2 Chronicles 3:15-4:22

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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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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 3:15-16

2 Chronicles 3:15-16. He also made before the house That is, before the holy house, or temple, as it is explained 2 Chronicles 3:17; two pillars of thirty and five cubits high Namely, both taken together, being each near eighteen cubits, 1 Kings 7:15. He made chains as in the oracle Like unto those which he made in the oracle, of which see 1 Kings 6:21. And made a hundred pomegranates In each row, or two hundred in all, as it is said 1 Kings 7:20. These pillars, according to 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 3:15

thirty and five cubits. In 1 Kings 7:15 = eighteen cubits. But there it is "apiece"; here they are reckoned together. See note on 1 Kings 7:15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 3:15

ANOTHER ONE OF SOLOMON'S SINS: JACHIN AND BOAZ"And he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was upon each of them was five cubits. And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. And he set up the pillars before the temple, one of the right hand, and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the... read more

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