2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles Chapter 3

1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. where: or, which was seen of David his father

2And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. instructed: Heb. founded

4And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. garnished: Heb. covered

7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. image: or, (as some think) of moveable work

11And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

12And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

13The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. inward: or, toward the house

14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. wrought: Heb. caused to ascend

15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. high: Heb. long

16And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. Jachin: that is, He shall establish Boaz: that is, In it is strength

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Verse 1 [*]Moria: Moria, which signifies vision; (Calmet) the place pointed out to Abraham, (Genesis xxii. 2.; St. Augustine, de C.[City of God?] xvi. 32.) and to David, 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 15., and xxii. 1.
Verse 1 [*]2 Chronicles 3 Reference Overview: 2 Sam. 24:16 , 21 Which is the mountain where Abraham thought to have sacrificed his son, Gen. 22:2 . Cross references: : 1 Kings 6:1
Verse 1 [*]2 Chronicles 3 Section 1: It was a much larger and more particular account of the building of the temple which we had in the book of Kings than is here in this book of Chronicles. In this chapter we have, I. The place and time of building the tem...
Verse 1 [*]2 Chronicles 3:1 Study Note: 2 Sam. 24:16 , 21 Which is the mountain where Abraham thought to have sacrificed his son, Gen. 22:2 . Cross references: : 1 Kings 6:1
Verse 1 [*]2 Chronicles 3 Section 1: The building of the temple.
Verse 2 [*]Second: Second. Hebrew adds, (Du Hamel) “in the second day of the second month.” (Protestants, &c.) (Haydock)
Verse 2 [*]2 Chronicles 3 Section 2: - There is a more particular account of the building of the ( 1 Kings 6 ) not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty an...
Verse 2 [*]2 Chronicles 3 Section 4: II. The time when it was begun; not till the fourth year of Solomon's reign, v. 2. Not that the first three years were trifled away, or spent in deliberating whether they should build the temple or no; but they were empl...

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Verse 1 • MoriaGeorge Leo Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary

Moria, which signifies vision; (Calmet) the place pointed out to Abraham, (Genesis xxii. 2.; St. Augustine, de C.[City of God?] xvi. 32.) and to David, 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 15., and xxii. 1.

Verse 1 • 2 Chronicles 3 Reference OverviewScofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)

2 Sam. 24:16 , 21 Which is the mountain where Abraham thought to have sacrificed his son, Gen. 22:2 . Cross references: : 1 Kings 6:1

Verse 1 • 2 Chronicles 3 Section 1Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)

It was a much larger and more particular account of the building of the temple which we had in the book of Kings than is here in this book of Chronicles. In this chapter we have, I. The place and time of building the temple, ver 1, 2. II. The dimensions and rich ornaments of it, ver 3-9. III. The cherubim in the most holy place, ver 10-13. IV. The veil, ver 14. V. The two pillars, ver 15-17. Of all this we have already and an account, 1 Kings 6., 7.

Verse 1 • 2 Chronicles 3:1 Study NoteGeneva Study Bible Notes

2 Sam. 24:16 , 21 Which is the mountain where Abraham thought to have sacrificed his son, Gen. 22:2 . Cross references: : 1 Kings 6:1

Verse 1 • 2 Chronicles 3 Section 1Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)

The building of the temple.

Verse 2 • SecondGeorge Leo Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary

Second. Hebrew adds, (Du Hamel) “in the second day of the second month.” (Protestants, &c.) (Haydock)

Verse 2 • 2 Chronicles 3 Section 2Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)

- There is a more particular account of the building of the ( 1 Kings 6 ) not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render the man of God thoroughly furnished for every good work. Let us search the Scriptures daily, beseeching the Lord to enable us to understand, believe, and obey his word, that our work and our way may be made plain, and that all may be begun, continued, and ended in him. Beholding God, in Christ, his true Temple, more glorious than that of Solomon's, may we become a spiritual house, a habitation of God through the Spirit.

Verse 2 • 2 Chronicles 3 Section 4Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)

II. The time when it was begun; not till the fourth year of Solomon's reign, v. 2. Not that the first three years were trifled away, or spent in deliberating whether they should build the temple or no; but they were employed in the necessary preparations for it, wherein three years would be soon gone, considering how many hands were to be got together and set to work. Some conjecture that this was a sabbatical year, or year of release and rest to the land, when the people, being discharged from their husbandry, might more easily lend a hand to the beginning of this work; and then the year in which it was finished would fall out to be another sabbatical year, when they would likewise have leisure to attend the solemnity of the dedication of it.

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