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2 Chron. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenf Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriahi, where μthe Lordk appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of νOrnan the Jebusite.

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1 Kings 6:1• ¹And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. (1 Kings 6:1)

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Gen. 22:2,14• ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. (Gen. 22:2,14)

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or, which was seen of David his father.

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1 Chron. 21:18• ¹⁸Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (1 Chron. 21:18)

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or, Araunah,

2 Sam. 24:18• ¹⁸And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Sam. 24:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2: The place and time of building the temple.

3-10: The measure and ornaments of the house.

11-13: The cherubims.

14-17: The vail and pillars.

A.M. 2993.

B.C. 1011.

An. Ex. Is. 480.

Solomon.

1 Kings 6:1‑14• ¹And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
²And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
³And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
⁴And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
⁵And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
⁶The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
⁷And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
⁸The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
⁹So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
¹⁰And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
¹¹And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
¹²Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
¹³And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
¹⁴So Solomon built the house, and finished it. (1 Kings 6:1‑14)

in mount Moriah.

Gen. 22:2,14• ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. (Gen. 22:2,14)

where the Lord appeared unto David.

or, which was seen ofDavid.

Ornan.

2 Sam. 24:18‑25• ¹⁸And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
¹⁹And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
²⁰And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
²¹And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
²²And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
²³All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
²⁴And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
²⁵And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. (2 Sam. 24:18‑25)

Araunah.

1 Chron. 21:18• ¹⁸Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (1 Chron. 21:18)

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1 Chron. 22:1• ¹Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. (1 Chron. 22:1)

• 2 Chron. 3-4 correspond to 1 Kings 6-7, but with the difference that here the temple has a special significance. Whereas in Kings it is on the one hand the place where God dwells with His own, and on the other hand the center of His government in the midst of Israel, in Chronicles, as we have already noted, it is the place where one approaches God in order to worship Him, the "house of sacrifice" (2 Chron. 7:12). (“Solomon - The Temple: 2 Chronicles 3-5” by H.L. Rossier)

• It was at Moriah, first of all, that Abraham had offered Isaac on the altar and received him again in figure by resurrection; there, all that the holiness of God demanded had been provided. Next, it was at Moriah where, on the occasion of David's failure, grace gloried over judgment. Solomon's reign of peace is thus established after resurrection, on the principle of grace, just as the future reign of the risen Christ will be based entirely on the grace that triumphed at the cross. (“Solomon - The Temple: 2 Chronicles 3-5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriaha, where he appearedb to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

JND Translation Notes

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Meaning, "shewn by Jehovah."

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Or "which was shewn."