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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 4:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 4:16 |
King James |
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Huram his father - Or, "Huram his master-workman" (Ch2 2:13 note). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His father - He is so called because Solomon usually called him by that name out of that great respect which he bare to him for his excellent art and service which he did for him: it being usual to call great artists and inventors of things by this name. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Huram his father - אב ab, father, is often used in Hebrew to signify a master, inventor, chief operator, and is very probably used here in the former sense by the Chaldee: All these Chiram his master made for King Solomon; or Chiram Abi, or rather Hiram, made for the king. |
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,