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2 Chronicles 3:5

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He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

KJV

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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The greater house - i. e., the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, intervening between the porch and the holy of holies (so in 2Ch 3:7). He cieled with fir tree - Rather, “he covered,” or “lined.” The reference is not to the ceiling, which was entirely of wood, but to the walls and floor, which were of stone, with a covering of planks (marginal reference).

This site's exposition

on the second day of the second month

on 2 Chronicles 3:2-7

Where 1 Kings 6:1 names only the month, verse 2 adds the exact day. Gold from Parvaim and “precious stones for beauty” at verse 6 have no parallel in Kings. The “main room” is the chamber Kings calls the house, and Chronicles gives the plan its own vocabulary.

This site's exposition

paneled the main room

The main room is the Holy Place, the chamber between the portico and the Most Holy Place. Barnes explains that the cypress lined its stone walls and floor, and the gold went over the wood. The ceiling was wood throughout.

The words behind it

13 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.

  • וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַבַּ֣יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַגָּד֗וֹל<the> great

    hagadolH1419 →526 times

  • חִפָּה֙he overlaid

    chipahH2645 →12 times

  • עֵ֣ץwood of

    ʾetzH6086 →328 times

  • בְּרוֹשִׁ֔יםcypresses

    beroshimH1265 →

  • וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּand he overlaid it

    vaychapehuH2645 →12 times

  • זָהָ֣בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • ט֑וֹבfine

    tovH2896 →538 times

  • וַיַּ֧עַלand he put up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • עָלָ֛יוon it

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • תִּמֹרִ֖יםpalm trees

    timorimH8561 →

  • וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃and chains

    vesharsherotH8333 →7 times

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

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 40:16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.4 works1 Kings 6:21–22So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.2 works1 Kings 6:15–17He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.2 worksExodus 39:15For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.2 works1 Kings 5:8Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.2 worksEzekiel 41:16as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 41:18were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:2 worksJeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.2 worksEzekiel 40:22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.2 works

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.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament.

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