KJV King James Version
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
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2 Chronicles 2:13
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
WEB World English Bible
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
ASV American Standard Version
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,
Surrounding context — 2 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.
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.
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.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
14 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 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.
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:
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; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
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