2 Chronicles 2:1
in 2 Chronicles 2Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
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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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD
on 2 Chronicles 2:1-2
Solomon “purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself,” naming both projects before either begins. The labor force is numbered, “70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors,” the count 1 Kings 5:15-16 carries with a small variance.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord,.... For the worship and service of God, and for his honour and glory, being directed, enjoined, and encouraged to it by his father David: and an house for his kingdom; for a royal palace for him, and his successors, first the one, and then the other; and in this order they were built.
It is fit that he who is the first should be served--first a temple and then a palace, a house not so much for himself, or his own convenience and magnitude, as for the kingdom, for the honour of it among its neighbours and for the decent reception of the people whenever they had occasion to apply to their prince; so that in both he aimed at the public good.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A house for the name of the Lord - A temple for the worship of Jehovah. A house for his kingdom - A royal palace for his own use as king of Israel.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| לִבְנ֥וֹת | livnot | to build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַּ֙יִת֙ | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְשֵׁ֣ם | leshem | for [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּבַ֖יִת | uvayit | and a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ | lemalkhuto | for royalty his | H4438 → | 91 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
לִבְנ֥וֹתto build
livnotH1129 →376 times
בַּ֙יִת֙a house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
לְשֵׁ֣םfor [the] name of
leshemH8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּבַ֖יִתand a house
uvayitH1004 →2046 times
לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃for royalty his
lemalkhutoH4438 →91 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 Kings 5:5So 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…
it 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.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12
Through
Deuteronomy 12:11then 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…
it 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.
- Deuteronomy 15:20
Through
1 Chronicles 22:10He 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…
it 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”?
- Hebrews 1:5
Through
1 Kings 9:1Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
it 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…
- 2 Chronicles 7:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.