2nd Chronicles Chapter 2 verse 13 Holy Bible
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,
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And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,
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And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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And now I have sent a skillful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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`And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Of Huram my father's. The words of 2 Chronicles 4:11, 16 would invest these with suspicion, if nothing that occurred before did, as e.g. the parallel passage (1 Kings 7:13, 14, 40). There can be no doubt from these passages that the name Huram of this verse is the name of the workman sent (the lamed prefixed being only the objective sign), not the supposed name of King Hiram's father, which, as already seen, was Abibaal. But the following word translated "my father" (אָבִי) is less easily explained; 2 Chronicles 4:16 ("his father") is quite sufficient to negative the rendering" father" altogether. In our text altogether inappropriate, it may be called there altogether impossible. It has been proposed to render it as a proper name Abi, or as an affix of honour, Ab, equal to "master." However, Gesenius (in 'Lexicon,' sub roe. אב (6), which see) furnishes a signification, "chief counsellor," which (taking it to mean chief counsellor, or as it were expert, chief referee, or even only foreman in such matters as might be in question) would well suit all the passages, and remove all difficulty.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Endued with understanding.--See the same phrase in 1Chronicles 12:32.Of Huram my father's.--Rather, Huram my father--i.e., master, preceptor, as in 2Chronicles 4:16, where Huram is called the "father" of Solomon. (Comp. Genesis 45:8; Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19. So LXX. and Vulgate; Syriac omits.) . . .
