2 Chronicles 3:6

2 Chronicles 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
• New International Version (NIV)He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:6

4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. 7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. 8Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 3:6 word by word

וַיְצַ֧ף אֶת־הַבַּ֛יִת אֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָ֖ה לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְהַזָּהָ֖ב זְהַ֥ב פַּרְוָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• He adornedצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• with preciousיָקָרyâqâr · preciousH3368
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• for beautyתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• and its goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• from Parvaimפַּרְוָ֑יִםparvayim · ParvaimH6516

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:6

• 1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
• Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
• Revelation 21:18The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Gold of Parvaim - We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:24, etc. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph, signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red color, and had its name from פרים parim, heifers, being like to bullocks' blood. The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Precious stones for beauty - Not marbles but gems (compare 1 Chronicles 29:2). The phrase translated “for beauty” means “for its beautification,” “to beautify it.” Parvaim is probably the name of a place, but what is quite uncertain.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The gold from Parvaim was of the highest quality. By the time of the earliest translators, the exact location of Parvaim was unknown. The Chronicler might not have known it either.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty--better, he paved the house with precious and beautiful marble [Kitto]. It may be, after all, that these were stones with veins of different colors for decorating the walls. This was an ancient and thoroughly Oriental kind of embellishment. There was an under pavement of marble, which was covered with planks of fir. The whole interior was lined with boards, richly decorated with carved work…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 3:6

• Gold
• Parvaim
• Temple

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• Precious Stones
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• Stones, Precious
• Beauty
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• Temple

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings