2 Chronicles 3:6
in 2 Chronicles 3He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
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ASV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
KJV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseGold of Parvaim - We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2Ki 17:24, etc. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph, signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red color, and had its name from פרים parim, heifers, being like to bullocks’ blood.
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
gold was from Parvaim
Solomon adorned the temple with precious stones, and its gold came from Parvaim, a place now unknown. Clarke reports three views of Parvaim, among them Sepharvaim and Ceylon. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the precious stones as veined stones of many colors set in the walls of the temple.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It may be, after all, that these were stones with veins of different colors for decorating the walls. This was an ancient and thoroughly Oriental kind of embellishment. There was an under pavement of marble, which was covered with planks of fir.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Precious stones for beauty - Not marbles but gems (compare 1Ch 29:2). The phrase translated “for beauty” means “for its beautification,” “to beautify it.” Parvaim is probably the name of a place, but what is quite uncertain.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְצַ֧ף | vaytzaf | and he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֛יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֶ֥בֶן | ʾeven | stone[s] | H68 → | 273 times |
| יְקָרָ֖ה | yekarah | precious | H3368 → | 36 times |
| לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת | letifaret | for beauty | H8597 → | |
| וְהַזָּהָ֖ב | vehazahav | and the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| זְהַ֥ב | zehav | [was] [the] gold of | H2091 → | 389 times |
| פַּרְוָֽיִם׃ | parvayim | Parvaim | H6516 → |
וַיְצַ֧ףand he overlaid
vaytzafH6823 →47 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֛יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אֶ֥בֶןstone[s]
ʾevenH68 →273 times
יְקָרָ֖הprecious
yekarahH3368 →36 times
לְתִפְאָ֑רֶתfor beauty
letifaretH8597 →
וְהַזָּהָ֖בand the gold
vehazahavH2091 →389 times
זְהַ֥ב[was] [the] gold of
zehavH2091 →389 times
פַּרְוָֽיִם׃Parvaim
parvayimH6516 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach 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 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- 1 Peter 4:10–11
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3
For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
- Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
Through
1 Chronicles 29:8Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:21–22
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
- 1 Chronicles 23:8
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
- 1 Chronicles 26:21–22
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.