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 Living Translation (NLT)The construction began in midspring, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:2

1Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• in the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• in the fourthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of his 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 had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

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