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2 Chronicles 1:3

in 2 Chronicles 1

And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.

KJV

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon,.... They agreed to his motion, and went with him thither, see 1Ki 3:4. for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness: by the Lord's direction; where was also the altar of the Lord, and so most proper to offer sacrifice on, which was what Solomon went thither to do; see 1Ch 21:29.

This site's exposition

the high place at Gibeon

on 2 Chronicles 1:3-4

Solomon leads the assembly to Gibeon because the Tent of Meeting that Moses made still stood there. The ark sat in the tent David had pitched in Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles 16:1 and 16:39 had already recorded the ark brought to Jerusalem and Zadok left serving before the tabernacle at Gibeon.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Authority and interest are well bestowed on those that will thus use them for the glory of God, and the promoting of religion. It is our duty to engage all with whom we have influence in the solemnities of religion, and it is very desirable to have many join with us in those solemnities--the more the better; it is the more like heaven.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The date of this occurrence was the second year of Solomon's reign, and the high place at Gibeon was chosen for the performance of the sacred rites, because the tabernacle and all the ancient furniture connected with the national worship were deposited there. Zadok was the officiating high priest (1Ch 16:39).

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּלְכ֗וּand they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַקָּהָ֣לthe assembly

    hakahalH6951 →123 times

  • עִמּ֔וֹwith him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • לַבָּמָ֖הto the high place

    labamahH1116 →102 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּגִבְע֑וֹן[was] at Gibeon

    begivonH1391 →

  • כִּי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • שָׁ֣םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • הָיָ֗הit was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • אֹ֤הֶל[the] tent of

    ʾohelH168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵד֙meeting of

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֛הhe had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֥הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    ʾeved-H5650 →799 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃in the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 21:29

    For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 1:13

      So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 16:39

      And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

    • 1 Kings 3:4–15

      Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

    • Exodus 40:1–38

      Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 16:39

    And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 3:4

      Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:11

      David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

  • Through

    Exodus 36:8

    All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 15:1

      David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

    • 2 Chronicles 3:10

      In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.