2 Chronicles 3:5

2 Chronicles 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
• New International Version (NIV)He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:5

3The foundation for God's temple was 27 metres long and 9 metres wide. (They measured it in cubits.) 4There was an entrance room at the front of the temple's big hall. It was as wide as the temple, 9 metres wide. It was 9 metres high. Solomon's workers covered the inside of the entrance room with pure gold. They covered the walls inside the big hall with boards of cypress wood. Then they covered the boards with pure gold. They drew pictures of palm trees and chains on the walls. 6They used valuable stones to make the temple beautiful. The gold that they used came from Parvaim. 7They used gold to cover all parts of the temple: the beams for its roof, the entrances, the walls and the doors. They cut pictures of cherubs on the walls.

2 Chronicles 3:5 word by word

וְאֵ֣ת׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַגָּד֗וֹל חִפָּה֙ עֵ֣ץ בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֣ב ט֑וֹב וַיַּ֧עַל עָלָ֛יו תִּמֹרִ֖ים וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the greaterגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• he cieledחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• with firבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• treeעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• with fineטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and setעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• thereon palm treesתִּמֹרָהtimmôr timmôrâh · palmH8561
• and chainsשַׁרְשְׁרָהsharsherâh · chainH8333

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:5

• 1 Kings 6:15He used cedar boards to cover the walls on the inside of the temple. The boards went from the floor of the temple up to its ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with wood from pine trees.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The greater house - i. e., the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, intervening between the porch and the holy of holies (so in 2 Chronicles 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The inside of the temple was completed using expensive materials (see 1 Kings 6:15–18, 29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the greater house--that is, the holy places, the front or outer chamber (see 1Ki 6:17).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 3:5

• Palm Tree
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Ceiling
• Crimson
• Fir
• Gold
• House
• Solomon
• Beauty
• Ceiled; Ceiling
• Fine
• Fir; Fir-Tree

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