CHAPTER III _Solomon begins to build the temple in the fourth year of his_ _reign on Mount Moriah_, 1, 2. _Its dimensions, ornaments, and pillars_, 3-17. NOTES ON CHAP. III Verse 2 Chronicles 3:1. _IN MOUNT MORIAH_] Supposed to be the same place where Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac;... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:3. _THE LENGTH - AFTER THE FIRST MEASURE WAS THREESCORE_ _CUBITS_] It is supposed that the _first measure_ means the cubit used in the time of _Moses_, contradistinguished from that used in _Babylon_, and which the Israelites used after their return from captivity; and, as the b... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:4. _THE HEIGHT WAS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY_] Some think this should be _twenty_ only; but if the same building is spoken of as in 1 Kings 6:2, the height was only _thirty cubits_. _Twenty_ is the reading of the _Syriac_, the _Arabic,_ and the _Septuagint_ in the _Codex Alexandrinu... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:6. _GOLD OF PARVAIM._] We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as _Sepharvaim_, a place in _Armenia_ or _Media_, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:24, c. Others, that it is _Taprobane_, now the island of _Ceylon_, which _Bochart_ derives from _taph_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:9. _THE WEIGHT OF THE NAILS_ WAS _FIFTY SHEKELS_] _Bolts_ must be here intended, as it should be preposterous to suppose _nails_ of nearly _two pounds'_ weight. _THE SUPPER CHAMBERS_] Probably the _ceiling_ is meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:17. _HE REARED UP THE PILLARS_] "The name of that on the right hand was _Jachin_, because the kingdom of the house of David was _established_; and the name of the left was _Boaz_, from the name of _Boaz_ the patriarch of the family of Judah, from whom all the kings of the house... [ Continue Reading ]