2 Chronicles 2:3

2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram 1  of Tyre: 2  “Help me 3  as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs 4  for the construction of his palace. 5 

2 Chronicles 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum 6  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept 7  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

1 tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

2 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

3 tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

4 tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

5 tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

6 tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

7 tn Heb “know.”