2 Chronicles 3
17 verses
Solomon constructs the temple on Mount Moriah at the exact location of the threshing floor of Ornan, the site where David received divine instructions and offered sacrifice, thereby establishing theological continuity between David's preparation and Solomon's completion. The chapter provides meticulous architectural details of the temple's dimensions, furnishings, and decorative elements, emphasizing that this house of God is built according to God's specifications with extraordinary care and lavishness. The Chronicler's detailed attention to the temple's construction materials—gold, bronze, stone, and precious woods—reflects the belief that God's house deserves the finest of human artistry and resources, consecrating material creation to divine purposes. The sanctuary's internal arrangements, particularly the placement of the ark within the inner sanctuary and the elaborate cherubim imagery, communicate theological truths about God's presence, majesty, and covenant relationship with Israel. The construction narrative reinforces that the temple is not merely a religious building but the focal point of Israel's covenant relationship with God, where heaven and earth intersect. By locating the temple precisely where David had previously encountered God and experienced forgiveness, the Chronicler demonstrates that this structure embodies Israel's entire historical and spiritual trajectory, making the temple the physical manifestation of divine mercy and covenant promise.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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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.
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And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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Now 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.
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And 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.
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And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
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And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
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He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
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And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
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And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
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And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
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The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
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And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
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And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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