2 Chronicles 3:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And 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. ”

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the word translated “in the oracle,” supplied “as.” But we h...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an (h) hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains. (h) For every pillar a hundred, read ( 1 Kings...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1 . The Building of the Temple and its Equipment (see notes on 1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7:13-51 ). What was said in reference to the preceding section applies also...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

chains . wreathen work. the oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23 .
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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.
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Particulars relating to the Temple This and the following chapter abbreviate what is recorded in 1 Kings 6:7 .
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he made chains, as in the oracle. — Heb., And he made chainwork in the oracle, or chancel, which is clearly corrupt. But if we read kad-debîr for bad-debîr, an infinitesimal change in Heb...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a c...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this and the following chapter we have the account of the building and furnishing of the Temple. In all fundamental essentials it was on the pattern of the Tabernacle which Moses had made. The pro...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As to the most holy, and the vail of the temple, we, who live under gospel times, can have a clearer apprehension of their significance, since the Son of God hath come, and opened a new and living wa...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 3:1 .
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He also made before the house That is, before the holy house , or temple, as it is explained 2 Chronicles 3:17 ; two pillars of thirty and five cubits high Namely, both taken together, being ea...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-17) We are reminded that the site of the temple was Mount Moriah, on property bought by David from Oman the Jebusite, where his threshing floor had been (v.1). F...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As in the oracle; as he had done, or like unto those which he made, in the oracle; of which see 1 Kings 6:21 . The particle as is oft understood, as Genesis 49:9 Deuteronomy 33:22 , &...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] In two Chapter s is narrated the building of the temple, which correspond with 1 Kings 6 , 7. Here greater fulness of description, and more precise introduction and different arra...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 3:1 . Mount Moriah, or the land of vision; the place which the rabbins generally allow to be the same where Abraham offered up his son Isaac. 2 Chronicles 3:2 . Began to build. Se...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Chronicles 3:1 Mount Moriah . This name מוֹריָה occurs twice in the Old Testament, viz. here and Genesis 22:2 , in which latter reference it is alluded to as "the land of M...
2 Chronicles 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Cherubim, the Veil, and the Pillars
2 Chronicles 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:21 ; 1 Kings 7:20

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge