Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 3:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 3:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And the weight [04948] of the nails [04548] was fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of gold [02091]. And he overlaid [02645] the upper chambers [05944] with gold [02091]. |
| |
King James |
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The upper chambers - Compare Ch1 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 Kg1 6:2, Kg1 6:20); others, accepting the height of the porch 120 cubits Ch2 3:4, regard the "upper chambers" or "chamber" ὑπερῷον huperōon, Septuagint), as having been a lofty building erected over the entrance to the temple; others suggest that the chambers intended are simply the uppermost of the three sets of chambers which on three sides surrounded the temple (see Kg1 6:5-10). This would seem to be the simplest and best explanation, though we cannot see any reason for the rich ornamentation of these apartments, or for David's special directions concerning them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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 chambers - Probably the ceiling is meant. |
5 And against the wall [07023] of the house [01004] he built [01129] chambers [03326] [03326] round about [05439], against the walls [07023] of the house [01004] round about [05439], both of the temple [01964] and of the oracle [01687]: and he made [06213] chambers [06763] round about [05439]:
6 The nethermost [08481] chamber [03326] [03326] was five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341], and the middle [08484] was six [08337] cubits [0520] broad [07341], and the third [07992] was seven [07651] cubits [0520] broad [07341]: for without in the wall of [02351] the house [01004] he made [05414] narrowed rests [04052] round about [05439], that the beams should not be fastened [0270] in the walls [07023] of the house [01004].
7 And the house [01004], when it was in building [01129], was built [01129] of stone [068] made ready [08003] before it was brought [04551] thither: so that there was neither hammer [04717] nor axe [01631] nor any tool [03627] of iron [01270] heard [08085] in the house [01004], while it was in building [01129].
8 The door [06607] for the middle [08484] chamber [06763] was in the right [03233] side [03802] of the house [01004]: and they went up [05927] with winding stairs [03883] into the middle [08484] chamber, and out of the middle [08484] into the third [07992].
9 So he built [01129] the house [01004], and finished [03615] it; and covered [05603] the house [01004] with beams [01356] and boards [07713] of cedar [0730].
10 And then he built [01129] chambers [03326] [03326] against all the house [01004], five [02568] cubits [0520] high [06967]: and they rested [0270] on the house [01004] with timber [06086] of cedar [0730].
4 And the porch [0197] that was in the front [06440] of the house, the length [0753] of it was according to the breadth [07341] of the house [01004], twenty [06242] cubits [0520], and the height [01363] was an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242]: and he overlaid [06823] it within [06441] with pure [02889] gold [02091].
20 And the oracle [01687] in the forepart [06440] was twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in length [0753], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in breadth [07341], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in the height [06967] thereof: and he overlaid [06823] it with pure [05462] gold [02091]; and so covered [06823] the altar [04196] which was of cedar [0730].
2 And the house [01004] which king [04428] Solomon [08010] built [01129] for the LORD [03068], the length [0753] thereof was threescore [08346] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] thereof twenty [06242] cubits, and the height [06967] thereof thirty [07970] cubits [0520].
11 Then David [01732] gave [05414] to Solomon [08010] his son [01121] the pattern [08403] of the porch [0197], and of the houses [01004] thereof, and of the treasuries [01597] thereof, and of the upper chambers [05944] thereof, and of the inner [06442] parlours [02315] thereof, and of the place [01004] of the mercy seat [03727],