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Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than your burnt offerings.
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1A0II CHRONICLES CHAPTER 2
Welcome to the year 920B.C. where we find the Nation of the House of Israel being ruled over by it’s third man-king, king Solomon—as a side note, Solomon will also be the United Nations last man-king as, because of his actions at the end of his reign, Father will divide the Nation into two separate Nations: The House of Israel and the House of Judah, both of which will be ruled by separate kings. The House of Judah will be ruled by the descendants of David—Solomon’s father, whom Father YHVH Promised him, that because of his Love for Father and never serving false gods, he would always have a descendant ruling over the kingdom.
Solomon is just beginning his reign and we read in our last Chapter, II Chronicles 1, of him beginning his reign by going to Gibeon—with all the leaders of the Nation, i.e., the Military, the Levites, and the Princes or heads of each Tribe—where the Tabernacle of Father YHVH was at the time. While in Gibeon, Solomon prepared a thousand burnt offerings and sacrifices so that the High Priest could offer those sacrifices to Father. That night, after offering those burnt offerings and sacrifices, Father YHVH appeared to Solomon in a dream and told Solomon to “Ask what I shall give thee?” Solomon replied that he was still a young man who didn’t know how to lead Father’s People, therefore, he asked Father for the wisdom and knowledge to properly do so. Father was pleased with Solomon’s answer, and told him that He would indeed bestow upon him what he asked, but also, since he had not asked for long life, wealth, riches and things for himself, He would bestow upon him, those things in addition to the wisdom and knowledge, more than any king before or after him. We also read in II Chronicles 1:1, that Father strengthened Solomon in his kingdom and magnified him exceedingly.
Upon returning from Gibeon, Solomon truly began his reign over the Nation, he also, sadly, started gathering horses and chariots from Egypt. Solomon’s reign and rule will last for 40 years—the same number as the first two man-kings: Saul and David—from 920—880B.C.. Forty in Biblical numerics denotes probation.
In this Chapter, we’ll read of his start to build Father’s Temple, he’ll also begin building some of his own houses—Solomon had a very large appetite for building. To do so, he’ll need to gather some of the materials—besides those materials already gathered by his father David of which we read in I Chronicles 29—required to do so, he’ll need the man-power to do so, and he’ll need to form friendships with someone outside the Nation to assist in his endeavor. That someone will be Huram—called Hiram in II Samuel; I Kings and I Chronicles 14:1—the king of Tyre, a close friend with Solomon’s father David. We read back in II Samuel 5 and I Chronicles 14, that David had hired Hiram to build his house, so this point of contact has already been established. Hiram will provide many and much of the materials that Solomon requires, one of the bigger items will be cedar trees. The best cedar trees were in Lebanon, and because the men of Tyre were such good mariners, they even cut timbers for building their ships. Cedar will be used for inner temple because, cedar is a strong wood, and it has a scent which repels insects and thus, prevents them from damaging the wood. For this same reason, today, we also use cedar to store those things we desire to keep away from insects. For those who desire deeper study of the Temple Solomon built, Biblical Archaeologist Dr. E. Raymond Capt of the Archaeological Institute of America has a wonderful work out entitled “King Solomon’s Temple,” it is in Paperback, of roughly 96 pages, published in 2006, here is the ISBN if you desire buy it 0-934666-05-9, you will not be disappointed in the time you put into the study of this material.
With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “ Father, I come to You right now and ask that You Oh LORD Lead me and Guide me as I try and teach Your Word, don’t allow me to mis-teach or mis-lead Your Children. We, Father, also come to You as a group who desire to Learn Your Word, to thank You for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”
I Chronicles 10:1-II Chronicles 36:21
HISTORY (UP TO THE CAPTIVITY.)
(Division.)
11:1-II Chronicles 36:21 THE HOUSE
of DAVID. ESTABLISHED. (Division.)
II Chronicles 1:1-9:31 SOLOMON.
(Introversion and Alternation.)
2:1-7:11 BUILDING OF TEMPLE
(EVENTS: SACRED) (Introversion.)
2:1 Determination to Build.
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II Chronicles 2:1 And Solomon (peaceful; and, peaceful) (shel-o-moי) determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. —> Solomon is not yet beginning the actual construction of Father’s Temple—the actual construction won’t begin until the 4th year of his reign and rule over the Nation—he is however, at present, laying all the ground work, so to speak, for doing so; in other words, he is making all the preparations for the building of Father’s Temple, but we also read in this verse that, he is making preparation for the building of his own house as well.
In laying this ground work, Solomon first needs to determine the exact location of where he’ll put the Temple, he’ll need the men to prepare the land, i.e., clearing it of any trees and such. Remember, Father had instilled in him the blueprints for the Temple, as such, he knows what materials it’ll be made of and therefore he knows that he’ll have to procure some of those materials from outside sources.
Solomon=For a detailed description of Solomon, including his birth, history, the etymology of his name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
2:2-18 preparation.
2:2-18 PREPARATION. (Introversion.)
2:2 Laborers.
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II Chronicles 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. —> This Chapter and these verses sort of parallel both I Kings 5 and I Kings 6. I say “sort of”, because it is chronologically out of sequence with those Chapters and verses. With that being said, we read this same in I Kings 5:15-16. So, what this is saying is that, Solomon had threescore and ten thousand, in other words, 70,000, and fourscore thousand, or 80,000 men who were going to be laborers, free laborers. Where did he get these men? They got them from when our forefathers did not “utterly destroy” the Canaanites. No, they disobeyed Father in not doing so; however, now they are putting them to use in building His Temple. Solomon did however, use 3,600 of his own People to oversee and supervise these Canaanites.
This verse concluded the eleventh of the twenty-five Sedarim—cycles of public reading, sadly, what some mistakenly think means partaking of food during “easter”—which began at I Chronicles 28:10. These Sedarim show us that there is no break in the text in the Original Manuscripts, thus indicating to us that the two Books of The Chronicles really should have never been divided.
2:3-10 Embassy to Huram. Request.
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II Chronicles 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram (whiteness; that is; noble; and, noble) (khoo-rawnי or, khoo-romeי) the king of Tyre (a rock; and, rock) (tsore), saying, “As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. —> Biblical historian, not scholar Josephus notes in his historical writings, the following concerning Hiram, David and Solomon: “Hiram, king of Tyre, when he had heard that Solomon succeeded to his father’s kingdom, was very glad of it, for he was a friend of David’s. So he sent ambassadors to him, and saluted him, and congratulated him on the present happy state of his affairs. Upon which Solomon sent him an epistle, the contents of which here follow: — “Know thou that my father would have built a temple to God, but was hindered by wars, and continual expeditions; for he did not leave off to overthrow his enemies till he made them all subject to tribute. But I give thanks to God for the peace I at present enjoy, and on that account I am at leisure, and design to build a house to God, for God foretold to my father that such a house should he built by me; wherefore I desire thee to send some of thy subjects with mine to Mount Lebanon to cut down timber, for the Sidonians are more skillful than our people in cutting of wood. As for wages to the hewers of wood, I will pay whatsoever price thou shalt determine.” When Hiram had read this epistle, he was pleased with it; and wrote back this answer to Solomon. — “It is fit to bless God that he hath committed thy father’s government to thee, who art a wise man, and endowed with all virtues. As for myself, I rejoice at the condition thou art in, and will be subservient to thee in all that thou sendest to me about; for when by my subjects I have cut down many and large trees of cedar and cypress wood, I will send them to sea, and will order my subjects to make floats of them, and to sail to what place soever of thy country thou shalt desire, and leave them there, after which thy subjects may carry them to Jerusalem. But do thou take care to procure us corn for this timber, which we stand in need of, because we inhabit in an island.”.” I Kings 5:1 confirms what Josephus states, that Hiram sent his servants to Solomon to congratulate him on his succession to the throne. Solomon then sent to Hiram requesting that he also deal with him as he had with his father David. He requested from Hiram the cedar trees to decorate the interior, he will also in the following verses request skilled laborers and other materials.
This letter which Solomon sent to Hiram will continue to verse v2:10 below.
Hiram
Hiram=Also sometimes called: Huram. Hiram lived in and ruled Tyre during the reign of kings David and his son Solomon, and he was a friend to both. King Hiram supplied building materials and workers to David in order to build his house and several other of the royal residences II Samuel 5:11, I Chronicles 14:1 which David needed to house his wives and their children, and later to Solomon to build the temple of Father YHVH I Kings 5:1. King Hiram and Solomon had made a contract between each other for Hiram to supply skilled laborers, who had the knowledge to hew stone and timber; knew how to fashion, form and sculpt gold, silver and other precious metals; he sent out of Lebanon algum, cedar and fir trees, and also great stone which was cut, formed and fashioned off-site and sent to Jerusalem. In return, Solomon sent to king Hiram 20,000 measures of wheat and 20 measures of pure oil every year, plus he supplied over 100,000 men to assist in the cutting down of the trees, and the moving of the trees and stone. Later—as we read in I Kings 9 and II Chronicles 2—as further payment, Solomon gave Hiram 20 cities however, when Hiram came to look at the cities, he wasn’t pleased with them and called them “the land of Cabul.” Even though Hiram felt betrayed by the payment, his anger against Solomon did not prevent him from remaining friends with Solomon. † For the etymology of the name Hiram, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “There is no consensus among the consulted sources about the etymology of our name Hiram. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List (we assume) and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names think that the name Hiram comes from the noun חר (hor), meaning noble or nobleman, from the root חרר (hrr): The final letter mem of Hiram could be explained (as does Jones) by taking it to be an intensive. Hence Jones translates our name with Most Noble, and NOBSE reads Highborn. But NOBSE might also have taken our name from the ubiquitous verb רום (rum), meaning to be high: Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary doesn’t translate the name Hiram, but decrees that it is an abbreviated form of the name אחירם (Ahiram), and that name (says BDB) consists of the verb רום (rum), meaning to be high, and the common noun אח (ah), meaning brother: BDB Theological Dictionary equates the name Hiram with Ahiram, and that name they translate with Brother Of (The) Lofty. Also note the similarity between these names Hiram (חירם) / Huram (חורם) and the names Horem (חרם) / Harim (חרם) from the verb חרם (haram).”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2438, - חִירָם or חִירֹם, - chı̂yrâm or chı̂yrôm, pronounced - khee-rawnי or khee-romeי, and means: Another form of H2361; whiteness, (that is), noble; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians: - Hiram, Huram. Total KJV occurrences: 26.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, II Samuel 5:11; I Chronicles 14:1 to build a palace for David, whom he ever loved I Kings 5:1, and again, I Kings 5:10; 7:13; II Chronicles 2:16. To build the temple for Solomon, with whom he had a treaty of peace and commerce I Kings 5:11,12. He admitted Solomon’s ships issuing from Joppa, to a share in the profitable trade of the Mediterranean I Kings 10:22, and the Jewish sailors, under the guidance of Tyrians, were taught to bring the gold of India I Kings 9:26, to Solomon’s two harbors on the Red Sea.”.
Tyre
Tyre=There were three periods in which the city of Tyre figured prominently in the history our forefathers in Father’s Word and once when it figures importantly prophetically. The first two historical periods pretty much coincide and run during the second and third man kings of the House of Israel: kings David and his son Solomon. During that time, the king of Tyre—king Hiram, who was also called Huram—was instrumental in building the kingdom of the Nation of the House of Israel, how and why? Because, because of his friendship with David and Solomon, he provided the building materials, i.e., great, cut stones, algum, cedar and fir trees, and large quantities of precious metals, plus he also provided many skilled laborers for the effort. One hundred years after Solomon, his great, great, great, great, great grand-son Ahab reigned and ruled over the Nation. Between the time of Solomon—and because during his later years wherein he married many foreign women and allowed them to bring in their false gods to worship in the Nation—and the time of Ahab, the Nation had only known immoral, unrighteous and unjust living—pretty much like was ushered into our Nation of the United States of America during the presidency of barrack obama. So much so, that Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of ethbaal the king of Tyre. As her father was king of Tyre and a worshiper of baal, Jezebel brought the worship of baal upon the Nation, she also brought in 400 baal priests and 450 baal prophets to ensure all the People of the Nation served baal. Father used Jehu to put an end to Jezebel and the worship of baal in the Nation. More importantly, Father in Ezekial 28 details for us that in the first earth age, Father called satan “the king of Tyre,” of course, Tyre in the Hebrew tongue means “rock,” and our adversary satan is the false rock. It is also in that Chapter that Father chronicles for us that satan’s status as the protecting cherub who protected His Mercy Seat in the First Earth Age, who became prideful and decided he no longer wanted to protect Father’s Seat of Judgment but, he himself wanted to sit in that seat as god, thinking he could oust his Creator—how foolish. We read in Revelation 12, that when satan rebelled, he, through influence, drew 1/3 of Father’s Children with him in his rebellion which brought about Father destroying the First Earth Age. Again, in Ezekiel 28, Father details what satan’s end will be—the Lake of Fire. † For the etymology of the name Tyre, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “We find that the Semitic, and thus original, name for Tyre is pronounced Zor or Zur. In Biblical Hebrew this name looks exactly like words coming off the צור and צרר root-groups. More specifically, scholars assume that the Hebrew name for Tyre, צור, equals the regular word צור (sur) meaning rock (Jeremiah 21:13, Job 14:18). In Deuteronomy 32:31 the author compares the gods of the nations to the living God and says, “Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock”: For a meaning of the Hebrew name for Tyre, Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Rock. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List does not translate.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6865, - צר or צור, - tsôr or tsôr, pronounced - tsore or tsore, and means: The same as H6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine: - Tyre, Tyrus. Total KJV occurrences: 42.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary: The description for Tyre in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here, so I’ll just post a link to it, click: here. Now from the American Tract Society Bible Dictionary of which I’ll again just post the link, click: here.
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II Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel (he will rule as YAH; and, the prince that prevails with YAH) (Yis-raw-aleי) (secondary map). —> Solomon explains to Hiram that there are certain Offerings and Sacrifices which must be made to Father at their appointed times. Notice the adoration, love and Praise which Solomon heaps upon Father while explaining these things to Hiram. These practices and rituals of Worship of Father were designed by Father Himself, neither David nor Solomon came up with them out of the imagination of their own hearts.
Solomon tells Hiram that this Temple to our Father must be great; we’ll read in the next verse v2:5, that Solomon tells Hiram the reason for this is because our Father is great and above all gods. Solomon knew the Books of Moses—in other words, he knew The Law, the Tora, the Pentateuch—and he knew the detail which Father delineated to Moses which had to go into the sacrifices; the burning of incense of the spices; and the continual shewbread, as out lined in Exodus 40, which reads: Exodus 40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying, [40:2] “On the first day of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. [40:3] And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. [40:4] And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things (the Shew-bread) that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
—> As our forefathers had passed through the wilderness for those 38 years; on the first day of each month they paused, pitched the tent of the tabernacle, set up the Holiest of Holies, the table of shew-bread, and they prepared the altars for the sacrifices which were to be made. Solomon knew this requirement of Father, and it was still a custom which took place in the time of Solomon’s day, almost six hundred years later. Father had now assigned Solomon the task of building a permanent home for those sacrifices and services which were made in that tent, and Solomon wanted it to show the greatness and grace of Father.
The LORD=This Title of Father as used here in this verse, is Father in His Role of יְהֹוָה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”.
God=As used in this verse, this is אלהים, ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices,: ELOHIM—the genus God, in other words, Father in His role of Creator of all things. From Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible, Appendix 4: “ELOHIM occurs 2,700 times. Its first occurrence connects it with creation, and gives it its essential meaning as the Creator. It indicates His relation to mankind as His creatures (see note on II Chronicles 18:31, where it stands in contrast with YEHOVAH as indicating covenant relationship). ELOHIM is God the Son, the living “WORD” with creature form to create (John 1:1; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 3:14); and later, with human form to redeem (John 1:14). “Begotten of His Father before all worlds; born of His mother, in the world.” In this creature form He appeared to the Patriarchs, a form not temporarily assumed.”. Dr. Bullinger further notes in his Companion notes to this verse, that “(with Art.) = the [true] God.”.
…shewbread…=The “Shewbread” in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H4635, - מַעֲרֶכֶת, ma‛ăreketh, pronounced - mah-ar-ehי-keth, and means: From H6186; an arrangement, that is, (concretely) a pile (of loaves): - row, shewbread. Total KJV occurrences: 9.. So, in the Hebrew tongue, Shewbread literally means: “bread of the face” or “faces.” The Shewbread was unleavened bread which was placed upon a table and stood in the sanctuary together with the seven-branched candlestick and the altar of incense. Every Sabbath, twelve newly baked loaves, representing each of the twelve tribes of Israel were put on it in two rows, six in each row and sprinkled with incense, where they remained till the following Sabbath. Then, they were replaced by twelve new loaves, the incense was burned, and they were eaten by the Priests in the Holy Place, out of which they might not be removed, The title “bread of the face” seems to indicate that bread through which God is seen, that is, with the participation of which the seeing of Father is bound up, or through the participation of which man attains the sight of Father, whence it follows that we have not to think of bread merely as such as the means of nourishing the bodily life, but as spiritual food as a means of appropriating and retaining that life which consists “In seeing the face of God.”
…burnt offerings…=These were the required Daily Sacrifices mandated by The Law in Leviticus 6 and other places. We find that in the Strong’s Concordance this is Hebrew word number: H5930, - עֹלָה or עוֹלָה, - ‛ôlâh or ‛ôlâh, pronounced - o-lawי or o-lawי, and means: Feminine active particle of H5927; a step; or (collectively stairs, as ascending), usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke): - ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766. Total KJV occurrences: 288.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar, and the whole of which, except the refuse ashes “ascended” in the smoke to God. The meaning of the whole burnt offering was that which is the original idea of all sacrifice, the offering by the sacrificer of himself, soul and body, to God—the submission of his will to the will of the Lord. The ceremonies of the burnt offering are given in detail in the book of Leviticus. [SACRIFICE].” † Now from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendix 43, where we read “'Olah = the burnt offering: so called from the Hiphil of the verb 'alah, to cause to ascend [as the flame and smoke ascend by burning]. In Greek holocausta, which conveys its meaning as being wholly burnt.”.
Solemn feasts=The Solemn Feasts were appointed times which the entire congregation gathered together in order to meet with Father at His Tabernacle. Usually, during these set times, either no work—money making employment; though, feeding of livestock and other such tasks was allowed—was allowed, other times, not even the feeding of livestock was allowed, their feed had to be set out the night before. During these solemn gatherings—or feasts—as I said, the congregation met with Father and His Law was read and taught. The three Feasts wherein absolutely no work was allowed were: the Feast of Passover, the Feast of Weeks—what we today call Pentecost—and the Feast of Tabernacles—this Feast included the Feast of Trumpets, and The Day of Atonement—these three Feasts all occurred during the first 22 days of the month of Ethanim, Old Hebrew tongue, or Tisri after the Babylonian captivity. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that Solemn Feasts is Hebrew word number: H4150, - מוֹעֵד, or ssמֹעֵד,ss or מוֹעָדָה, - mô‛êd, mô‛êd, or mô‛âdâh, pronounced - mo-adeי, mo-adeי, or mo-aw-dawי, and means: From H3259; properly an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): - appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed). Total KJV occurrences: 223.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The religious times ordained in the law fall under three heads: (1) Those formally connected with the institution of the Sabbath; (2) This historical or great festivals; (3) The day of atonement. Immediately connected with the institution of the Sabbath are — a. The weekly Sabbath itself. b. The seventh new moon, or feast of trumpets. c. The sabbatical year. d. The year of jubilee. The great feasts are — a. The passover. b. The feast of pentecost, of weeks, of wheat-harvest or of the first-fruits. c. The feast of tabernacles or of ingathering. On each of these occasions every male Israelite was commanded to “appear before the Lord,” that is, to attend in the court of the tabernacle or the temple, and to make his offering with a joyful heart Deuteronomy 27:7; Nehemiah 8:9-12. The attendance of women was voluntary, but the zealous often went up to the passover. On all the days of holy convocation there was to be an entire suspension of ordinary labor of all kinds Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 16:29; 23:21,24,25,35, but on the intervening days of the longer festivals work might be carried on. The agricultural significance of the three great festivals is clearly set forth int he account of the Jewish sacred year contained in Leviticus 23:1 ... The times of the festivals were evidently ordained in wisdom, so as to interfere as little as possible with the industry of the people. The value of these great religious festivals was threefold. (1) Religious effects. —They preserved the religious faith of the nation and religious unity among the people. They constantly reminded the people of the divinely-wrought deliverances of the past; promoted gratitude and trust; and testified the reverence of the people for the temple and its sacred contents. Besides this was the influence of well-conducted temple services upon the synagogues through the land. (2) Political effects. —The unity of the nation would be insured by this fusion of the tribes; otherwise they would be likely to constitute separate tribal states. They would carry back to the provinces glowing accounts of the wealth, power and resources of the country. (3) Social effects. —They promoted friendly intercourse between travelling companions; distributed information through the country at a time when the transmission of news was slow and imperfect; and imported into remote provincial districts a practical knowledge of all improvements in arts and sciences. For the day of atonement see that article. II. After the captivity, the feast of purim, Esther 9:20 seq., and that of the dedication, 1 Maccabees 4:56, were instituted.”.
Israel=For a detailed description of Israel, including his birth, his and the Nation’s history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
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II Chronicles 2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. —> Great=Great in magnificence, not size, for Father’s Temple was for His presence among His People, it was not for man.
Solomon is trying to convey to Hiram that since our Father is the One and Only True Living God—ELOAH, from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendix 4: “ELOAH is Elohim, Who is to be worshipped. Eloah is God in connection with His Will rather than His power. The first occurrence associates this name with worship Deuteronomy 32:15,17. Hence it is the title used whenever the contrast (latent or expressed) is with false gods or idols. Eloah is essentially “the living God” in contrast to inanimate idols.”—his house of worship must therefore be grand. Solomon knew that Hiram could greatly assist him in completing the task set before him. Think about this brethren, who is Hiram king over? Tyre — the home of the merchants, princes, and traffickers; in other words, the kenites — satan’s offspring. Anyway, Solomon used these kenite offspring of our adversary—who were skilled in all manner of the cutting and fashioning of wood, logs and lumber, and in building and construction—to construct His house.
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II Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build Him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before Him? —> Solomon isn’t asking this for informational purposes; no, he was making a positive affirmation, a statement of fact; in other words, Solomon was pointing to the wonder and admiration he has for Father YHVH. Remember, Solomon knew Father personally because He had visited with and spoken to Solomon in his dream, and He had made many promises to him in support of Solomon’s kingship, as we read in I Kings 3 and our last Chapter I Chronicles 1. Brethren, when we come to Father in repentance in Jesus name, and believe in His name and commit ourselves to His Ways, then, each of us can have this same personal relationship with Father, and taste of the love that He has for each of us, His children.
Notice the humbleness in Solomon’s statement here? He is asking, who is he but an earth-bound, lowly man to build a house for the Creator of all things, The One and Only Who Created the Heavens which cannot contain Him. In reality, Solomon wasn’t building a Temple to contain Father, he was building a building where we, Father’s Children can come, to Honor, Love, Serve and Worship Him.
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II Chronicles 2:7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah (celebrated; and, praised, celebrated) (yeh-hoo-dawי) and in Jerusalem (founded peaceful; and, the habitation of peace) (Yer-oo-shaw-lahי-im), whom David my father did provide. —> Send me now a man=Solomon is asking Huram to send him a Master-Craftsman who can over-see and direct the men he has who are somewhat skilled in fashioning the ornate items which will go into Father’s House.
But, think about this brethren — what a sad thing for first David and now Solomon to do, as I already stated; he went to Hiram asking him to provide. What Solomon really should have did, was, seek and ask Father to instill these skills in men in Israel so that Solomon wouldn’t have to ask for outside assistance. Not only was this “out-side, out of the Nation assistance,” but it was kenite assistance, and he brought these kenite workers to Israel, right into Jerusalem to work on Father’s House.
And=Did you notice all the “and(s)” in this verse brethren? The use of multiple and(s) in Father’s Word indicates a polysyndeton. These consecutive or multiple uses of the word and, are used to highlight and emphasize each detail and point.
Judah
Judah=The kingdom of Judah came about because of king Solomon not being able to honor and serve Father, and Father Only. After Father had appeared to him in that dream—in I Kings 3—and asked him, “Ask what I shall give thee.” and he told Father that all he desired was the wisdom to be able to properly lead His—Father’s—People, Father gave him that wisdom; and, so very much more. However, as his life progressed, Solomon began to accumulate wives; and, in doing so, he brought into the kingdom, all their foreign, false gods. This angered Father, and Father appeared to him again and told him that He would rip the Nation into two separate and distinct Nations which would become known as “House of Israel,” — consisting of ten tribes and making up the Northern Portion of the Territory known as Israel; and, “House of Judah,” — consisting of 2 tribes which occupied the southern portion of the territory of Israel, of which Jerusalem was it’s Capital City. The Nation existed from 880-477B.C., a total of 403 years, and had 19 kings and 1 usurper queen rule over her. Those who repatriated after the 70 year captivity to the Babylonians, moved into the providence known as Judea in Hebrew, and\or Judaea in Greek. † For the etymology of the name Judah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Judah appears to be associated with the verb ידה (yada), meaning to praise: The Greek name Judea is also part of a cluster of words that have to do with the name Jew. See our article on that name for the details. The name Judea should be understood to mean Place Of The Jews, which in turn means Place Of Those Who Praise. Formally, the name Judah does not contain the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh, but no member of a Hebrew audience would fail to notice that the first two letters of the name Judah form יה (Yah). And if the letter ד (daleth) would be omitted from the name Judah, the very name יהוה (YHVH) would appear. For the meaning of the name Judah, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Let Him (God) Be Praised. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names simply reads Praised. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not interpret this name and lists it alphabetically, not under the verb ידה (yada).”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3063, - יהוּדה, - yehûdâh, pronounced - yeh-hoo-dawי, and means: From H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory: - Judah. Total KJV occurrences: 754.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Praised, celebrated. When the disruption of Solomon’s kingdom took place at Shechem, only the tribe of Judah followed David, but almost immediately afterward the larger part of Benjamin joined Judah. A part, if not all, of the territory of Simeon I Samuel 27:6; I Kings 19:3, compare with Joshua 19:1 and of Dan II Chronicles 11:10, compare with Joshua 19:41,42. Was recognized as belonging to Judah; and in the reigns of Abijah and Asa the southern kingdom was enlarged by some additions taken out of the territory of Ephraim II Chronicles 13:19; 15:8; 17:2. It is estimated that the territory of Judah contained about 3450 square miles. Advantages — The kingdom of Judah possessed many advantages which secured for it a longer continuance than that of Israel. A frontier less exposed to powerful enemies, a soil less fertile, a population hardier and more united, a fixed and venerated centre of administration and religion, a hereditary aristocracy in the sacerdotal caste, an army always subordinate, a succession of kings which no revolution interrupted; so that Judah survived her more populous and more powerful sister kingdom by 135 years. History. — The first three kings of Judah seem to have cherished the hope of re-establishing their authority over the ten tribes; for sixty years there was war between them and the kings of Israel. The victory achieved by the daring Abijah brought to Judah a temporary accession of territory. Asa appears to have enlarged it still further. Hanani’s remonstrance II Chronicles 16:7, prepares us for the reversal by Jehoshaphat of the policy which Asa pursued toward Israel and Damascus. A close alliance sprang up with strange rapidity between Judah and Israel. Jehoshaphat, active and prosperous, commanded the respect of his neighbors; but under Amaziah Jerusalem was entered and plundered by the Israelites. Under Uzziah and Jotham, Judah long enjoyed prosperity, till Ahaz became the tributary and vassal of Tiglath-pileser. Already in the fatal grasp of Assyria, Judah was yet spared for a checkered existence of almost another century and a half after the termination of the kingdom of Israel. The consummation of the ruin came upon its people in the destruction of the temple by the hand of Nebuzaradan. There were 19 kings, all from the family of David.”.
Jerusalem=For a detailed description of Jerusalem, including the Nations history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of the name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
1A8
II Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon ([the] white mountain [from its snow]; and, White one) (leb-aw-nohnי): for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, —> Fir trees=The word fir tree in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H1265, - בְּרוֹש, - berôsh, pronounced - ber-oshי, and means: Of uncertain derivation; a cypress tree (perhaps); hence a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood): - fir (tree). Total KJV occurrences: 20.. Just about all the Biblical scholars agree that this most likely is a cypress tree.
Algum trees=The word algum in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H418, - אַלְגּוּמִּים, - 'algûmmı̂ym, - pronounced: al-goom-meemי, and means: By transposition for H484; sticks of algum wood: - algum [trees]. Total KJV occurrences: 3.. Now, let’s look at H484: H484, אַלְמֻגִּים, - 'almuggiym, - pronounced: al-moog-gheemי, and means: Probably of foreign derivation (used thus only in the plural); almug (that is, probably sandalwood) sticks: - almug trees. Compare H418. Total KJV occurrences: 3.. As we see, these were sandalwood. These trees were very strong and were brought from Ophir by Hiram’s and Solomon’s men on Hiram’s ships. Solomon used these trees to build the covered spiral staircase which connected Mount Zion to Mount Moriah; to make pillars for both the Temple and his own house; and also for musical instruments.
Lebanon=For a detailed description of Lebanon, including the town’s history, the etymology of the name, the Strong’s Concordance definition of his name, and the Smith’s Bible Dictionary information, click here.
1A9
II Chronicles 2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. —> Wonderful great=Dr. Bullinger notes in his Companion Bible, that this phrase is a “hendiadys” meaning, “Two words used, but one thing meant.” In other words, it is a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”. Biblical Scholar Dr. Cyrus Scofield has this phrase written in his Scofield Bible “…for the house that I am about to build will be great and wonderful.,” Biblical scholar Dr. James Moffat writes the verse this way: “…for the temple I am building is to be a marvel in size.”.
1A10
II Chronicles 2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.” —> …I will give to thy servants…=This in I Kings 5:11 reads, that Solomon gave wheat, barley, wine and oil to Hiram’s household. There is no discrepancy, as what he gave to Hiram in I Kings 5:11 was for Hiram’s personal stock, here it is indeed for his workers for their daily sustenance.
2:11-16 Embassy to Hiram. Aggreement.
1A11
II Chronicles 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD hath loved His People, He hath made thee king over them.” —> …Huram…answered…because the LORD…=Hiram may be the king of Tyre; however, as we see here—and we’ll read in the next few verses—he knows Who Father YHVH is. Hiram may not serve and worship Him, but again, he does know Who He is. Hiram also knows what a powerful man Father YHVH made Solomon, and therefore, he wants Solomon as an ally and a friend.
1A12
II Chronicles 2:12 Huram said moreover, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, That made heaven and earth, Who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. —> …LORD God…=For a gentile, Hiram sure does recognize Father in many of His different Roles and Titles. Here, he recognizes Father in His role of ELOHIM, Creator of All Things.
…heaven and earth…=With the Hebrew Particle יeth, emphasizing the Article “the,” thus making it read “…The Heavens and The Earth,” it is this way every time—except in Genesis 2:1. One of the thirteen occurrences of the Hebrew expressions noted in the Massorah: Genesis 1:1; Exodus 20:11; 31:17; Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; II Kings 19:15; II Chronicles 2:12; Isaiah 37:16; Jeremiah 23:24; 32:17; Haggai 2:6,21.
1A13
II Chronicles 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s, —> First off brethren, notice this verse ends with a comma, not a period; meaning, it continues into the next verse.
OK, now let’s get into the meat of this verse. Sadly, our King James 1611 translators didn’t do this verse any justice when they translated it. How and why can I say this? Actually, for several reasons: first off, Hiram states: “a…man…of Huram my father’s,” so, according to our translators, this man would be Hiram’s brother or step-brother; secondly, the next verse—which I’ll bring in part of it here—reads: “The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre…,” thus showing us, that this man is not Hiram’s brother or step-brother; thirdly, the word “father(’s)” does not always translate out to mean “father,” “step-father,” “grandfather,” “uncle,” or any of the other words meaning to translate to paternal relationship, as is the case here, here it is used to mean or translate: adviser or counselor. Dr. Scofield translates the verse this way: “And now I am sending a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,” while Dr. Moffet translates it this way: “I send you an adept workman, endued with intelligence, a trusty adviser of mine, called Huram.” With all that being said, what is transpiring here, is king Hiram is sending a man—whose name also happens to be Hiram in The Book of the Kings and Huram as we read here in The Book of the Chronicles—to Solomon who is not only a skilled workman, but also, an adviser or supervisor\instructor, a master-craftsman who can instruct others on how to accomplish all the artistic work which Solomon desires be completed and installed into Father’s Temple.
1A14
II Chronicles 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan (patronymic from H1835, a Danite (often collectively) or descendant of Dan: - tribe of Dan; and, judge) (daw-neeי), and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. —> This verse is a little confusing, this master-craftsman Hiram of whom we’re reading of here, his mother, who was of the Tribe of Dan, married a man from the Tribe of Naphtali and together they bare this Hiram. That husband—Hiram’s natural birth father, thus making this Hiram an Israelite—died—presumably when Hiram was still a boy—which can be read of in I Kings 7:14 and she later married a man from Tyre, thus making the Tyrian father a step-father, not birth-father, so there is no conflict or discrepancy between the two verses.
But as we see, he truly was a master-craftsman, knowledgeable and skilled in all manner of materials: brass, fabric, iron, stone and wood. There was a man during the time of Moses who Father instilled the knowledge and workmanship to fabricate all the items which were to go into the Mosaic Tabernacle, his name was Bezaleel, and this Hiram will be to the Solomon Tabernacle, what Bezaleel was to the Mosaic Tabernacle.
Danites
…daughters of Dan=The first we read of anything concerning the Danites—the descendants of Dan, the Patriarch of the Tribe—is the name of his son in Genesis 46:23 where we find that Dan only had one son whose name was Hushim (hasters; and, who makes haste) (koo-sheemי). Father’s Word doesn’t say who Hushim’s mother was but, he was born prior to our forefathers going down into Egypt during the famine. Then, during Jacob’s death bed Blessing of Genesis 49:16-17, where we read the following: Genesis 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. [49:17] Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. —> Dan shall judge his people=This prophesy came to pass and was fulfilled in Judges 15:20; obviously, not by Dan himself as he was dead and Home with Father during the time of the Judges; therefore, it was fulfilled by Samson who Judged Israel for 20 years. …Dan shall be a serpent…=Again, this is not speaking directly of the patriarch Dan; but, to his descendants. Sadly, Dan’s descendants were extremely prone to idolatry, as a matter of fact, it was the Danites who were the first Tribe to fall into idolatry, and we can read of it in Judges 18 where we read that they went looking to expand their boarders, and they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah who had several false gods and idolatrous instruments; namely, a graven image, an ephod, a teraphim, and a molten image. Well, they stole Micah’s idolatrous instruments and convinced a Levite who had been living with Micah, to go with them and be a priest to them. Because of their falling to idolatry, they are omitted from Revelation 7:4-8, and Ephraim is there merged with Joseph. Coming out of Egypt, we read in Exodus 31:1-6 that Father had given Aholiab (tent of (his) father; and, father’s tent) (o-hol-e-awbי), the son of Ahisamach (brother of support; and, brother of help) (akh-ee-saw-mawkי), of the Tribe of Dan, to Bezaleel (in (the) shadow (that is, protection) of YAH; and, in the shadow of YAH) (bets-al-aleי), the son of Uri (fiery; and, fiery) (oo-reeי), the son of Hur (holes; and, hole) (khoorי), of the tribe of Judah—Bezaleel was whom Father had “filled with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship,” in order to be the architech and then be able to make all the Father had commanded them concerning His Tabernacle, the furnishings and the Priest’s clothing. During the numbering in Numbers 2:25-26, the Danites numbers were 62,700, and by the time of the second numbering in Numbers 26:42-43, their number had increased to 64,400, an increase of 1,700. The Danites’ numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 2nd most numerous. The Danites’ encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the North side of the Tabernacle, they were the Standard Bearer for the North, surrounded by the Tribes of Asher and Naphtali. The sign on Dan’s Standard was the Eagle, the colors on the Standard was the color of the third row of stones on the High Priest’s Breastplate: the Sapphire, the Diamond, and a bluish colored Agate—almost like the Sodalite gemstone—and as such, the colors most likely were blue, and white and blue. The Prince of the Tribe was Ahiezer (brother of help; and, brother of help) (akh-ee-ehי-zer) the son of Ammishaddai (people of (the) Almighty; and, people of the Almighty) (am-mee-shad-dahי-ee). † For the etymology of the name Dan, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “Dan was named by Rachel who exclaimed, “God has judged me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son” Genesis 30:6. Later, Jacob — now named Israel — gathers his people around his death bed, he says, “Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel” Genesis 49:16. Hence it’s pretty safe to say that the name Dan comes from the Hebrew verb דין (din) meaning to judge, contend, plead: For a meaning of the name Dan, Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and the New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List agree on Judge. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Judge, Judging.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: 1835, - דָּן, - dân, pronounced - dawn, and means: From H1777; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory, likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them: - Dan. Total KJV occurrences: 70.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A judge. The fifth son of Jacob, and the first of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid Genesis 30:6. The origin of the name is given in the exclamation of Rachel. The records of Dan are unusually meagre. Only one son is attributed to him, Genesis 46:23, but his tribe was, with the exception of Judah, the most numerous of all. In the division of the promised land Dan was the last of the tribes to receive his portion, which was the smallest of the twelve Joshua 19:48. But notwithstanding its smallness it had eminent natural advantages. On the north and east it was completely embraced by its two brother tribes Ephraim and Benjamin, while on the southeast and south it joined Judah, and was thus surrounded by the three most powerful states of the whole confederacy. It was a rich and fertile district; but the Amorites soon “forced them into the mountain,” Judges 1:34 and they had another portion granted them Judges 18. In the “security” and “quiet,” Judges 18:7,10 of their rich northern possession the Danites enjoyed the leisure and repose which had been denied them in their original seat. In the time of David Dan still kept its place among the tribes I Chronicles 12:35. Asher is omitted, but the “prince of the tribe of Dan” is mentioned in the list of I Chronicles 27:22. But from this time forward the name as applied to the tribe vanishes; it is kept alive only by the northern city. In the genealogies of I Chronicles 2-12, Dan is omitted entirely. Lastly, Dan is omitted from the list of those who were sealed by the angel in the vision of St. John Revelation 7:5-7.”.
1A15
II Chronicles 2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
—> Hiram sends back to Solomon that he agrees to the contract the two men have made, and he tells Solomon to send the supplies that he said he would pay Hiram, therefore the work can now begin.
1A16
II Chronicles 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa (beautiful; and, beauty) (yaw-foי); and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. —> floats=What they would do was, cut down the trees, move them to the sea, bind them together with lashings to make a make-shift raft, and then float them to their destination.
Joppa
Joppa=The city of Joppa was a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. When Father brought our forefathers into the Promised Land, Joppa—Japho as it was called then Joshua 19:46—was allotted to the Tribe of Dan. The city lay East, by South East of Mount Gerizim—the location of Jacob’s well—approximately 30 miles west of Jerusalem, and North West of Ekron. Father’s Word doesn’t mention of anything of significance taking place in Joppa until 530 plus years later, when Solomon becomes king. It is from Joppa that Hiram—spelled Huram in The Books of the Chronicles—the king of Type with whom Solomon had made arrangements for cedar trees and cut stone, sailed the ships with trees cut from Lebanon for Father’s House. Almost another 200 years pass until we read of Joppa again, this time, in the days of Father’s Prophet Jonah, and we read that Jonah boarded the ship on which he was trying to flee from Father so that he didn’t have to go to Nineveh and prophesy to the Assyrians to change their ways. Another 300 plus years pass until we read, that again, cedar trees were brought from Lebanon to Joppa to be shipped to Ezra—Ezra 3:7—to re-build Father’s House after it had been destroyed by the Babylonians and Judah had gone into captivity to the same. Four centuries later, in the New Testament, after the birth and crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we read of Joppa as being the home town of the disciple Tabitha, who was also known as Dorcas, whom Peter raised from the dead—Acts 9:36. Joppa was also the hometown of Simon the tanner, with whom Peter tarried many days. It was from Simon the tanner’s roof-top—Acts 10:9-16—that Peter had his vision of great sheet knit at the four corners descend from heaven with all manner of unclean beasts, and Father, using this sheet with unclean beasts as an allegory, was showing Peter, and us, that he was to call neither Cornelius, nor no man common or unclean—sadly, it is this vision of Peter’s, that many Christians today, mistakenly think that Father made all meats acceptable to eat, but the answer lies in Acts 10:28. † For the etymology of the name Joppa, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The Greek name Joppa is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Japho, and Japho comes from the verb יפה (yapa), meaning to be beautiful: For a meaning of the name Joppa, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Beauty. For the name Japho, Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Beautiful. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary doesn’t offer an interpretation of the name Joppa/Japho but does list it under the verb יפה (yapa), meaning to be beautiful.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, in both the Hebrew and then the Greek, where we find first in the Hebrew, that it is Hebrew word number: H3305, - יָפוֹ, or ssיָפוֹא, - yâphô, or yâphô', - pronounced: yaw-foי or yaw-foי, and means: From H3302; beautiful; Japho, a place in Palestine: - Japha, Joppa. Total KJV occurrences: 4.. Now from the Greek, we find that it is Greek Word number: G2445, - Ἰόππη, - Ioppē, - pronounced: ee-op'-pay, and means: Of Hebrew origin [H3305]; Joppe (that is, Japho), a place in Palestine: - Joppa. Total KJV Occurrences: 10.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Beauty. Now Jaffa, a town on the southwest coast of Palestine, in the portion of Dan, Joshua 19:46. Having a harbor attached to it—though always, as still, a dangerous one—it became the port of Jerusalem in the days of Solomon, and has been ever since. Here Jonah “took ship to flee from the presence of his Maker.” Here, on the house-top of Simon the tanner, “by the seaside,” St. Peter had his vision of tolerance, Acts 11:5. The existing town contains about 4,000 inhabitants.”.
2:17 Laborers.
1A17
II Chronicles 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. —> strangers=These 153,600 “strangers” which were in the land of Israel are mainly those from other nations our forefathers had defeated, i.e., the Canaanites, and the Ammonites from Rabbah who it was said of David that he “put them under saws,” and “under harrows of iron” and “under axes;” in other words, forcing them into the slave labor of building Father’s Temple, which we’re reading of here. This is quite a workforce to have access to. Brethren, don’t confuse these “strangers” with the nethinims who were already working under\within the priesthood being the drawers of water and hewers of wood for Father’s Altar which we read of in Joshua 9 and then having taken over the scribeship of Father’s Word in I Chronicles 2:55. These foreigners are totally separate from the nethinims.
2:18 Laborers.
1A18
II Chronicles 2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. —> This verse is a repeat of verse v2:2 above.
Oct 2019, updated: Sept 2022.
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