2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

mount Moriah. Not mentioned since Genesis 22:2, nor ever again.

Moriah. Vision of Jah. Refers here to “where Jehovah appeared”.

where. See note on 1 Chronicles 22:1.

had prepared. Compare 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 2:7.

2 Chronicles 3:3

God. Hebrew. ha-’elohlm, the [true or triune] God.

2 Chronicles 3:4

according to = in the front of.

an hundred and twenty. Read “twenty” by a transposition of letters.

2 Chronicles 3:5

the greater house: i.e. the holy of holies.

cieled = covered. Walls as well as roof.

fir = cypress.

fine = pure.

palm trees: i.e. artificial.

chains = wreathen work. Only found in connection with Tabernacle and Temple.

2 Chronicles 3:7

posts = thresholds.

2 Chronicles 3:8

the most holy = the holy of holies. See note on Exodus 3:5.

2 Chronicles 3:9

weight of the nails. These small and simple things not excluded. They held all together; and, though out of sight, are remembered and named by God.

2 Chronicles 3:10

image work = carved work. This was no breach of the second commandment, for it was by the Divine Lawgiver’s own direction.

2 Chronicles 3:13

inward = toward the Ark.

2 Chronicles 3:14

the vail. Not mentioned in 1Ki 6.

2 Chronicles 3:15

thirty and five cubits. In 1 Kings 7:15 = eighteen cubits. But there it is “apiece”; here they are reckoned together. See note on 1 Kings 7:15.

2 Chronicles 3:16

chains = wreathen work.

the oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23.

2 Chronicles 3:17

Jachin . . . Boaz. See notes on 1 Kings 7:21.