Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 3:6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of (e) Parvaim.
(e) Some think it is Peru.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of (e) Parvaim.
(e) Some think it is Peru.
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 17:2...
PRECIOUS STONES FOR BEAUTY - Not marbles but gems (compare 1 Chronicles 29:2). The phrase translated “for beauty” means “for its beautification,” “to beautify it.” Parvaim is probably the name of a p...
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....
_precious stones_ Not mentioned in the parallel account, but according to 1 Kings 5:17 _costly stones_(the same expression in Hebrew) were used for the foundations of the house. Probably here also _co...
AND HE GARNISHED THE HOUSE WITH PRECIOUS STONES FOR BEAUTY— _And he paved the floor with beautiful and excellent stones._ Houbigant. The Vulgate has it, _with marble._ Houbigant thinks that the next c...
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 GARNISHED THE HOUSE WITH PRECIOUS STONES FOR BEAUTY: AND THE GOLD WAS GOLD OF PARVAIM._ He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty -better, he paved the house with precious and be...
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
GARNISHED. — _Overlaid_ (2 Chronicles 3:4) _the chamber._ PRECIOUS STONES. — See 1 Chronicles 29:2; and 1 Kings 10:11, which relates that Hiram’s fleet brought “precious stones” from Ophir for
וַ יְצַ֧ף אֶת ־הַ בַּ֛יִת אֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָ֖ה
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...
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 garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim. Ver. 6. _And he garnished the house with precious stones._] Every one of which had some egregious virtu...
_He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty_ A great many precious stones were dedicated to God 1Ch 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:8, and these were set here and there where they would show to the...
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 garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, that is, he paved the house with beautiful and costly marble; AND THE GOLD WAS GOLD OF PARVAIM, especially noted for its purity....
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...
GARNISHED: _ Heb._ covered...
SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 9:26", &c....
2 Chronicles 3:6 decorated H6823 (H8762) house H1004 precious H3368 stones H68 beauty H8597 gold H2091 gold H2091
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...
_And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty._ COST AND BEAUTY IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP The author of the history of the Jewish Church uses these words concerning the temple of Solomon: “A...
_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 3:6 PARVAIM. Possibly a place in northeastern Arabia. ⇐...
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 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:8; Isaiah 54:11; Isaiah 54:12;...