2 Chronicles 1:13
in 2 Chronicles 1So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
KJV
Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThen Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon,.... Or rather without the supplement, the words may be read as in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions: Solomon came from the high places; having sacrificed there, so Vatablus; ל being put for מ, as R.
This site's exposition
from before the tabernacle of the congregation
Solomon returns to Jerusalem from before the tabernacle of the congregation at Gibeon and reigns over Israel, closing the episode where it began, at the altar Moses' generation raised. The verse's wording has drawn textual comment, since the underlying Hebrew reads more simply than the added phrasing suggests, but the sense is not in question either way. The Gibeon night stands behind everything Solomon now builds.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God's Goodness to Solomon. 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the L ORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
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To reign, &c. - Give me the spirit of my father David, that Israel may not suffer by the change. The eminency of those that went before us, and the obligation that lies upon us, to keep and carry on the good work they were engaged in, should quicken our prayers for wisdom and grace, that we may do the work of God in our day, as faithful as they did in theirs.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
From his journey - These words are not in the original text, which is thought to be corrupt. It is best to correct the text, and then simply to translate: “And Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem.”
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Solomon went la-bamah asher be-Giv‘on to Jerusalem. The lamed of la-bamah is not in place of a mem as R.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
and he left them in the chariot cities He left some of those horsemen and chariots in the chariot cities; since the king’s chariots were there, those cities were called the chariot cities, and some of them he left with him in Jerusalem.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֨א | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| לַבָּמָ֤ה | labamah | to the high place | H1116 → | 102 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּגִבְעוֹן֙ | begivon | [was] at Gibeon | H1391 → | |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֖י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיָּבֹ֨אand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֜הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
לַבָּמָ֤הto the high place
labamahH1116 →102 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בְּגִבְעוֹן֙[was] at Gibeon
begivonH1391 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
מִלִּפְנֵ֖יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
2 Chronicles 1:3And 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…
it leads to
- 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 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,
- 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…
- 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 26:1–37
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.