12 Then Huram [a]continued, “Blessed be (A)the Lord, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, [b]endowed with discretion and understanding, (B)who will build a house for the Lord and a [c]royal palace for himself.

13 “Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, [d]endowed with understanding, 14 (C)the son of a [e]Danite woman and [f]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to [g]execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with [h]those of my lord David your father.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit said
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit knowing discretion
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Lit house for his royalty
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:13 Lit knowing understanding
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit a woman of the daughters of Dan
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit whose father is a Tyrian man
  7. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit devise any device
  8. 2 Chronicles 2:14 Lit skilled men