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2 Chronicles 3:1 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 3 · verse 1
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 Jebusite.2 Chronicles 3:1 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 3:1 in context
1Then 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 Jebusite.
2And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- appearedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- MoriahMôwrîyâhMorijah, a hill in PalestineH4179 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
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Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (Ch1 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9