2 Chronicles 2:3

Huram. Spelled “Hiram” in Kings (1 Kings 5:1, 2, 7, 10, 18), but in Chronicles it is spelled “Huram,” except in 1 Chron. 14:1.

Verses 3–16 deal with Solomon’s arrangements with Hiram of Tyre. This subject is dealt with in 1 Kings 5:1–18. The record in Kings mentions the envoys sent by Hiram to Solomon (1 Kings 5:1), a detail not found in Chronicles. It also includes as part of Solomon’s message, reference to David’s inability to build the Temple because of his wars (1 Kings 5:3). Solomon’s rest from war (1 Kings 5:4), and the Lord’s promise to David (1 Kings 5:5), three items that are not mentioned in the present chapter, but in 1 Chron. 22:8–10. Items found in Chronicles and not occurring in the record in Kings are: the dealings of Hiram with David (2 Chron. 2:3), the part of the sweet incense, continual shewbread, and morning and evening burnt offerings in the Temple services (v. 4), the greatness of the Temple as a house for God (vs. 5, 6), the request for a skilled worker in metal and cloth (v. 7), the kinds of trees desired (v. 8), and the payments to Hiram’s timber cutters (v. 10).

Even so deal with me. These words, not in the Hebrew, have been supplied by the translators. They are implied by the previous clause, “As thou didst deal with David my father.”