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2 Chronicles 2 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 2 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אֶלֶף ʼeleph H505 12 thousand
בָּנָה bânâh H1129 7 build
חָכָם châkâm H2450 6 wise
חוּרָם Chûwrâm H2361 4 Churam
עֵץ ʻêts H6086 6 tree, wood
שָׁלַח shâlach H7971 7 send
יָדַע yâdaʻ H3045 6 know, seeing

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“Solomon's trading, which we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter, and the encouragement he gave both to merchandise and manufacturers, were very commendable. But building was the work he was designed for, and to that business he is here applying himself. Here is, I. Solomon's determination to build the temple and a royal palace, and his appointing labourers to be employed herein, ver. 1, 2, 17, 18. II. His request to Huram king of Tyre to furnish him both with artists and materials, ver. 3-10. III. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 2:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Tyre — 2 Chr 2:11
  • Great Sea — 2 Chr 2:16
  • Jerusalem — 2 Chr 2:16
  • Joppa — 2 Chr 2:16
  • Lebanon — 2 Chr 2:16

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