John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 2:13

"And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father`s," — 2 Chronicles 2:13 (ASV)

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding ,
&c.] 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 ^F7 , 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) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F7: Luther. Emanuel Sa, Piscator, Schmidt, Beckius in Targum in loc.