2 Chronicles 3:15-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:10-17

Here is an account of 1. The two cherubim, which were set up in the holy of holies. There were two already over the ark, which covered the mercy-seat with their wings; these were small ones. Now that the most holy place was enlarged, though these were continued (being appurtenances to the ark, which was not to be made new, as all the other utensils of the tabernacle were), yet those two large ones were added, doubtless by divine appointment, to fill up the holy place, which otherwise would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:17

He reared up the pillars - "The name of that on the right hand was Jachin, because the kingdom of the house of David was established; and the name of the left was Boaz, from the name of Boaz the patriarch of the family of Judah, from whom all the kings of the house of Judah have descended." - Targum. See on 1 Kings 7:21 ; (note); and see the parallel places for other matters contained in this chapter. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17

The building of the temple. I. THE SITE . 1 . Central At Jerusalem. (1) Natural. Jerusalem, the metropolis of the kingdom, the political and religious centre of the country, was entitled to contain the chief symbol round which the political and religious life of the nation was in future to revolve. (2) Appropriate. As the king had a palace in the capital, it was fitting the king's King, Jehovah, should there have a temple. (3) Convenient. Since the temple was to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:15

Thirty and five cubits . The height of these pillars is attested in three places to have been 18 cubits ( 1 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Kings 25:17 ; Jeremiah 52:21 ). Some therefore think that the height given in our text describes rather the distance of the one pillar from the other, which would be just 35 cubits, if they stood at the extreme points of the line of the porch front; since the wings on each side (5 cubits for the lowest chamber, and 2.5 cubits for the thickness of the walls) would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:15-17

Our strength and beauty. The dimensions of these pillars are still unsettled and uncertain. But there can be no question as to their main characteristics, and very little doubt as to their spiritual significance. Their obvious size and their names speak of strength; the decorations which they bore speak of beauty. Standing where they stood, in or at the porch of the house of the Lord, they were standing monuments of the two closely related truths— I. THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:16

Chains, as in the oracle . Though the writer of Chronicles has not in this description mentioned any chains as appertaining to the oracle, yet they are mentioned in the parallel. The selection of what is said has in our present text so much the appearance of haste, that this may account for the abrupt appearance of the allusion here. Otherwise the words, "in the oracle," tempt us to fear some corruptness of text, scarcely safely removed by Bertheau's suggestion to substitute רְבִיד ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:17

Jachin … Boaz . The margin of our Authorized Version gives with sufficient correctness the meaning of these names of the pillars, which purport to set forth the safety and sure strength that belong to those who wait on, and who calmly and constantly abide by, the Divine leading. The latter, however, is one word, a substantive, not a compound of preposition, pronoun, and substantive; and the former, though by derivation the future of the hiph. conjugation of the verb הוּן , is established... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:15

Of thirty and five cubits - See 1 Kings 7:15 note. Some suppose that there has been a corruption of the number in the present passage. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:16

As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the word translated “in the oracle,” supplied “as.” But we have no reason to suppose there were any “chains” or “festoons” in the “oracle” or most holy place. read more

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