2 Chronicles 3:7 NASB,NIV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1 . The Building of the Temple and its Equipment (see notes on 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7:13-Colossians :).— What was said in reference to the preceding section applies also to this one. The Chronicler omits all mention of Solomon’ s other buildings, his interest being centred on the Temple; he has, on the other hand, many additions not found in 1 Kings. 2 Chronicles 3:1 . mount Moriah: cf. Genesis 22:2 *; this name for the Temple mount does not occur elsewhere in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

CRITICAL NOTES.] In two chapters is narrated the building of the temple, which correspond with 1 Kings 6:0, 7. Here greater fulness of description, and more precise introduction and different arrangement of things described.2 Chronicles 3:1-2.—Place and time of building. Moriah (Genesis 22:2), from which was named the land of Moriah—“land of the appearing of the Lord.” Appeared, “which was shown to David,” as future site (1 Chronicles 21:15). Prepared, fixed (1 Chronicles 22:5). O nan, see 2... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

Chapter 3Then 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. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign ( 2 Chronicles 3:1-2 ).He began to build on Mount Moriah. Where in the world did we hear of Mount Moriah before? As we go back to the book of Genesis, "And God did tempt Abraham and said... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

2 Chronicles 3:1 . Mount Moriah, or the land of vision; the place which the rabbins generally allow to be the same where Abraham offered up his son Isaac. 2 Chronicles 3:2 . Began to build. See the chronology at the end of Ruth, and 2 Kings 6:1. According to archbishop Usher the temple was finished in November, and exactly a thousand years before the birth of Christ. This differs eleven or twelve years from the chronology of our bibles, and of Royamont’s chronology. The temple was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 3:1-14

2 Chronicles 3:1-14Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem.The surpassing beauty of the templeI. That God did not need this lavish expenditure of gold and gems and rich ornamentsII. Yet Divine condescension accepted this offering of human gratitude.III. The beauty and costliness of the temple served to impress the mind of surrounding nations with the feelings of the people of israel towards their great God.IV. The adornment of the temple a rebuke to mere utilitarian... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:7

2Ch 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. Ver. 7. He overlaid also the house. ] All the inside of it. Let us spare for no cost, ut aureos et argenteos animos, hoc est, variis virtutibus excultos habeamus. a Gold and silver will perish, though they be tried in the fire; 1Pe 1:7 so will not true grace: it will one day be glory. And graved cherubims. ] See 1 Kings 6:23 . Angels are... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 3:7

overlaid: Exodus 26:29, 1 Kings 6:20-Song of Solomon :, 1 Kings 6:30, Ezekiel 7:20 graved cherubims: Exodus 26:1, 1 Kings 6:35 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:21 - overlaid 1 Kings 6:22 - also Ezekiel 41:2 - the door Ezekiel 41:18 - with cherubims read more