2 Chronicles 3:17

Verse 2 Chronicles 3:17. _HE REARED UP THE PILLARS_] "The name of that on the right hand was _Jachin_, because the kingdom of the house of David was _established_; and the name of the left was _Boaz_, from the name of _Boaz_ the patriarch of the family of Judah, from whom all the kings of the house of Judah have descended." - _Targum_. See on 1 Kings 7:21; and see the parallel places for other matters contained in this chapter....

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...

2 Chronicles 3:1....

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....

JACHIN... BOAZ. See notes on 1 Kings 7:21....

_he reared up_ R.V. HE SET UP (as in 1 Kings 7:21). _Jachin … Boaz_ R.V. mg. translates the two words; _Jachin_"he shall establish," _Boaz_perhaps "In it is strength." LXX. gives Κατόρθωσις ("setting up") and Ἰσχύς ("strength"). The meaning of _Boaz_is quite uncertain....

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

3:17 Jachin, (b-33) 'He will establish.' Boaz. (c-42) 'In Him is strength.'...

PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE TEMPLE This and the following chapter abbreviate what is recorded in 1 Kings 6:7....