2 Chronicles 8:1
in 2 Chronicles 8Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
KJV
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAt the end of twenty years - He employed seven years and a half in building the temple, and twelve and a half, or thirteen, in building his own house. - Compare this with 1Ki 7:1.
This site's exposition
at the end of twenty years
on 2 Chronicles 8:1-6
The twenty years join the temple's seven and the king's own house's thirteen into one span, then Chronicles lists what filled it: cities restored from Huram, a campaign against Hamath-zobah, and store, chariot and garrison cities across the land. Hamath-zobah is the one recorded military campaign of Solomon's reign in either book, a break from the peace that otherwise defines him. Tadmor in the wilderness is the same site later ages knew as the caravan city Palmyra. The list runs close to 1 Kings 9:15-19; Chronicles gathers the scattered building notices of Kings into one register of everything Solomon desired to build.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years,.... See Gill on 1Ki 9:10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֞י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִקֵּ֣ץ׀ | miketz | from [the] end of | H7093 → | 67 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֗ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנָ֧ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | beito | own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיְהִ֞יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מִקֵּ֣ץ׀from [the] end of
miketzH7093 →67 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָ֗הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנָ֧הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֛הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃own house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).