2 Chronicles 3:1

_THEN SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM IN MOUNT MORIAH, WHERE THE LORD APPEARED UNTO DAVID HIS FATHER, IN THE PLACE THAT DAVID HAD PREPARED IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE._ MOUNT MORIAH, WHERE THE LORD APPEARED UNTO DAVID. These words seem to intimate that the region where the temple was built was previously known by the name of Moriah (Genesis 22:2), and do not afford sufficient evidence for affirming, as has lately been done (Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' p. 248), that the name was first given to the mount in consequence of the vision seen by David. The literal translation is, 'Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, on the mount of Moriah, where (the vision) was seen by David his father, in the place which David prepared (established).' Dean Stanley refers the origin of the name to the vision of David after the pestile

CHAPTER III _Solomon begins to build the temple in the fourth year of his_ _reign on Mount Moriah_, 1, 2. _Its dimensions, ornaments, and pillars_, 3-17. NOTES ON CHAP. III Verse 2 Chronicles 3:1. _IN MOUNT MORIAH_] Supposed to be the same place where Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac; so the Targum: "Solomon began to build the house of the sanctuary of the Lord at Jerusalem, in the place where Abraham had prayed and worshipped in the name of the Lord. This is the place of the earth where all generations shall worship the Lord. Here Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac for a burnt-offering; but he was snatched away by the WORD of the Lord, and a ram placed in his ste

WHERE THE LORD APPEARED UNTO DAVID - The marginal rendering, or “which was shown to David,” is preferred by some; and the expression is understood to point out to David the proper site for the temple by the appearance of the Angels and the command to build an altar 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Chronicles 21:16. IN THE PLACE THAT DAVID HAD PREPARED - This seems to be the true meaning of the passage, though the order of the words in the original has been accidentally deranged....

EXPOSITION 2 CHRONICLES 3:1 MOUNT MORIAH. This name מוֹריָה occurs twice in the Old Testament, viz. here and Genesis 22:2, in which latter reference it is alluded to as "the _land _of Moriah," and "one of the mountains" in it is spoken of. Whether the name designates the same place in each instance is more than doubtful. In the present passage the connection of the place with David is marked. Had it been the spot connected with Abraham and the proposed sacrifice of Isaac, it is at least probable that this also would have been emphasized, and not here only, but in 2 Samuel 24:17-10 and...

CHAPTER 3 THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The place (2 Chronicles 3:1)_ 2. The dimensions (2 Chronicles 3:3) 3. The porch and holy place (2 Chronicles 3:4) 4. The most holy (2 Chron. 3:4-18) 5. The brazen pillars (2 Chronicles 3:15) First, the place is mentioned where the house of the LORD was built, “in Mount Moriah (Genesis 22), where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.” The building began in t

2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND ITS EQUIPMENT (see notes on 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7:13). What was said in reference to the preceding section applies also to this one. The Chronicler omits all mention of Solomon's other buildings, his interest being centred on the Temple; he has, on the other hand, many additions not found in 1 Kings. 2 CHRONICLES 3:1. MOUNT MORIAH: _cf._ Genesis 22:2 *; this name for the Temple mount does not occur elsewhere in the OT....

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 3:1-2 (1 Kings 6:1). The Temple Begun 1. _in mount Moriah_ Genesis 22:2. _in the place that David had prepared_ R.V. WHICH HE MADE READY IN THE PLACE THAT DAVID HAD APPOINTED (following the Hebrew, whereas A.V. leaves the Hebrew and agrees with LXX.). _Ornan the Jebusite_ See 1 Chronicles 21:15 ff....

3. BUILDING THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1) TEXT 2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah, appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3. Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was three-score cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4. And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house

3:1 Moriah, (a-14) Meaning, 'shewn by Jehovah.' appeared (b-17) Or 'which was shewn.'...