at anything; as Hippias, called Omniseius by Apuleius. {a} He was not only a general scholar, but made with his own hands he ring he wore, the clothes he had on, the shoes on his feet, &c., as Cicero {b} tells us.

{a} Apulei. Florid.

{b} De Orator, lib. iii.

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2Ch 2:14. The son of a woman — of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre — A good omen of uniting Jew and Gentile in the gospel temple. With the cunning men of my lord David — So he calls David here, and Solomon in the next verse, either out of singular respect to their greatness and worth, or because he was indeed tributary to them: or, at least, his country was nourished by their country, as it was afterward, Act 12:20.

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It is also written that she was of the tribe of Naphtali, 1 Kings 7:14, which may be understood that by reason of the confusion of tribes, which then began to be, they married in divers tribes, so that by her father she might be of Dan, and by her mother of Naphtali.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

(14) The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan.—In 1Ki_7:14 Hiram is called “son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali.” “Bertheau explains,” She was by birth a Danite, married into the tribe of Naphtali, became a widow, and as a widow of the tribe of Naphtali became the wife of a man of Tyre, by whom she had a son Huram. Thus two of the tribes of Israel could boast that on the mother’s side Huram belonged to them.” But in the Hebrew words “daughters of Dan” it is possible to see a corruption of the word NAPHTALI.

Skilful.—This epithet belongs to Huram, not to his Tyrian father.

To work in gold.—1Ki_7:14 calls Huram simply “a worker in brass,” or bronze.

Purple.—The strictly Hebrew form (2Ch_2:7).

Fine linen (bûç, byssus).—1Ch_15:27. Neither this material of Huram’s art, nor stone nor timber was mentioned in 2Ch_2:7. Huram is naturally represented as enhancing the accomplishments of his artist.

To find out every device which shall be put to him.—Rather, to devise any manner of device that may be given him. (to devise); that is, to invent all kinds of artistic objects according to commission. The words are a reminiscence of Exo_31:4; Exo_35:32, probably interpolated by the chronicler.

With thy cunning men—i.e., to work along with them. (Comp. verse. 7.)

My lord David.—A touch of Oriental politeness. Huram was independent of David, as of Solomon.

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14. of Dan] in 1Ki_7:14, of Naphtali. The reading of Chron. may have arisen from Exo_31:6 (Oholiab one of the artificers of the tabernacle was of the tribe of Dan).

to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men] R.V. to devise any device: that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy cunning men.

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And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall need,.... Both cedar and fir, Kg1 5:8,

and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; a port in the Mediterranean sea, the same that Jonah went down to; see Gill on Kg1 5:9,

and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem; in land carriages, about forty miles off.

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To find out every device - Compare Exo 31:4. The “devices” intended are plans or designs connected with art, which Huram could invent on any subject that was “put to him.”

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Dan, the city, as the widow as of the tribe of Nephthali. (Du Hamel) --- Whose. Hebrew, "and his father," (Haydock) or "this Abi." (Calmet) See 3 Kings vii. 14. --- Silk. Hebrew, "byssus," which is the silk extracted from a fish, and not the fine linen of Egypt, or cotton which as sometimes this appellation, 1 Paralipomenon xv. 27. --- My lord, a term of civility.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; of which See Poole "1Ki 7:14".

My lord; so he calls David here, and Solomon in the next verse, either out of singular respect to their greatness and true worth; or because he was indeed tributary to them; or, at least, his country was nourished by their country, as it was afterwards, Act 12:20.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Son of a woman of Dan. Both this and the parallel (1Ki_7:14) agree as to the father of this very clever workman, that he was "a man of Tyre." But the parallel gives the mother as a woman "of the tribe of Naphtali," and calls her a "widow." This must mean, either that she was a widow now, or that she was a widow when "the man of Tyre" married her. If this latter is the correct meaning, it has been suggested that, though the mother was really a woman of the daughters of Dan, yet the husband who, dying, left her a widow, was of the tribe of Naphtali, and that from this she became credited with belonging to that tribe. It would seem not altogether impossible that it may be intended to state, in a delicate way, that this remarkably able man was the natural son of the widow in question, "the man of Tyre" (not called her husband) being the father. On the intermarriages of Danites and Phoenicians, see Blunt"s "Coincidences," pt. 2. 4. Skilful to find out every device. (For the identical phrase, see Exo_31:4) The present verse, exceeding in definiteness ver. 7, supra, undoubtedly purports on the face of it to ascribe a very wide range of practical skill, and not merely general administrative and directing skill, to Hiram. Note, however, the significance couched in the last clauses of both verses.

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Of Daniel, &c. - A good omen of uniting Jew and Gentile in the gospel-temple.

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