2 Chronicles 3:8

And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
most	קֹ֣דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, masculine singular construct
holy	הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים ha.ko.da.Shim	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, masculine plural absolute
house	בֵּֽית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
length	אָרְכּ֞וֹ 'a.re.Ko	H753	length · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
to	פְּנֵ֤י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct
breadth	רֹֽחַב ro.chav-	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַבַּ֙יִת֙ ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֔ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמּ֣וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
breadth	וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ ve.ra.che.Bo	H7341	width (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֑ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
cubits	אַמּ֣וֹת 'a.Mot	H520	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
overlaid	וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ vay.cha.Pe.hu	H2645	to cover · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fine	ט֔וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
gold	זָהָ֣ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
six	שֵׁ֥שׁ shesh	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵאֽוֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
talents	לְכִכָּרִ֖ים le.khi.ka.Rim	H3603	a circle · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail s…
1 Kings 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, e…
1 Kings 6:19-20 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Hebrews 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service…
Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 3:1-9

Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (Ch1 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there. The royal city must be the holy city. There must be the testimony of Israel; for there are set the thrones of judgment, Psa 122:4, Psa 122:5. 2. It must be on Mount Moriah, which, some think, was that very place in the land of Moriah where Abraham offered Isaac, Gen 22:2. So the Targum says expressly, adding, But he was delivered by the word of the Lord, and a ram provided in his place. That was typical of Chri…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 3:8

DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13) the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare Kg1 6:20). overlaid it with . . . gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at Â£4 per ounce, equal to Â£3,600,000.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 3:6

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, Kg2 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. The Vulgate translates the passage thus: Stravit quoque pavimentum templi pretiosissimo marmore, decore multo; porro aurum erat probatissimum; "And he made the pavement of the temple of the most precious marble; and moreover the gold was of the best…

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John Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1

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Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 3:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 3:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 3:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 3:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1

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2 Chronicles 3:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 3:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 3:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 3:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 3:8-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 3:8

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 3:8