2 Chronicles 8:16 BSB

2 Chronicles 8:16

Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

KJV

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished,.... The materials were prepared, and the money for the expenses; and even the very stones and timber were made fit for the building, so that there was nothing to retard the completion of it: so the house of God was perfected; in the space of seven years, in all the parts, and according to the form and pattern of it, see 1Ki 6:38.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּכֹּן֙	va.ti.Kon	and it was arranged	H3559 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מְלֶ֣אכֶת	me.Le.khet	[the] work of	H4399 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֛וֹם	hai.Yom	the day of	H3117 →
מוּסַ֥ד	mu.Sad	[the] foundation of	H4143 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and until	H5704 →
כְּלֹת֑וֹ	ke.lo.To	was complete it	H3615 →
שָׁלֵ֖ם	sha.Lem	[was] complete	H8003 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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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 6:7
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 27:5–6
  Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Proverbs 24:27
  Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- 1 Kings 5:17–18
  And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
- Exodus 20:25
  Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
Through
1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
leads to
- Joshua 13:5
  the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Ezekiel 27:9
  The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
- Psalms 83:7
  of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.