Huram replies to Solomon's letter
11 King Huram of Tyre replied to Solomon with this letter:
‘Because the Lord loves his people, he has chosen you to be their king.’
12 Huram also said, ‘Praise the Lord, Israel's God! He made the whole universe. He has now given a wise son to King David, a son who is clever and who understands things well. He will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
13 I have decided to send Huram-Abi to you. He is a wise man who has special skills. 14 His mother belonged to the tribe of Dan. His father came from Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood. He can also work with purple, blue and red materials, and with white linen. He can make all kinds of pictures on metal, if you show him what you want. He will help your own workers and the workers that your father King David chose.
15 Please sir, now send us the wheat, barley, olive oil and wine that you promised. 16 Then we will cut the wood that you need from the trees in Lebanon. We will tie the wood together to make boats. Then we will send them on the sea to Joppa. You can take the wood from there up to Jerusalem.’
2:16Joppa was a town in Israel that was on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre was also a city on the coast, north of Joppa.
