John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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 devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father." — 2 Chronicles 2:14 (ASV)
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan
Here follows an account of the descent of the artificer, and of his skill in working; of what seeming disagreement there may be in this account, with that in (1 Kings 7:14) , (See Gill on 1 Kings 7:14).