2 CHRONICLES 3:1 Solomon’s Building of the Temple. The temple is to be a fit place for God to dwell among his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:2 Compare 1 Kings 6:1. Depending on which chronology is followed, this may have been in either 966 or 959 B.C. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:4 120 CUBITS. The Septuagint and other ancient versions of the OT suggest that the VESTIBULE was actually 20 cubits (30 feet/9.1 m) high. The Hebrew text lacks the word “cubits,” so the precise height is uncertain. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:6 PARVAIM. Possibly a place in northeastern Arabia. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 Chronicles 5:7). The CHERUBIM were angelic beings that combined human and animal features (see Ezekiel 10:14; Ezekiel 41:18). On the temple constr... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:14 The inclusion of the VEIL connected the temple with the Mosaic tabernacle (Exodus 26:31). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 3:15 THIRTY-FIVE CUBITS HIGH. Probably the combined heights of the pillars (see note on 1 Kings 7:15–21; see 1 Kings 7:15; 2 Kings 25:17). JACHIN (“he establishes”); BOAZ (“in him is strength”). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]