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Preparations for the construction of the church 1–2. Number of porters, stonemasons and overseers. 3–10. An embassy to Hiram of Tire with a request for builders and building materials for the church of Jehovah planned by Solomon. 11–16. Hiram's agreement to Solomon's requests. 17–18. A final note about the number of all workers and their supervisors. 2 Chronicles 2:1. And Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the Lord and a royal house for himself. 2 Chronicles 2:2. And Solomon assigned seventy thousand bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers over them. (Cf. verse 1 of the Hebrew text). The number of overseers in this place (vv. 2 and 18) - 3600 - is different from that indicated in the parallel place (1 Kings 5:16) - 3300. The rabbis explained this difference by the fact that in the book. Kings has not yet included those standing over all 300 overseers, but the indication in (1 Kings 9:23) of another 550 overseers is against this, and in a parallel place (2 Chronicles 8:10) only 250 are shown. Prof.’s explanation is also unsuccessful. M.S. Gulyaev (“Historical books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament”, p. 493), according to which the difference (3300 and 3600) came from the omission or insertion of one letter: שש six, שלש three 2. There is no need for such an assumption; the total figure for both books - 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles - is the same: (1 Kings 5:16) - 3300 and (1 Kings 9:23) - 550 people, a total of 3850; (2 Chronicles 2:2,18) – 3600 and (2 Chronicles 8:10) – 250 people, total 3850 people. Wed. Tolkov. Bible II, 455–456 and 455–466. 2 Chronicles 2:3. And Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tire, saying: As you did to David my father, and sent him cedars to build a house for his residence, so do also to me. 2 Chronicles 2:4. Behold, I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, to kindle sweet incense before Him, to continually present the showbread, and to offer burnt offerings there morning and evening on the Sabbath, and on the new moons, and on the feasts of the Lord our God, which is forever commanded to Israel. 2 Chronicles 2:5. And the house that I am building is great, because our God is great, above all gods. 2 Chronicles 2:6. And will anyone have the strength to build a house for Him when heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain Him? And who am I that I could build a house for Him? Perhaps only for incense before Him. 2 Chronicles 2:7. So send me a man who knows how to make things from gold, and from silver, and from copper, and from iron, and from yarn of purple, crimson and yellow, and who knows how to carve carved work, along with the artists that I have in Judea and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared. 2 Chronicles 2:8. And send me cedar trees, and cypress, and pine trees from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut down the trees of Lebanon. And now my servants will go with your servants, 2 Chronicles 2:9. so that I may prepare many trees, for the house that I am building is great and wonderful. 2 Chronicles 2:10. And to the woodcutters, your servants, I give for food: twenty thousand cows of wheat, and twenty thousand cows of barley, and twenty thousand bahts of wine, and twenty thousand bahts of olive oil. (Cf. Hebrew verses 2–9). The differences between 2 Chronicles and the parallel narrative (1 Kings 5:1–7) (Heb. 15–21) are insignificant, relating only to the style or manner of expression. The name of the Tyrian king in 2 Chronicles is read Khuram, while in 1 Kings it is read Hiram, sometimes Hirom. The reading of 1 Kings corresponds more closely to the Phoenician Hirom or Ahirom Εῖρωμος by Josephus (cf. Interpretations of the Bible II, 454); LXX in both books renders Χιράρι or Χειρὰμ (codes 64, 119, 158, 243). Then, according to 1 Kings, the first embassy did not belong to Solomon, but to Hiram, who probably greeted Solomon on his accession to the throne (cf. 2 Kings 10 et seq.). The words (verse 6) “heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain Him” (Jehovah) are apparently taken from Solomon’s prayer (1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18). 2 Chronicles 2:11. And Hiram, king of Tire, answered in a letter which he sent to Solomon: Out of love for His people, the Lord has made you king over them. 2 Chronicles 2:12. And Hiram also said: Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who created the heavens and the earth, who gave King David a wise son, having sense and understanding, who intends to build a house for the Lord and a royal house for himself. 2 Chronicles 2:13. So I am sending [to you] a man of intelligence and knowledge, Hiram-Abiyah, 2 Chronicles 2:14. the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a Tyrian, who knows how to make things of gold and of silver, of copper, of iron, of stones and of wood, of purple yarn, of the color of jahon, and of fine linen, and of scarlet, and to cut out all kinds of carvings, and to do everything that will be entrusted to him, together with your craftsmen and with the craftsmen of my lord David, your father. 2 Chronicles 2:15. And the wheat and barley, olive oil and wine, which you spoke about, my lord, send to your servants. 2 Chronicles 2:16. We will chop the trees from Lebanon as much as you need, and we will bring them in rafts by sea to Yafa, and you will take them to Jerusalem. (Cf. Hebrew verses 10-15). Of a similar nature are further differences between both Holy Books in Chapter 2 of 2 Chronicles. While 1 Kings speaks simply of Hiram's response (to Solomon's request), (2 Chronicles 2:11) refers to the letter (ktav) written by Hiram and the obligations set forth in them. Josephus (Jude. Ancient. VIII, 2, 8), perhaps not without the influence of this place, claims that a formal contract was concluded between Solomon and Hiram, copies of which were kept both in Jerusalem and Tire (See Commentary Bible II, 455). Then, the name of the artist sent by the king of Tire to Solomon in 2 Chronicles is read differently than in (1 Kings 7:13–14): not Hiram, as in the last place, but Khuram-avu. The second component of this name is translated by the LXX (Χιρὰμ τόν πετέρα μου), Vulgata: Hiram patrem meum, as a common noun: “my father” or, according to some codices LXX (XI, 19, 52, 56, 60, 64, 71, 74, 93, 106, 108, 119, 120, 121, 134, 236, 243) παῖδα μου, glor.: “The Hiram of my servant.” At the same time, some interpreters (Kalmet) understand the name of the father in the sense of indicating the experience and skill of Khiram, while others (Cleric, Prof. Gulyaev) convey: “who belonged to Khuram my father.” But it is much more natural to take “avi” in the sense of a proper name: “Hiram-Avia”, as in the Russian synodal translation. The artist’s mother in 3 Kings is said to come from the tribe of Naphtali, and in 2 Chronicles – from Dan. According to the fair remark of Prof. Gulyaev (Historical books, p. 495), both indications may be correct. The domain of Naphtali bordered Phenicia to the northwest. In its northern border there was a settlement of the Danites (Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:27–29). The foreign origin of the father of Hiram the artist is spoken of according to both 2 Chronicles and 3 Kings (see Commentaries of the Bible II, 463–464). The products that Solomon undertook to pay to Hiram (1 Kings), or to the Phoenician workers supplied by him, are more fully calculated in (2 Chronicles 2:10,15) (1 Kings does not mention wine and barley at all). Yapha, Heb.: Jafo, LXX: ᾿Ιόππη, Vulgata: Ioppe, gl.: “Joppa”, is an ancient Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea, in the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:46), near Lydda (Acts 9:38), since ancient times it was famous for its pier (cf. Jonah 1:3; 1 Mac.11:6), now Yapha (cf. description in I. Josephus War of the Jews III, 9, 3. Compare Onomasticon, 579). 2 Chronicles 2:17. And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were then in the land of Israel, after the numbering of them that had been done by David his father, and they were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred. 2 Chronicles 2:18. And he made of them seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters on the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers, so that they would motivate the people to work. (Heb. 16–17). Wed. ( 1 Kings 5:15 ; 1 Chronicles 22:2 ). Wed. at Prof. A.A. Olesnitsky, Old Testament Church, p. 214. However, in Kennicott's codex 71, indeed, in (2 Chronicles 2:2) (Heb. 3) it reads שלש (three) You might be interested in: