2 Chronicles 3:2

2 Chronicles 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
• New International Version (NIV)He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:2

1And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where he appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:2 word by word

וַ֠יָּחֶל לִבְנ֞וֹת בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי֙ בַּשֵּׁנִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֖ע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• beganחָלַלchâlal · to boreH2490
• buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• reignמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:2

• 1 Kings 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The book of Kings dates the start of the temple construction by linking it to the exodus from Egypt (1 Kings 6:1). Chronicles often leaves out mentions of the exodus. This may highlight the ongoing and lasting connection between the people, the land, and God.Read the comment

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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