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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:5

3These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it. 6He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. 7So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim 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 lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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