2 Chronicles 3:15
in 2 Chronicles 3In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
KJV
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Of thirty and five cubits - See 1Ki 7:15 note. Some suppose that there has been a corruption of the number in the present passage.
This site's exposition
In front of the temple he made two pillars
on 2 Chronicles 3:15-17
Chronicles tells of the pillars in three verses against the eight of 1 Kings 7:15-22. Here “a hundred pomegranates” hang in the chainwork, where 1 Kings 7:20 sets two hundred around each capital. Barnes judges the Hebrew probably corrupt at the word the older English rendered as in the oracle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That was typical of Christ's sacrifice of himself; therefore fitly was the temple, which was likewise a type of him, built there. It must be where the Lord appeared to David, and answered him by fire, 1 Chron. xxi. There atonement was made once; and therefore, in remembrance of that, there atonement must still be made.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
thirty-five cubits long i.e., the height. And in I Kings (7:15): “And he cast the two pillars of copper, eighteen cubits, etc.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And he made the dividing curtain of blue, purple and he hung it on the door that was in the cubit between the two partitions, through which they would enter the Holy of Holies.
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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
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֜עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לִפְנֵ֤י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עַמּוּדִ֣ים | ʾamudim | pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁנַ֔יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אַמּ֕וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְחָמֵ֖שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אֹ֑רֶךְ | ʾorekh | length | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְהַצֶּ֥פֶת | vehatzefet | and the capital | H6858 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [was] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹאשׁ֖וֹ | rosho | top its | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אַמּ֥וֹת | ʾamot | [was] cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| חָמֵֽשׁ׃ ס | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
וַיַּ֜עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
לִפְנֵ֤י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַבַּ֙יִת֙the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
עַמּוּדִ֣יםpillars
ʾamudimH5982 →111 times
שְׁנַ֔יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
אַמּ֕וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְחָמֵ֖שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
אֹ֑רֶךְlength
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
וְהַצֶּ֥פֶתand the capital
vehatzefetH6858 →
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עַל־[was] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹאשׁ֖וֹtop its
roshoH7218 →599 times
אַמּ֥וֹת[was] cubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
חָמֵֽשׁ׃ סfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.