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F.B. Meyer · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Meyer - 2 Chronicles 2:11 Because the Lord loveth His people, He hath made thee King over them. (R. V.) How truly might these words be addressed to our blessed Lord! Because God loved the world, He gave His only-begotten Son, His well-beloved, to be both Prince and Savior. And it is in knowing, loving, and serving Him that we can realize our Supreme blessedness. God’s loving appointment in making Jesus King will be apparent when we remember how beautiful He is in His personal character; how closely He is identified with our nature; the might of His arm with which He shields, the patience wherewith He bears, the redemption which He has wrought out and brought in for all who believe. What could God’s love have done better to approve itself? Is He your King? Never till He is so, will you know the fullness of God’s love. Those who question or refuse His authority are always in doubt about the love of God to themselves and to the world. Those, on the other hand, who acknowledge His claims, and crown Him as King, suddenly find themselves admitted to a standpoint of vision in which doubts and disputations vanish, and the secret love of God is unfolded. Then they experience the wise and gentle tendance of the Divine love in its most entrancing characteristics. All is love where Jesus reigns. Nothing is more indicative of God’s benevolence than His incessant appeal to men to make Jesus King. The demand may sometimes involve severe agony and suffering for those who have acknowledged other lords too long; but God persists in His demand, because only in serving Jesus can the human heart be truly blessed. Go, spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him Lord of all! C H
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Meyer - His mother probably belonged to Dan (2 Chron. 2:14), and her first husband to Naphtali (1 Kings 7:14). Herbert Lockyer in All the Women of the Bible - page 198 (BORROW) has this entry - "Mother of Hiram (1 Kings 7:13-45; 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-16) Here is another instance of a renowned man whose name is known but whose parents are not mentioned by name in Scripture. This remarkably skilled craftsman who bore the same name as the king of Tyre, is also spoken of as Huram (2 Chronicles 4:11-16). We do know that Hiram who was "filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass," had a widowed mother who was of the tribe of Naphtali, and that his late father was "a man of Tyre, a worker in brass." But their names and genealogy are not given. Having a mixed parentage—Jewish mother, Tyrian father—enabled clever Hiram to enter into the spirit of Israelite worship, for which Solomon prepared the gorgeous Temple. Hiram brought to the Temple all the practical skill of a Tyrian artificer. Doubtless he received much of his skill in metal work from his unidentified father. While we have no record of any religious home life Hiram may have had, he must have heard from his mother all about David's dream to build a house for the Lord, and of Solomon's determination to fulfill his father's dream. Because of the magnificent work he produced for the Temple, it would seem as if the Spirit of God augmented Hiram's skill as He did in the labor of Bezaleel." John Olley - Compared to the portrayal of Huram-abi in Kings, the Chronicler has added material connecting him closely to Oholiab, the master-craftsman who worked on the tabernacle. The list of Huram-abi’s skills in 2Ch 2:14 has been expanded to include Oholiab’s skills from Exodus 38:23, and whereas 1 Kings 7:14 notes that Huram-abi’s mother was from Naphtali, Chronicles traces his genealogy among the Danites, the tribe of Oholiab. (In 1 Kings, Huram-abi is called “Hiram”—not to be confused with the king by that name.) Given the mention of Bezalel in 2Ch 1:5, the Chronicler seems to be connecting Solomon and Huram-abi to the two artificers of the tabernacle, Bezalel and Oholiab. Why do you think establishing continuity between the tabernacle and the temple is so important to the Chronicler? What impact should this continuity have on Israel’s worship and faith? (See ESV Expository Commentary: 1 Samuel–2 Chronicles) 2 Chronicles 2:15 “Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken. which my lord (KJV): 2Ch 2:10 1Ki 5:11 THE BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT: FOOD FOR TIMBER Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken - Solomon was not asking for a hand out from Hiram, but a business arrangement. Here Hiram gives items he desires to have in exchange for the timber, etc. 2 Chronicles 2:16 “We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.” we will cut (KJV): 1Ki 5:8,9 as much as thou shalt need (KJV): Heb. according to all thy need, Joppa. Heb. Japho. Jos 19:46 Ezr 3:7 Joh 1:3 Ac 9:36 10:32 Looking toward Tel Aviv from the ancient port of Joppa (Parsons Bible Pictures) HIRAM'S SEA AND LAND OPERATION We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem - Hiram's men would cut the timber and transport it to the seacoast town of Joppa (which was the only natural harbor on the Mediterranean coast of Canaan) from which Solomon's men would transport it overland about 35 miles to Jerusalem. How these huge logs would be transported overland is not stated, but most likely they were moved by oxcarts via the main road that led past the fortified city of Gezer and clearly the timber reached its destination! Joppa (modern Jaffa - see aerial view) was once the major port of Israel, but has been replaced by the booming city of Tel Aviv. 2 Chronicles 2:17 Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found. EXB Solomon ·counted [numbered; took a census of] all the foreigners living in Israel. (This was after the time his father David had counted the people [2 Sam. 24; 1 Chr. 21].) There were one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred foreigners. numbered (KJV): 2Ch 2:2 2Ch 8:7-8 1Ki 5:13-16 1Ki 9:20-21 the strangers (KJV): Heb. the men the strangers after the numbering (KJV): 1Ch 22:2 Related Passages: 2 Chronicles 8:7-9 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, 8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day. 9 But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen. 1 Kings 9:20-21 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, 21 their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day. Genesis 9:26 He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant (153,600 were found) Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,600 were found - 2 Chronicles 2:2 says "So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them." This adds up to 153, 600 non-Israelite workers for the Temple project. RON DANIEL - Aliens As Workers. As we read up in verse two, the workers and supervisors for these two projects totalled 153,600 men. As we see now, these were all of the aliens living in the land of Israel. Defender's Study Bible - all the strangers. These "strangers" were evidently from the Canaanite tribes conquered by Joshua or later Israelite leaders and put to servitude, partially fulfilling the ancient Noahic prophecy (Genesis 9:26; 2 Chronicles 8:7-9). Numbering of the people [EBD] Besides the numbering of the tribes mentioned in the history of the wanderings in the wilderness, we have an account of a general census of the whole nation from Dan to Beersheba, which David gave directions to Joab to make (1 Chr. 21:1). Joab very reluctantly began to carry out the king's command. This act of David in ordering a numbering of the people arose from pride and a self-glorifying spirit. It indicated a reliance on his part on an arm of flesh, an estimating of his power not by the divine favour but by the material resources of his kingdom. He thought of military achievement and of conquest, and forgot that he was God's vicegerent. In all this he sinned against God. While Joab was engaged in the census, David's heart smote him, and he became deeply conscious of his fault; and in profound humiliation he confessed, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done." The prophet Gad was sent to him to put before him three dreadful alternatives (2 Sam. 24:13; for "seven years" in this verse, the LXX. and 1 Chr. 21:12 have "three years"), three of Jehovah's four sore judgments (Ezek. 14:21). Two of these David had already experienced. He had fled for some months before Absalom, and had suffered three years' famine on account of the slaughter of the Gibeonites. In his "strait" David said, "Let me fall into the hands of the Lord." A pestilence broke out among the people, and in three days swept away 70,000. At David's intercession the plague was stayed, and at the threshing-floor of Araunah (q.v.), where the destroying angel was arrested in his progress, David erected an altar, and there offered up sacrifices to God (2 Chr. 3:1). The census, so far as completed, showed that there were at least 1,300,000 fighting men in the kingdom, indicating at that time a population of about six or seven millions in all. 2 Chronicles 2:18 He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work. He appointed 70,000: "As it is ver. 2." 2Ch 2:2 Related Passage: 2 Chronicles 2:2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them. 1 Kings 5:13-17 Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men (THESE ARE APPARENTLY NATIVE ISRAELITES). 14 He sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers. 15 Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, 16 besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17 Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. Stone Cutter (Parsons Bible Pictures) SOLOMON'S HUGE ALIEN WORKFORCE He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads (PORTERS) and 80,000 to quarry stones (STONECUTTERS) in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work - Repetition of 2Ch 2:2. These were aliens, not native Israelites, and total up to the number 153,600 which was mentioned in 2Ch 2:17. The 3,600 supervisors directing the labor of the 70,000 bearers of burdens and 80,000 stonecutters, were actually Israelites (1Ki 5:16). See excellent summary by Warren Wiersbe. Bob