Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Chronicles 3
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
mount Moriah. Not mentioned since Genesis 22:2, nor ever again.
Moriah. Vision of Jah. Refers here to "where Jehovah appeared".
where. See note on 1 Chronicles 22:1.
had prepared. Compare 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 2:7.
according to = in the front of.
an hundred and twenty. Read "twenty" by a transposition of letters.
the greater house: i.e. the holy of holies.
cieled = covered. Walls as well as roof.
fir = cypress.
fine = pure.
palm trees: i.e. artificial.
chains = wreathen work. Only found in connection with Tabernacle and Temple.
weight of the nails. These small and simple things not excluded. They held all together; and, though out of sight, are remembered and named by God.
image work = carved work. This was no breach of the second commandment, for it was by the Divine Lawgiver's own direction.
thirty and five cubits. In 1 Kings 7:15 = eighteen cubits. But there it is "apiece"; here they are reckoned together. See note on 1 Kings 7:15.
Jachin . . . Boaz. See notes on 1 Kings 7:21.
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