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2 Chronicles 8:18 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 8 · verse 18
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.2 Chronicles 8:18 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 8:18 in context
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- knowledgeyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- HuramChûwrâmChuram, the name of an Israelite and two SyriansH2361 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- shipsʼŏnîyâha shipH591 →
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Here is, I. Solomon's devotion. The building of the temple was in order to the service of the temple. Whatever cost he was at in rearing the structure, if he had neglected the worship that was to be performed there, it would all have been to no purpose.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18