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3:1 Solomon <08010> began <02490> building <01129> the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389> on Mount <02022> Moriah <04179>, where <0834> the Lord had appeared <07200> to his father <01> David <01732>. This was the place <04725> that <0834> David <01732> prepared <03559> at the threshing floor <01637> of Ornan <0771> the Jebusite <02983>. 3:2 He began <02490> building <01129> on the second <08145> day of the second <08145> month <02320> of the fourth <0702> year <08141> of his reign <04438>. 3:3 Solomon <08010> laid <01129> the foundation <03245> for God’s <0430> temple <01004>; its length <0753> (determined according to the old <07223> standard <04060> <0520> of measure <04060> <0520>) was 90 feet <08346> <0520>, and its width <07341> 30 feet <06242> <0520>. 3:4 The porch <0197> in front <06440> of the main hall was 30 feet <06242> <0520> long <0753>, corresponding <06440> to the width <07341> of the temple <01004>, and its height <01363> was 30 feet <06242> <03967>. He plated <06823> the inside <06441> with pure <02889> gold <02091>. 3:5 He paneled <02645> the main hall <01004> with boards <01419> made from evergreen <01265> trees <06086> and plated <02645> it with fine <02896> gold <02091>, decorated <05927> with palm trees <08561> and chains <08333>. 3:6 He decorated <06823> the temple <01004> with precious <03368> stones <068>; the gold <02091> <02091> he used came from Parvaim <06516>. 3:7 He overlaid <02645> the temple’s <01004> rafters <06982>, thresholds <05592>, walls <07023> and doors <01817> with gold <02091>; he carved <06605> decorative cherubim <03742> on <05921> the walls <07023>. 3:8 He made <06213> the most holy place <06944> <06944>; its length <0753> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>, corresponding to <06440> <05921> the width <07341> of the temple <01004>, and its width <07341> 30 feet <06242> <0520>. He plated <02645> it with 600 <03967> <08337> talents <03603> of fine <02896> gold <02091>.

• 2Ch 3:1--5:1 -- The Building of the Temple

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• BEAUTY

  [isbe] BEAUTY - bu'-ti: The space allotted to this topic allows liberty only for the statement of two problems to students of the Bible. They should give distinct attention to the interblending of aesthetics with ethics in the Scri...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Vail

  [nave] VAIL 1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to divide the holy of holies from the holy place. Called the second veil, Heb. 6:19; 9:3. Ordinances prescribing, Ex. 26:31-33. Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab, Ex. 36:35, 36. See: Vei...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Parvaim

  [ebd] the name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2 Chr. 3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as some think, denote "Orient...
  [isbe] PARVAIM - par-va'-im (parwayim; Septuagint Pharouaim): The word occurs only in 2 Ch 3:6, as the place from which Solomon obtained gold for the decoration of his Temple. A derivation is given from the Sanskrit purva, "eastern...
  [smith] (Oriental regions), the name of an unknown place or country whence the gold was procured for the decoration of Solomon?s temple. (2 Chronicles 3:6) We may notice the conjecture that it is derived from the Sanscrit purva , ...
  [nave] PARVAIM, an unknown gold region, 2 Chr. 3:6.
  

• PALESTINE, 1

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 1 - pal'-es-tin (pelesheth; Phulistieim, Allophuloi; the King James Version Joel 3:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) "Philistia"), "Palestina"; the King James Version Ex 15:14; Isa 14:29,31; compare Ps...
  

• FINE

  [isbe] FINE - fin (adj., from Latin finire, "to finish"): Indicates superior quality. Only in a few instances does "fine" represent a separate word: (1) Tobh, "good," qualifies gold (2 Ch 3:5,8, "fine gold"; compare Gen 2:12, "good...
  

• Ornan

  [smith] (active). (1 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 3:1) [ARAUNAH]
  [nave] ORNAN A Jebusite, 1 Chr. 21:15-25, 28; 2 Chr. 3:1. Called Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16-25.
  

• Jerusalem

  [smith] (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46? 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18? 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samar...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• GARNISH

  [ebd] overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44). In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splend...
  [isbe] GARNISH - gar'-nish (tsippah, shiphrah; kosmeo): The word is used twice in the Old Testament. In 2 Ch 3:6, tsippah means "to overlay," or "to plate." Thus, he "garnished" the house or "overlaid" it, "studded" it, with precio...
  

• Palm Tree

  [isbe] PALM TREE - pam'-tre (tamar, same as the Aramaic and Ethiopic, but in Arabic = "date"; phoinix (Ex 15:27; Lev 23:40; Nu 33:9; Dt 34:3; Jdg 1:16; 3:13; 2 Ch 28:15; Neh 8:15; Ps 92:12; Song 7:7 f; Joel 1:12); tomer, Deborah "d...
  [nave] PALM TREE Deborah judged Israel under, Judg. 4:5. Wood of, used in the temple, 1 Kin. 6:29, 32, 35; 2 Chr. 3:5. In the temple seen in the vision of Ezekiel, Ezek. 40:16; 41:18. Branches of, thrown in the way when Jesus ma...
  

• Zion

  [isbe] ZION - zi'-on (tsiyon; Sion): 1. Meaning of the Word 2. The Zion of the Jebusites 3. Zion of the Prophets 4. Zion in Later Poetical Writings and Apocrypha 5. Omission of Name by Some Writers 6. The Name "Zion" in Christian T...
  [nave] ZION, called also Sion, stronghold of Jerusalem. Taken from the Jebusites by David, 2 Sam. 5:6-9; 1 Chr. 11:5-7. Called thereafter "the city of David,'' 2 Sam. 5:7, 9; 6:12, 16; 1 Kin. 8:1; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 15:1, 29; 2 Chr. 5...
  

• ARAUNAH

  [ebd] agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the people, was stayed in his wo...
  [isbe] ARAUNAH - a-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2 Sam 24:16,20 ff; 'aranyah 2 Sam 24:18, and 'ornan, 1 Ch 21:15 ff; 2 Ch 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A Jebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought ...
  

• House

  [ebd] Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The He...
  

• Gold

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5). (2.) Heb. segor, from its compactness, or as being enclosed or treasured up; thus precious or "fine gold" (1 Kings 6:20; 7:49). (3.) He...
  [nave] GOLD Exported from Havilah, Gen. 2:11, 12. From Ophir, 1 Kin. 9:28; 10:11; 1 Chr. 29:4; 2 Chr. 8:18; Job 22:24; Tarshish, 1 Kin. 22:48; Parvaim, 2 Chr. 3:6; Sheba, 1 Kin. 10:10; 2 Chr. 9:9; Psa. 72:15; Uphaz, Jer. 10:9. Re...
  

• Moriah

  [ebd] the chosen of Jehovah. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we are to regard this as one of the hills of Jerusalem. Here Solomon's temple was built, on the spot that had been the threshing-floor of Orn...
  [nave] MORIAH, the land of, Gen. 22:2; 2 Chr. 3:1.
  

• CEILING

  [ebd] the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings...
  [smith] The descriptions of Scripture, (1 Kings 6:9,15; 7:3; 2 Chronicles 3:5,9; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4) and of Josephus, show that the ceilings of the temple and the palaces of the Jewish kings were formed of cedar planks ...
  

• Cherubim

  [nave] CHERUBIM Eastward of the garden of Eden, Gen. 3:24. In the tabernacle, Ex. 25:18-20; 37:7-9. Ark rested beneath the wings of, 1 Kin. 8:6, 7; 2 Chr. 5:7, 8; Heb. 9:5. Figures of, embroidered on walls of tabernacle, Ex. 26:...
  

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