2 Chronicles 3:1
And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, as it had been shown to David his father, at the place which David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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2Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Cross References
Genesis 22:14And he called the name of that place: ‘The Lord Sees.’ Thus, even to this day, it is said: ‘On the mountain, the Lord will see.’
2 Samuel 24:18Then Gad went to David on that day, and he said, “Ascend and construct an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
1 Kings 6:6The flooring on the bottom level held five cubits in width, and the middle floor was six cubits in width, and the third floor held seven cubits in width. Then he positioned beams on the house all around the outside, in such a way that they would not be fastened to the walls of the temple.
1 Chronicles 22:1And David said, “This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.”
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 3:1
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, ver. 1, 2 . II. The dimensions and rich ornaments of it, ver. 3-9 . III. The cherubim in the most holy place, ver. 10-13 . IV. The veil, ver. 14 . V. The two pillars, ver. 15-17 . Of all this we have already and an account, 1 Kings vi., vii. Read the whole commentary →