2 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 31 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3

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, 2 Chron. 3:1, 2. II. The dimensions and rich ornaments of it, 2 Chron. 3:3-9. III. The cherubim in the most holy place, 2 Chron. 3:10-13. IV. The veil, 2 Chron. 3:14. V. The two pillars, 2 Chron. 3:15-17. Of all this we have already and an account, 1 Kgs. 6:1-7:51 read more

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

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

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 3 & 4 These two chapters give an account of the building of the temple, of the materials, parts, and form of it, and of things belonging to it, and which agrees with 1 Kings 6:1 see the notes there; only here, 1 Chronicles 3:1 , mention is made of the particular place where it was built, Mount Moriah; of which see the notes on Genesis 22:2 . The dimensions of the house, as the Targum rightly explains, 2 Chronicles 3:3 , are said to be after the... 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

Solomon begins to build the temple in the fourth year of his reign on Mount Moriah, 2 Chronicles 3:1 , 2 Chronicles 3:2 . Its dimensions, ornaments, and pillars, 2 Chronicles 3:3-17 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1

In Mount Moriah - Supposed to be the same place where Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac; so the Targum: "Solomon began to build the house of the sanctuary of the Lord at Jerusalem, in the place where Abraham had prayed and worshipped in the name of the Lord. This is the place of the earth where all generations shall worship the Lord. Here Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac for a burnt-offering; but he was snatched away by the Word of the Lord, and a ram placed in his stead.... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The length - after the first measure was threescore cubits - It is supposed that the first measure means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished from that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after their return from captivity; and, as the books of Chronicles were written after the captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement was by the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:4

The height was a hundred and twenty - Some think this should be twenty only; but if the same building is spoken of as in 1 Kings 6:2 , the height was only thirty cubits. Twenty is the reading of the Syriac, the Arabic, and the Septuagint in the Codex Alexandrinus. The MSS. give us no help. There is probably a mistake here, which, from the similarity of the letters, might easily occur. The words, as they now stand in the Hebrew text, are ואשרים מאה meah veesrim , one hundred... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:6

Gold of Parvaim - We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:24 , etc. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph , signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red color, and had its name from פרים parim , heifers, being like to bullocks' blood. The Vulgate translates... read more

2 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 31 Esv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3:1-9

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 3

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:1

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:6

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