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2 Chronicles 2:1 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 1
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.2 Chronicles 2:1 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 2:1 in context
1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- determinedʼâmarto sayH559 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- kingdommalkûwtha ruleH4438 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10