2 Chronicles 2:1
(1:18) And Solomon ordered to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his royal residence.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come;
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book; to fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God:
1 Kings 5:15(5:29) And there belonged to Solomon seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;
1 Kings 8:18But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:
1 Kings 9:1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to execute:
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon's trading, which we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter, and the encouragement he gave both to merchandise and manufacturers, were very commendable. But building was the work he was designed for, and to that business he is here applying himself. Here is, I. Solomon's determination to build the temple and a royal palace, and his appointing labourers to be employed herein, ver. 1, 2 , 17 , 18 . II. His request to Huram king of Tyre to furnish him both with artists and materials, ver. 3-10 . III.… Read the whole commentary →