2 Chronicles 2:1 BSB

2 Chronicles 2:1

Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

KJV

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Solomon determined to build--The temple is the grand subject of this narrative, while the palace--here and in other parts of this book--is only incidentally noticed. The duty of building the temple was reserved for Solomon before his birth.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
לִבְנ֥וֹת	liv.Not	to build	H1129 →
בַּ֙יִת֙	ba.yit	a house	H1004 →
לְשֵׁ֣ם	le.Shem	for [the] name of	H8034 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וּבַ֖יִת	u.Va.yit	and a house	H1004 →
לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃	le.mal.khu.To	for royalty his	H4438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 5:5
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 17:12
  He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10
  He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel…
- 2 Samuel 7:12–13
  And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6
  And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:11
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:20
  Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
  Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
Through
1 Chronicles 22:10
He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel…
leads to
- Hebrews 1:5
  For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
Through
1 Kings 9:1
Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 7:11
  When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own…