Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Chronicles 3 - Introduction
III.
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND MAKING OF THE SACRED VESSELS (2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1; comp. 1 Kings 6:7).
(a) Site and date (2 Chronicles 3:1). (b) Its dimensions: the porch and the Holy Place, or nave (2 Chronicles 3:3). (c) The Holy of holies, or chancel, with the cherubim and the vail (2 Chronicles 3:8). (d) The two bronze pillars in the porch (2 Chronicles 3:15).