And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, these nails being used to fasten the gold plate to the wooden lining of the walls. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. The building of the Temple was a work of obedience and love, just as all our work for the Lord should be.
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:9. _THE WEIGHT OF THE NAILS_ WAS _FIFTY SHEKELS_] _Bolts_ must be here intended, as it should be preposterous to suppose _nails_ of nearly _two pounds'_ weight. _THE SUPPER CHAMB...
THE UPPER CHAMBERS - Compare 1 Chronicles 28:11. Their position is uncertain. Some place them above the holy of holies, which was ten cubits, or fifteen feet lower than the main building (compare 1 Ki...
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 Ch
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....
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....
The Holy of Holies 8. _the most holy house_ Called _the oracle_in 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:19 etc., Hebrew _děbîr_, which means rather the _hinder part_. The Lord "dwells" in the inmost recess of the...
THE UPPER CHAMBERS— This would have been rendered more properly here, _the ceiling,_ the upper part of the house....
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...
_AND THE WEIGHT OF THE NAILS WAS FIFTY SHEKELS OF GOLD. AND HE OVERLAID THE UPPER CHAMBERS WITH GOLD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE TEMPLE This and the following chapter abbreviate what is recorded in 1 Kings 6:7....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 3:1-17 V1
AND THE WEIGHT OF THE NAILS WAS FIFTY SHEKELS OF GOLD. — Literally, _And a weight for nails for shekels — fifty in gold._ The LXX. and Vulg. take this to mean that the weight of each nail was fifty sh...
וּ מִשְׁקָ֛ל לְ מִסְמְרֹ֥ות לִ שְׁקָלִ֖ים חֲמ
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
In this and the following chapter we have the account of the building and furnishing of the Temple. In all fundamental essentials it was on the pattern of the Tabernacle which Moses had made. The prop...
_Sicles. This weight seems enormous for each nail. Mariana supposes every nail weighed one sicle. But who will believe that only fifty were used? Hebrew, "And the weight of the nails was fifty," &c. T...
I have no doubt but that some interesting things are included in the dimensions, extent, and ornament. But all that we can speak of these things is, that as they were all belonging to a temple that wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 3:1....
And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. Ver. 9. _And he overlaid the upper chambers._] These were, saith Diodate, certain principal room...
_Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents_ That is, upward of three millions forty-five thousand pounds sterling. This vast sum was expended on the holy of holies alone, a room only ten yards square...
1 The place, and time of building the Temple. 3 The measure and ornaments of the house. 11 The Cherubims. 14 The vaile and pillars. 1 THEN [NOTE: 1 Kings 6:1, etc.] Solomon began to build the house...
THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-17) We are reminded that the site of the temple was Mount Moriah, on property bought by David from Oman the Jebusite, where his threshing floor had been (v.1). For w...
OF THE NAILS, i.e. of each of the nails or heads of those nails whereby the plates were fastened to the boards. THE UPPER CHAMBERS; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 28:11"....
2 Chronicles 3:9 weight H4948 nails H4548 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 gold H2091 overlaid H2645 (H8765) upper H5944
CONTENTS: Temple begun. The materials and dimensions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: God's Word prescribes all the details of how His work is to be carried on. Nothing can be added to or subt...
2 Chronicles 3:1. _Mount Moriah,_ or the land of vision; the place which the rabbins generally allow to be the same where Abraham offered up his son Isaac. 2 Chronicles 3:2. _Began to build._ See the...
_Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem._ THE SURPASSING BEAUTY OF THE TEMPLE I. That God did not need this lavish expenditure of gold and gems and rich ornaments II. Yet Di...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:8 The MOST HOLY PLACE was the secret, cube-shaped room in which the ark of the covenant would be finally deposited (2 C
CRITICAL NOTES.] In two Chapter s is narrated the building of the temple, which correspond with 1 Kings 6, 7. Here greater fulness of description, and more precise introduction and different arrangem...
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 "o...
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 J...
1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Chronicles 7:21; Genesis 1:26; Joel
Nails — Each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls, weighed, or rather was worth, fifty shekels, workmanship and all. Upper chambers — Rather, the roof....