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2 Chronicles 3:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
mount Moriah. Not mentioned since Genesis 22:2, nor ever again.
Moriah. Vision of Jah. Refers here to "where Jehovah appeared".
where. See note on 1 Chronicles 22:1.
had prepared. Compare 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 2:7.
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2 Chronicles 3:3 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. ha-'elohlm, the [true or triune] God.
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2 Chronicles 3:4 open_in_new
according to. in the front of.
an hundred and twenty. Read "twenty" by. transposition of letters.
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2 Chronicles 3:5 open_in_new
the greater house: i.e. the holy of holies.
cieled. covered. Walls as well as roof.
fir. cypress.
fine. pure.
palm trees: i.e. artificial.
chains. wreathen work. Only found in connection with Tabernacle and Temple.
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2 Chronicles 3:7 open_in_new
posts. thresholds.
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2 Chronicles 3:8 open_in_new
the most holy. the holy of holies. See note on Exodus 3:5.
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2 Chronicles 3:9 open_in_new
weight of the nails. These small and simple things not excluded. They held all together; and, though out of sight, are remembered and named by God.
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2 Chronicles 3:10 open_in_new
image work. carved work. This was no breach of the second commandment, for it was by the Divine Lawgiver's own direction.
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2 Chronicles 3:13 open_in_new
inward. toward the Ark.
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2 Chronicles 3:14 open_in_new
the vail. Not mentioned in 1 Kings 6.
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2 Chronicles 3:15 open_in_new
thirty and five cubits. In 1 Kings 7:15. eighteen cubits. But there it is "apiece"; here they are reckoned together. See note on 1 Kings 7:15.
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2 Chronicles 3:16 open_in_new
chains. wreathen work.
the oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23.
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2 Chronicles 3:17 open_in_new
Jachin... Boaz. See notes on 1 Kings 7:21.