John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre , etc.] The same with Hiram, ( 1 Kings 5:1) and from whence it appears, that Huram first sent a letter to Solomon to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, which is not taken notice of here: as thou didst deal with my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein ; (see 1 Chronicles 14:1), even so deal with me; which words are a supplement.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The building of the temple.
--There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Ful instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enoug to render the man of God thoroughly furnished for every good work. Le us search the Scriptures daily, beseeching the Lord to enable us to understand, believe, and obey his word, that our work and our way ma be made plain, and that all may be begun, continued, and ended in him Beholding God, in Christ, his true Temple, more glorious than that of Solomon's, may we become a spiritual house, a habitation of God throug the Spirit _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew וישׁלח7971 שׁלמה8010 אל413 חורם2361 מלך4428 צר6865 לאמר559 כאשׁר834 עשׂית6213 עם5973 דויד1732 אבי1 ותשׁלח7971 לו ארזים730 לבנות1129 לו בית1004 לשׁבת׃3427
