2 Chronicles 3:1-5:1 NASB

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1

INSTRUCTIONS SOLOMON RECEIVED FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE; AND THINGS HE DID SINFULLYThe chief problem in this chapter relates to verse 3, which in our version states that:"These are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God."Yet the foundations are not even mentioned in this chapter. Furthermore, the RSV states that "These are Solomon's measurements." The Good News Bible omits the statement, and James Moffat has; "Here is the ground-plan drawn up by Solomon." It is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1

1. Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David—These words seem to intimate that the region where the temple was built was previously known by the name of Moriah (Genesis 22:2), and do not afford sufficient evidence for affirming, as has been done [STANLEY], that the name was first given to the mount, in consequence of the vision seen by David. Mount Moriah was one summit of a range of hills which went under the general name of Zion. The platform of the temple is now, and has long been,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 3:1-9

2. The temple proper 3:1-9The mention of Mount Moriah as the site of the temple (2 Chronicles 3:1) recalls God’s provision of a substitute sacrifice for Isaac on that very spot (Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:14). [Note: See Asher Kaufman, "Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood," Biblical Archaeology Review 9:2 (March-April 1983):40-59.] The temple would later stand there, and the high priest would offer a substitute sacrifice for Israel on the Day of Atonement each year there.The glory of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

Particulars relating to the TempleThis and the following chapter abbreviate what is recorded in 1 Kings 6, 7.1. Moriah] Here the designation of the Temple hill, but in Genesis 22:2 of the ’land’ in which was situated the hill where Isaac was to be sacrificed. Where the Lord appeared unto] better ’which was shown unto,’ i.e. by the acceptance of the king’s sacrifice (1 Chronicles 21:28; 1 Chronicles 22:1).3. These are the things, etc.] RV ’these are the foundations which Solomon laid’: the v.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 3:1

(a) SITE AND DATE (2 Chronicles 3:1-2).(1) At Jerusalem in mount Moriah.—Nowhere else in the Old Testament is the Temple site so specified. (Comp. “the land of Moriah,” the place appointed for the sacrifice of Isaac, Genesis 22:2.)Where the Lord appeared unto David his father.—So LXX.; rather, who appeared unto David his father. Such is the meaning according to the common use of words. There is clearly an allusion to the etymology of MORIAH, which is assumed to signify “appearance of Jah.”... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

{e-Sword Note: 1 and 2 Chronicles were largely in topical format in the printed edition. When possible, this content has been divided by verse/chapter. Content that could not fit elsewhere was placed in the 1 and 2 Chronicles Book Comments for e-Sword.} read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

CHAPTER 3 The Building of the Temple 1. The place (2 Chronicles 3:1-2 ) 2. The dimensions (2 Chronicles 3:3 ) 3. The porch and holy place (2 Chronicles 3:4-7 ) 4. The most holy (2 Chron. 3:4-18) 5. The brazen pillars (2 Chronicles 3:15-17 ) First, the place is mentioned where the house of the LORD was built, “in Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:0 ), where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.” The building... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1

3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount {a} Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.(a) Which is the mountain where Abraham was thought to have sacrificed his son, Genesis 22:2. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-17) We are reminded that the site of the temple was Mount Moriah, on property bought by David from Oman the Jebusite, where his threshing floor had been (v.1). For we must observe that the suffering of tribulation, as pictured in the threshing floor, must precede the joy of the establishing of God's house. Suffering must always come before glory (1 Peter 4:13). The date of beginning of building is carefully noted in verse 2, the second day of the second... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

SOLOMON ’S REIGN HIS PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER (2 Chronicles 1:1-3 ) With verses three and four compare 1 Chronicles 16:0 , and especially 1 Chronicles 16:37-40 . The tabernacle at Gibeon was the legal place for worship, but the threshing-floor on Matthew Moriah was chosen by David for the reason given (1 Chronicles 21:29 ). A comparison with the corresponding place in 1 Kings will show how this account is abbreviated as the matter was not necessary to the author’s purpose. HIS POWER AND... read more