2 Chronicles 2:7

(7) Send me now . . .—And now send me a wise man, to work in the gold and in the silver (1 Chronicles 22:15; 2 Chronicles 2:13).

And in (the) purple, and crimson, and blue.—No allusion is made to this kind of art in 2 Chronicles 4:11-16, nor in 1 Kings 7:13 seq., which describe only metallurgic works of this master, whose versatile genius might easily be paralleled by famous names of the Renaissance.

Purple (’argĕwân).—Aramaic form. (Heb. ’argâmân, Exodus 25:4.)

Crimson (karmîl).—A word of Persian origin, occurring only here and in 2 Chronicles 2:13, and 2 Chronicles 3:14. (Comp. our word carmine.)

Blue (tĕkçleth).—Dark blue, or violet (Exodus 25:4, and elsewhere.)

Can skill.—Knoweth how.

To grave.—Literally, to carve carvings; whether in wood or stone. (1 Kings 6:29; Zechariah 3:9; Exodus 28:9, on gems.)

With the cunning men.—The Hebrew connects this clause with the infinitive to work at the beginning of the verse. There should be a stop after the words to grave.

Whom David my father did provide (prepared, 1 Chronicles 29:2).—1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 28:21.