2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem 1 and Judah, whom my father David provided. 2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum 2 trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept 3 at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants 2:9 to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple. 2:10 Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors 4 of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons 5 of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.”
2:11 King Huram 6 of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.” 2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 7 2:13 Now I am sending you Huram Abi, 8 a skilled and capable man,
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.
3 tn Heb “know.”
4 sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).
5 tn Heb “20,000 baths” (also a second time later in this verse). A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).
6 tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 12). Some medieval Hebrew
7 tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the
8 sn The name Huram Abi means “Huram [is] my father.”