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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 3:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 3:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And the greater [01419] house [01004] he cieled [02645] with fir [01265] tree [06086], which he overlaid [02645] with fine [02896] gold [02091], and set [05927] thereon palm trees [08561] and chains [08333]. |
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King James |
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the greater house--that is, the holy places, the front or outer chamber (see Kg1 6:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The greater house - i. e., the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, intervening between the porch and the holy of holies (so in Ch2 3:7).
He cieled with fir tree - Rather, "he covered," or "lined." The reference is not to the ceiling, which was entirely of wood, but to the walls and floor, which were of stone, with a covering of planks (marginal reference). The word translated "fir" bears probably in this place, not the narrow meaning which it has in Ch2 2:8, where it is opposed to cedar, but a wider one, in which cedar is included.
Palm trees and chains - See Kg1 6:29. The "chains" are supposed to be garlands or festoons. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Greater house - The holy place, which was thrice as large as the holy of holies. |
17 And the house [01004], that is, the temple [01964] before [03942] it, was forty [0705] cubits [0520] long.
29 And he carved [07049] all the walls [07023] of the house [01004] round about [04524] with carved [06603] figures [04734] of cherubims [03742] and palm trees [08561] and open [06362] flowers [06731], within [06441] and without [02435].
8 Send [07971] me also cedar [0730] trees [06086], fir trees [01265], and algum trees [0418], out of Lebanon [03844]: for I know [03045] that thy servants [05650] can skill [03045] to cut [03772] timber [06086] in Lebanon [03844]; and, behold, my servants [05650] shall be with thy servants [05650],
7 He overlaid [02645] also the house [01004], the beams [06982], the posts [05592], and the walls [07023] thereof, and the doors [01817] thereof, with gold [02091]; and graved [06605] cherubims [03742] on the walls [07023].