2 Chronicles 3:15

2 Chronicles 3:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:15

13They stood on their feet and faced the main hall. 14Solomon made the canopy of violet, purple, and dark red cloth and of linen and decorated it with angels. He made two pillars for the front of the temple. They were 53 feet long, and the capital on each pillar was 7½ feet ⌞high⌟. 16He made chains for the inner room and ⌞also⌟ put them on the capitals. He made 100 pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin [He Establishes] and the one on the left Boaz [In Him Is Strength].

2 Chronicles 3:15 word by word

וַיַּ֜עַשׂ לִפְנֵ֤י הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַמּוּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם אַמּ֕וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ אֹ֑רֶךְ וְהַצֶּ֥פֶת אֲשֶׁר־עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ אַמּ֥וֹת חָמֵֽשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• of thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• highאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• and the chapiterצֶ֫פֶתtsepheth · capitalH6858
• on the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:15

• 1 Kings 7:15He made two bronze pillars. Each was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.
• Jeremiah 52:20The bronze from the 2 pillars, the pool, and the 12 bronze bulls under the stands that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple couldn’t be weighed.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Of thirty and five cubits - See 1 Kings 7:15 note. Some suppose that there has been a corruption of the number in the present passage.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16The two pillars in the temple's porch were made of bronze and had elaborate decorations (compare 1 Kings 7:15–22).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 3:15

• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Chapiter
• Crimson
• Solomon
• Beauty
• Head
• Jachin and Boaz
• Temple
• Boaz
• New Moon

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