Text: 2 Chronicles 2:3-16
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 5:1-12
Subject: Solomon-Hiram correspondence about temple materials
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of the diplomatic correspondence between Solomon and Hiram (Huram) of Tyre regarding temple materials. Both texts record the exchange of Lebanese timber for agricultural products, but the Chronicler adds Solomon's letter declaring "heaven, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him" (2 Chr 2:6), a theological statement about divine transcendence. The Chronicler also records Hiram's response praising "the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth," presenting the pagan king as acknowledging Yahweh's creatorship—a remarkable confession from a gentile ruler.