2 Chronicles 3:6

He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

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KJV

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

ASV

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

YLT

and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim,

DBT

And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

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Gold of Parvaim - We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2Ki 17:24, etc. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph, signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red color, and had its name from פרים parim, heifers, being like to bullocks blood.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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It may be, after all, that these were stones with veins of different colors for decorating the walls. This was an ancient and thoroughly Oriental kind of embellishment. There was an under pavement of marble, which was covered with planks of fir.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Revelation 21:18–21
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
1 Chronicles 29:2
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
Isaiah 54:11–12
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
1 Chronicles 29:8
Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

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Featured studyThe TabernacleSolomon's temple — Chronicler's perspective; Mount Moriah named explicitly.

About this book

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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1 Chronicles 29:2
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
  David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- 1 Peter 4:10–11
  As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3
  For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
- Colossians 3:23
  Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Through
1 Chronicles 29:8
Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 26:21–22
  From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
- 1 Chronicles 23:8
  The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.

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