2 Chronicles 2:13

Amplified Bible

"Now I am sending a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
"So now, I am sending Huram-abi, a wise man, who is knowledgeable in understanding,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And now I haue sent a wise man, and a man of vnderstanding, whom my father Hiram dyd vse:

Darby Translation
And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,

New King James Version
And now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram 1 Kings 7:13">[fn] my master 1 Kings 7:13, 14)">[fn] craftsman

Literal Translation
And now I have sent a skilled man having understanding, of Hiram my father,

Easy-to-Read Version
I will send you a skilled craftsman named Huram Abi.

World English Bible
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father's,

King James Version (1611)
And now I haue sent a cunning man (indued with vnderstanding) of Huram my fathers:

King James Version
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore sende I now a wyse man that hath vnderstondynge, euen Hiram Abi

American Standard Version
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

Bible in Basic English
And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

Update Bible Version
And now I have sent a skillful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I have sent a skillful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

New English Translation
Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,

Contemporary English Version
I am sending Huram Abi to you. He is very bright.

Complete Jewish Bible
the son of a woman who was one of the daughters of Dan, while his father was a man from Tzor. He is skilled in working gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and timber, as well as purple and blue dyed materials, fine linen and crimson material; he can do any kind of engraving; and he can make all the equipment necessary to accomplish any task assigned to him, with the help of your craftsmen and those of my lord David your father.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now therefore I haue sent a wise man, and of vnderstanding of my father Hurams,

George Lamsa Translation
And now I have sent to you a skilful man, endued with understanding, even Hiram,

Hebrew Names Version
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father's,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, 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 devise any device; to do whatever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

New Living Translation
"I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram-abi, who is extremely talented.

New Life Bible
Now I am sending Huram-abi, an able man of understanding.

New Revised Standard
"I have dispatched Huram-abi, a skilled artisan, endowed with understanding,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man who belonged to Chiram my father

English Revised Version
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

Berean Standard Bible
So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, have I sent a wise man, skilled in understanding, pertaining to Huram my father:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I therefore have sent thee my father Hiram, a wise and most skilful man,

Lexham English Bible
So now I have sent a skilled man, knowledgeable and with understanding: my master Huram,

English Standard Version
"Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi,

New American Standard Bible
"Now then, I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

New Century Version
"I will send you a skilled and wise man named Huram-Abi.

Good News Translation
I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram.

Christian Standard Bible®
I have now sent Huram-abi, a skillful man who has understanding.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y sente to thee a prudent man and moost kunnynge, Iram,

Young's Literal Translation
`And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

Revised Standard Version
"Now I have sent a skilled man, endued with understanding, Huram-abi,

Contextual Overview

¹¹Then Hiram, king of Tyre replied in a letter sent to Solomon: "Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them." ¹²Hiram said also, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. ¹³"Now I am sending a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,¹⁴the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics, and in fine linen. He is able to make any kind of engraving and to carry out any design given him. He will work with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father. ¹⁵"Now then, let my lord send to his servants the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine of which he has spoken. 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 take it up to Jerusalem." ¹⁷Then Solomon took a count of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census that his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600. ¹⁸He assigned 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stone in the mountain, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of Huram: 2 Chronicles 4:16

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:4 - General 1 Kings 7:13 - Hiram Ezekiel 27:8 - wise James 3:13 - endued

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan;

Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again acquire with His hand a second time The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram], And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding,.... In such things as Solomon required he should, 2 Chronicles 2:7

of Huram my father's; a workman of his, whom he employed, and so might be depended upon as a good artificer; though rather Huram is the artificer's name,

and Abi, we render "my father", his surname, that is, "Huram Abi"; and this is the opinion of several learned men g, and is very probable; for certain it is, that his name was Huram or Hiram, 1 Kings 7:13, and so he is called "Huram his father, or Huram Abif", 2 Chronicles 4:16.

g Luther. Emanuel Sa, Piscator, Schmidt, Beckius in Targum in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Huram my father’s - A wrong translation. Huram here is the workman sent by the king of Tyre and not the king of Tyre’s father (see 1 Kings 5:1 note). The words in the original are Huram Abi, and the latter word is now commonly thought to be either a proper name or an epithet of honor, e. g., my master-workman.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 2:13. I have sent a conning man — His name appears to have been Hiram, or Hiram Abi: see the notes on 1 Kings 7:13-14.