Passage Research
2 Chronicles 3 — Sermon Preparation
Solomon begins building the temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, with detailed measurements and gold-overlaid interior chambers described. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 238 / 104
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 14 | a mother, a cubit |
| כְּרוּב | kᵉrûwb | H3742 | 8 | cherub, imaginary figure |
| כָּנָף | kânâph | H3671 | 8 | edge, extremity |
| זָהָב | zâhâb | H2091 | 9 | gold, something gold-colored |
| חָפָה | châphâh | H2645 | 5 | cover, veil |
| עֶשְׂרִים | ʻesrîym | H6242 | 7 | twenty, twentieth |
| חָמֵשׁ | châmêsh | H2568 | 6 | five |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It was a much larger and more particular account of the building of the temple which we had in the book of Kings than is here in this book of Chronicles. In this chapter we have, I. The place and time of building the temple, ver. 1, 2. II. The dimensions and rich ornaments of it, ver. 3-9. III. The cherubim in the most holy place, ver. 10-13. IV. The veil, ver. 14. V. The two pillars, ver. 15-17. Of all this we have already and an account, 1 Kings vi., vii. The Temple Built. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 3:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 3:1
- Mount Moriah— 2 Chr 3:1
- Most Holy Place 2— 2 Chr 3:10
- Parvaim— 2 Chr 3:6
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