John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17
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2 Chronicles 3:5 Niv
John Gill
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 3:3-9
Four dements of faithful service. These are— I. OBEDIENCE ; the intelligent carrying out of Divine direction. Close and careful correspondence with the commandment was more particularly enforced under the Mosaic dispensation ( Hebrews 8:5 ). Solomon was careful to do as he was "instructed for the building" ( 2 Chronicles 3:3 ); the dimensions were determined "by the first measure" ( 2 Chronicles 3:3 ); he was concerned to act obediently. In the service of Christ, while there is... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:5
The greater house ; i.e. the holy place. He ceiled . This rendering is wrong. The verb is (a) given above ( 2 Chronicles 3:4 ). It is repeated in the next clause of this very verse as "overlaid," as also in 2 Chronicles 3:7 , 2 Chronicles 3:8 , 2 Chronicles 3:9 . The generic word "covered" would serve all the occasions on which the word occurs here. From a comparison of the parallel it becomes plain that the meaning is that the crone structure of floor and walls was covered... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:5
The greater house - i. e., the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, intervening between the porch and the holy of holies (so in 2 Chronicles 3:7).He cieled with fir tree - Rather, “he covered,” or “lined.” The reference is not to the ceiling, which was entirely of wood, but to the walls and floor, which were of stone, with a covering of planks (marginal reference). The word translated “fir” bears probably in this place, not the narrow meaning which it has in 2 Chronicles 2:8, where it is... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 3:3-5
2 Chronicles 3:3-5. These are the things wherein Solomon was instructed By David his father, and by the Spirit of God. After the first measure threescore cubits According to the measure which was first fixed. The porch, the height was a hundred and twenty This being a kind of turret to the building. How this may be reconciled with 1 Kings 6:3, see the notes there. The breadth of it, here omitted, is there said to be ten cubits. The greater house he ceiled with fir-tree Namely, the ... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-17
Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 3:5
the greater house: i.e. the holy of holies. cieled = covered. Walls as well as roof. fir = cypress. fine = pure. palm trees: i.e. artificial. chains = wreathen work. Only found in connection with Tabernacle and Temple. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:5
5. the greater house—that is, the holy places, the front or outer chamber (see :-). read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-9
Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (1 Chron. 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there. The royal city must be the holy city. There must be the testimony of Israel; for there are set the thrones of judgment, Ps. 122:4, 5. 2. It must be on Mount Moriah, which, some think, was that very place in... read more