2 Chronicles 3:4
in 2 Chronicles 3The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
KJV
And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe height was a hundred and twenty - Some think this should be twenty only; but if the same building is spoken of as in 1Ki 6:2, the height was only thirty cubits. Twenty is the reading of the Syriac, the Arabic, and the Septuagint in the Codex Alexandrinus. The MSS. give us no help. There is probably a mistake here, which, from the similarity of the letters, might easily occur. The words, as they now stand in the Hebrew text, are מאה ואשרים meah veesrim, one hundred and twenty.
This site's exposition
in the second day of the second month
on 2 Chronicles 3:2-7
Chronicles gives the plan its own vocabulary. Where Kings names only the month, verse two adds the exact day, and the porch's height of a hundred and twenty cubits towers well above Kings' figure for the same building, a difference the bench reads as a copied number gone wrong rather than two towers. Gold of Parvaim and precious stones for beauty at verse six have no parallel in Kings, and the greater house of verses five and seven is this book's own name for the main chamber Kings simply calls the house.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The height was an hundred and twenty cubits - This height, which so much exceeds that of the main building 1Ki 6:2, is probably to be corrected by the reading of the Arabic Version and the Alexandrian Septuagint, “twenty cubits.” But see 2Ch 3:9.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאוּלָ֡ם | vehaulam | and the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [was] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֨י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאֹ֜רֶךְ | haorekh | the length | H753 → | 95 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֤י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רֹֽחַב־ | rochav- | [the] breadth of | H7341 → | 101 times |
| הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַמּ֣וֹת | ʾamot | [was] cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֔ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ | vehagoah | and the height | H1363 → | |
| מֵאָ֣ה | meah | [was] one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ | vaytzapehu | and he overlaid it | H6823 → | 47 times |
| מִפְּנִ֖ימָה | mipenimah | from within | H6441 → | 13 times |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָהֽוֹר׃ | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
וְהָאוּלָ֡םand the porch
vehaulamH197 →34 times
אֲשֶׁר֩which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[was] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֨י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאֹ֜רֶךְthe length
haorekhH753 →95 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֤י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
רֹֽחַב־[the] breadth of
rochav-H7341 →101 times
הַבַּ֙יִת֙the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אַמּ֣וֹת[was] cubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
עֶשְׂרִ֔יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּand the height
vehagoahH1363 →
מֵאָ֣ה[was] one hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּand he overlaid it
vaytzapehuH6823 →47 times
מִפְּנִ֖ימָהfrom within
mipenimahH6441 →13 times
זָהָ֥בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
טָהֽוֹר׃pure
tahorH2889 →94 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
Acts 3:11While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
it leads to
Through
Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
it leads to
- Acts 19:11
God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
- 2 Corinthians 12:12
The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
- Hebrews 2:4
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- Acts 14:3
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
- Acts 2:42–43
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Acts 19:11
Through
John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
it leads to
- Acts 3:11
While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869).