2 Chronicles 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore 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.
5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6And he garnished 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 thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
11And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
15Also 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.
16And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אַמָּהʼammâhH52014× in this chapter
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
- בַּיִתbayithH100413× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- עַלʻalH592110× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- זָהָבzâhâbH20919× in this chapter
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- אֵתʼêthH8539× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- כָּנָףkânâphH36718× in this chapter
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- כְּרוּבkᵉrûwbH37428× in this chapter
a cherub or imaginary figure
- עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîymH62427× in this chapter
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshH25686× in this chapter
five
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62136× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64406× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- חָפָהchâphâhH26455× in this chapter
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
- אֹרֶךְʼôrekH7535× in this chapter
length
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2594× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- אַחֵרʼachêrH3124× in this chapter
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69444× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- קִירqîyrH70234× in this chapter
a wall (as built in a trench)
- רֹחַבrôchabH73414× in this chapter
width (literally or figuratively)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בָּנָהbânâhH11293× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39673× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- נָגַעnâgaʻH50603× in this chapter
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
- עַמּוּדʻammûwdH59823× in this chapter
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
- צָפָהtsâphâhH68233× in this chapter
to sheet over (especially with metal)
- שַׁרְשְׁרָהsharshᵉrâhH83333× in this chapter
a chain; (architectural) probably a garland
- דָּוִדDâvidH17322× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- חָלַלchâlalH24902× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4282× in this chapter
these or those
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59272× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72182× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôhH80102× in this chapter
Shelomah, David's successor
- שֵׁםshêmH80342× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- שֵׁנִיshênîyH81452× in this chapter
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81472× in this chapter
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- אָבʼâbH11× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בֹּעַזBôʻazH11621× in this chapter
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
- בְּרוֹשׁbᵉrôwshH12651× in this chapter
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
- גֹּבַהּgôbahhH13631× in this chapter
elation, grandeur, arrogance