Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 3:8
The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1 Kings 10:14 note.
The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1 Kings 10:14 note.
CHAPTER 3 THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The place (2 Chronicles 3:1)_ 2. The dimensions (2 Chronicles 3:3) 3. The porch and holy place (2 Chronicles 3:4) 4. The most holy (2 Ch
2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS EQUIPMENT (see notes on 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7:13). What was said in reference to the preceding section applies also to this one....
THE MOST HOLY. the holy of holies. See note on Exodus 3:5....
The Holy of Holies 8. _the most holy house_ Called _the oracle_in 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:19 etc., Hebrew _děbîr_, which means rather the _hinder part_. The Lord "dwells" in the inmost recess of the...
3. BUILDING THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1) TEXT 2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah, appeared unto David...
_AND HE MADE THE MOST HOLY HOUSE, THE LENGTH WHEREOF WAS ACCORDING TO THE BREADTH OF THE HOUSE, TWENTY CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF TWENTY CUBITS: AND HE OVERLAID IT WITH FINE GOLD, AMOUNTING TO SI...
3:8 place, (d-10) Lit. 'holy of holies;' _ Kodesh_ . see note Exodus 25:8 ....
PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE TEMPLE This and the following chapter abbreviate what is recorded in 1 Kings 6:7....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 3:1-17 V1
(_c_) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE CHERUBIM AND THE VAIL (2 Chronicles 3:8). (8) THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. — _The chamber of the Holy of holies,_ or _chancel,_ called also the _oracle_ (_Dĕbîr_...
וַ יַּ֨עַשׂ֙ אֶת ־בֵּֽית ־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ קֳּדָשִׁ
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
In this and the following chapter we have the account of the building and furnishing of the Temple. In all fundamental essentials it was on the pattern of the Tabernacle which Moses had made. The prop...
_Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)_...
I have no doubt but that some interesting things are included in the dimensions, extent, and ornament. But all that we can speak of these things is, that as they were all belonging to a temple that wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 3:1....
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to...
_Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents_ That is, upward of three millions forty-five thousand pounds sterling. This vast sum was expended on the holy of holies alone, a room only ten yards square...
1 The place, and time of building the Temple. 3 The measure and ornaments of the house. 11 The Cherubims. 14 The vaile and pillars. 1 THEN [NOTE: 1 Kings 6:1, etc.] Solomon began to build the house...
And he made the Most Holy House, at the western end of the Sanctuary, THE LENGTH WHEREOF WAS ACCORDING TO THE BREADTH OF THE HOUSE, TWENTY CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF TWENTY CUBITS, the room thus...
THE SANCTUARY PROPER...
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-17) We are reminded that the site of the temple was Mount Moriah, on property bought by David from Oman the Jebusite, where his threshing floor had been (v.1). For w...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 3:8 made H6213 (H8799) Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H1004 length H753 according H6440 width H7341
CONTENTS: Temple begun. The materials and dimensions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: God's Word prescribes all the details of how His work is to be carried on. Nothing can be added to or subt...
2 Chronicles 3:1. _Mount Moriah,_ or the land of vision; the place which the rabbins generally allow to be the same where Abraham offered up his son Isaac. 2 Chronicles 3:2. _Began to build._ See the...
_Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem._ THE SURPASSING BEAUTY OF THE TEMPLE I. That God did not need this lavish expenditure of gold and gems and rich ornaments II. Yet Di...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:8 The MOST HOLY PLACE was the secret, cube-shaped room in which the ark of the covenant would be finally deposited (2 C
CRITICAL NOTES.] In two Chapter s is narrated the building of the temple, which correspond with 1 Kings 6, 7. Here greater fulness of description, and more precise introduction and different arrangem...
EXPOSITION 2 CHRONICLES 3:1 MOUNT MORIAH. This name מוֹריָה occurs twice in the Old Testament, viz. here and Genesis 22:2, in which latter reference it is alluded to as "the _land _of Moriah," and "o...
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 J...
1 Kings 6:19; 1 Kings 6:20; Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 9:3;...