He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
- KJV And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
- BSB And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
- NKJV “And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
- NLT And the Lord has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.
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Quick answer
God gives Bezalel and Oholiab of Dan the ability to teach their skills to others.
Overview
Beyond their own craftsmanship, these men are gifted to instruct others, multiplying the work through teaching. God's gifts are given not only to be used but to be shared and passed on. This pattern of equipping others reflects how God builds His people, training many to serve (Ephesians 4:11-12; 2 Timothy 2:2).
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- 2 Chr 2:14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, in timber, and in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- Exod 31:6Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
- 1 Cor 12:7But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
- 1 Cor 1:5–7that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
- Jas 1:16–17Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- Neh 2:12I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
- Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- Isa 28:24–29Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
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