2 Chronicles 3:1

So Salomon began to buyld the house of the Lord in Ierusalem, in mount Moriah which had bene declared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

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In The King James Version

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

In Context

2And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place, Iehouah-ijreh. as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord be seene.

2 Samuel 24:18So Gad came the same day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Go vp, reare an altar vnto the Lord in the threshing floore of Araunah the Iebusite.

1 Kings 6:6The nethermost gallerie was fiue cubites broade, and the middlemost sixe cubites broade, and the third seuen cubites broade: for he made restes round about without the house, that the beames should not be fastened in the walles of the house.

1 Chronicles 22:1And Dauid saide, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for the burnt offring 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 →

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