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

3Now these are the things in which Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. And the greater house he panelled with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains. 6And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold; and engraved 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

• greaterגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• panelledחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• firבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• fineטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• setעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• treesתִּמֹרָהtimmôr timmôrâh · palmH8561
• chainsשַׁרְשְׁרָהsharsherâh · chainH8333

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:5

• 1 Kings 6:15And he built the walls on the inside of the house with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the panelling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

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