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2 Chronicles 3:6
6They used valuable stones to make the temple beautiful. The gold that they used came from Parvaim.
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
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. 5They 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. They 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. 8Solomon's workers built the Most Holy Place in the temple. It was 9 metres long and 9 metres wide. That was how wide the temple itself was. They used about 20,000 kilograms of pure gold to cover its walls.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 32 Chronicles 3:6 word by word
וַיְצַ֧ף אֶת־הַבַּ֛יִת אֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָ֖ה לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְהַזָּהָ֖ב זְהַ֥ב פַּרְוָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:6
- 1 Chronicles 29:2I have tried to provide the things that he will need to build the temple for my God. They include gold, silver, bronze, iron and wood to make things. I have also given many valuable stones, including onyx, antimony and other jewels, as well as a lot of marble.
- Isaiah 54:11‘My city, enemies attacked you, like a strong storm. Nobody was there to help you. Look! Now I will use beautiful jewels to build you again. I will build your foundation with blue sapphires.
- Revelation 21:18The wall was made from the jewel that is called jasper. The city was made from pure gold. The light shone through it, as light shines through clean 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
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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
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