2 Chronicles 2:11 says, Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Huram wrote to Solomon, stating first that since God loved His people, He had made Solomon their king. God still loves His people, followers of Christ, and He still appoints people to be spiritual leaders today. Verse twelve adds, Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. Huram continued by acknowledging that the God of Israel had made heaven and earth, and that God had given Solomon wisdom and prudence and understanding, so that he might build a house for God and a house for the king of Israel. Matthew Henry says that Huram was a proselyte to the God of Israel. We must first acknowledge that God is the only God, Who created everything, and then rely on Him for wisdom to do what He calls us to do. Then, we should do the things of God first, and rely on Him to bless us with all that we need in this life. Verse thirteen continues, And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, Though it says that he said he sent a cunning, or skillful man of his father Huram, we are told that Huram wrote this letter, so it would have been him who was sending the man.. Still, he sent him a skillful person to help build the temple. Verse fourteen states, 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 find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. This man's mother was from the tribe of Dan, so he was both Jewish and Gentile by birth. It no longer matters where we are born or who our parents were in order to be saved. There is no longer Jew and Gentile in God's kingdom, but all Christians are brothers and sisters in Christ. Verse fifteen adds, Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: Huram asked that Solomon send the wheat, barley, oil and wine that he had said he would send for the help that Hiram provided. We should never expect someone to do the work needed to be done to build and maintain churches today without being willing to pay our part, especially if we have promised to do so. Verse sixteen continues, And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. Huram said he would have the timber cut and get it to Joppa, and Solomon could get it the rest of the way. We need to work together to accomplish God's work in the world today. Verse seventeen says, And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. Solomon found a hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred strangers in Israel. We cannot just count on those who are not Christians to do the work of God, but we must actively be involved ourselves. Verse eighteen adds, And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. Solomon then divided this group of men into three different crews, seventy thousand to be those who carried materials, eighty thousand to hew stone out of the mountains, and thirty-six hundred to be overseers. Some of us as followers of Christ today are more grunt labor than supervisors. but we all need to work under the leadership of Holy Spirit.
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