2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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2He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Cross References
Genesis 22:14Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”
2 Samuel 24:18Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
1 Kings 6:6The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
1 Chronicles 22:1Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for 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 →