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2 Chronicles 3:5 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 3 · verse 5
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.2 Chronicles 3:5 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 3:5 in context
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.
4And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greatergâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- cieledchâphâhto coverH2645 →
- chainssharshᵉrâha chainH8333 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- treestimmôra palm-like pilasterH8561 →
- treeʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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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