2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
Translation for Translators
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 12:5Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 28:58“If you do not faithfully obey all of the laws that I am writing, and if you do not revere Yahweh our glorious God [MTY],
1 Kings 5:15Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 8:18But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
1 Kings 9:1After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,
Matthew 6:9So pray things like this: Father, you who are in heaven, we (exc) desire that you be honored/revered {that people honor/revere you}.
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 →