# 2 Chronicles 03 📖: Solomon Builds the Temple [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-1 Chronicles Overview]] | [[1 Chronicles 02]] | [[2 Chronicles 04]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Building of the Temple [[#Verse 01.]] Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.  [[#Verse 02.]] He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. [[#Verse 03.]] Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.  [[#Verse 04.]] The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.  [[#Verse 05.]] He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.  [[#Verse 06.]] He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.  [[#Verse 07.]] He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls. [[#Verse 08.]] He made the Most Holy Place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.  [[#Verse 09.]] The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.  [[#Verse 10.]] In the Most Holy Place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold. [[#Verse 11.]] The combined wing span of the cherubim was 30 feet. One of the first cherub’s wings was 7½ long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also 7½ long and touched one of the second cherub’s wings.  [[#Verse 12.]] Likewise one of the second cherub’s wings was 7½ long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also 7½ long and touched one of the first cherub’s wings.  [[#Verse 13.]] The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.  [[#Verse 14.]] He made the curtain out of blue, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. [[#Verse 15.]] In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet, with each having a plated capital 7½ high.  [[#Verse 16.]] He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made 100 pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains.  [[#Verse 17.]] He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Yakin, and the one on the left Boaz. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Mount Moriah is the place where Abraham was told to offer Isaac (Genesis 22:2). 2. The threshing floor of Ornan (Araunah) was where the Lord stopped the plague in David's day (1 Chronicles 21:15-28). 3. Building began in the second month of Solomon's fourth year (3:2), about 480 years after the exodus (1 Kings 6:1). 4. The main temple measured 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide (3:3), about 90 by 30 feet. 5. The Most Holy Place was a perfect cube of 20 cubits (3:8; 1 Kings 6:20). 6. The Most Holy Place was overlaid with 600 talents of fine gold (3:8). 7. The gold came from Parvaim (3:6), a location no one has identified with certainty. 8. Two cherubim stood in the Most Holy Place, and their wings together stretched 20 cubits across the room (3:11-13). 9. Jakin likely means "He establishes," and Boaz likely means "in Him is strength." 10. Chronicles mentions a curtain before the Most Holy Place (3:14), echoing the veil of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:31-33). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One who opens the way into God's presence. The temple curtain kept people out of the Most Holy Place (3:14), but when Jesus died it was torn in two (Matthew 27:51), and now we enter by His blood (Hebrews 10:19-20). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The temple was built on Mount Moriah, where God had provided for Abraham and stopped the plague in David's day (3:1). Why does that location matter? 2. The two pillars were named Jakin and Boaz (3:17). How do those names remind us where our strength comes from? 3. The curtain separated people from the Most Holy Place (3:14). How does Jesus change the way we approach God? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: Solomon builds the temple on Mount Moriah at the threshing floor of Ornan. - 📖 verse 14: The curtain of blue, purple, and crimson with cherubim woven into it. - 📖 verse 17: The two pillars at the entrance are named Jakin and Boaz. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Genesis 22#Verse 02.|Genesis 22:2]] - Abraham sent to the land of Moriah. - 🔗 [[1 Kings 06#Verse 01.|1 Kings 6:1-38]] - The parallel account of building the temple. - 🔗 [[Exodus 26#Verse 31.|Exodus 26:31-33]] - The curtain of the tabernacle. - 🔗 [[Matthew 27#Verse 51.|Matthew 27:51]] - The temple curtain is torn in two. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 10#Verse 19.|Hebrews 10:19-22]] - We enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[2 Chronicles 03 - SOAP|The Lord Establishes His Strength]] ## 📂 Internal Notes