2 Chronicles 3 · Verse 1

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 3:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:1 in other translations

BSBThen Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WEBThen Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ASVThen Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
YLTAnd Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
DARBYAnd Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where he appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
BBEThen Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WebsterThen Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

What does 2 Chronicles 3:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2Ch 3:1, 2. Place and Time of Building the Temple. 1. Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David--These words seem to intimate that the region where the temple was built was previously known by the name of Moriah (Ge 22:2), and do not afford sufficient evidence for affirming, as has been done [Stanley], that the name was first given to the mount, in consequence of the vision seen by David. Mount Moriah was one summit of a range of hills which went under the general name of Zion. The platform of the temple is now, and has long been, occupied by the haram, or sacred enclosure, within which stand the three mosques of Omar (the smallest), of El Aksa, which in early times was a Christian church, and of Kubbet el Sakhara, "The dome of the rock," so called from a huge block of limestone rock in the center of the floor, which, it is supposed, formed the elevated threshing-floor of Araunah, and on which the great brazen altar stood. The site of the temple, then, is so far established for an almost universal belief is entertained in the authenticity of the tradition regarding the rock El Sakhara; and it has also been conclusively proved that the area of the temple was identical on its western, eastern, and southern sides with the present enclosure of the haram [Robinson]. "That the temple was situated somewhere within the oblong enclosure on Mount Moriah, all topographers are agreed, although there is not the slightest vestige of the sacred fane now remaining; and the greatest diversity of sentiment prevails as to its exact position within that large area, whether in the center of the haram, or in its southwest corner" [Barclay]. Moreover, the full extent of the temple area is a problem that remains to be solved, for the platform of Mount Moriah being too narrow for the extensive buildings and courts attached to the sacred edifice, Solomon resorted to artificial means of enlarging and levelling it, by erecting vaults, which, as Josephus states, rested on immense earthen mounds raised from the slope of the hill. It should be borne in mind at the outset that the grandeur of the temple did not consist in its colossal structure so much as in its internal splendor, and the vast courts and buildings attached to it. It was not intended for the reception of a worshipping assembly, for the people always stood in the outer courts of the sanctuary. 2Ch 3:3-7. Measures and Ornaments of the House.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Solomon begins to build the temple in the fourth year of his reign on Mount Moriah, 2Chr 3:1, 2Chr 3:2. Its dimensions, ornaments, and pillars, 2Chr 3:3-17. Verse 1 In Mount Moriah - Supposed to be the same place where Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac; so the Targum: "Solomon began to build the house of the sanctuary of the Lord at Jerusalem, in the place where Abraham had prayed and worshipped in the name of the Lord. This is the place of the earth where all generations shall worship the Lord. Here Abraham was about to offer his son Isaac for a burnt-offering; but he was snatched away by the Word of the Lord, and a ram placed in his stead. Here Jacob prayed when he fled from the face of Esau his brother; and here the angel of the Lord appeared to David, at which time David built an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor which he bought from Araunah the Jebusite."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The building of the temple. --There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in 1Ki 6. It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render the man of God thoroughly furnished for every good work. Let us search the Scriptures daily, beseeching the Lord to enable us to understand, believe, and obey his word, that our work and our way may be made plain, and that all may be begun, continued, and ended in him. Beholding God, in Christ, his true Temple, more glorious than that of Solomon's, may we become a spiritual house, a habitation of God through the Spirit.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 3:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֣חֶלvai.Ya.cheland he beganH2490
שְׁלֹמֹ֗הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
לִבְנ֤וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
בְּהַר֙be.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔הha.Mo.ri.Yah<the> MoriahH4179
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhereH834
נִרְאָ֖הnir.'Ahhe had appearedH7200
לְדָוִ֣ידle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
אָבִ֑יהוּ'a.Vi.hufather hisH1
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
הֵכִין֙he.Khinhe had preparedH3559
בִּמְק֣וֹםbim.Komin [the] place ofH4725
דָּוִ֔ידda.VidDavidH1732
בְּגֹ֖רֶןbe.Go.renon [the] threshing floor ofH1637
אָרְנָ֥ן'a.re.NanOrnanH771
הַיְבוּסִֽי\׃hay.vu.Sithe JebusiteH2983

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 3:1

  • Genesis 22:14

    And 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:18

    Then 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.

  • Genesis 22:2

    And 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:1

    Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 1 Kings 6:1-14

    And 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. And 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. And 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. And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. …

  • 2 Samuel 24:18-25

    And 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. And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. And 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. And 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. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The place and time of building the temple.
3 The measure and ornaments of the house.
11 The cherubims.
14 The vail and pillars.

A.M. 2993. B.C. 1011. An. Ex. Is. 480. Solomon.
1Ki 6:1-14
in mount Moriah.
Ge 22:2,14
where the Lord appeared unto David. or, which was seen ofDavid. Ornan.
2Sa 24:18-25
Araunah.
1Ch 21:18; 22:1

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:2

    And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

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2 Chronicles 3:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y COMENZÓ Salomón á edificar la casa en Jerusalem, en el monte Moria que había sido mostrado á David su padre, en el lugar que David había preparado en la era de Ornán Jebuseo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et Salomon commença de bâtir la maison de l’ Éternel à Jérusalem, sur la montagne de Morija, où l’ Éternel était apparu à David, son père, sur l’emplacement que David avait préparé dans l’aire d’Ornan, le Jébusien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Salomo fing an, das Haus Jehovas zu bauen in Jerusalem, auf dem Berge Morija, wo er seinem Vater David erschienen war, an dem Orte, den David bereitet hatte, auf der Tenne Ornans, des Jebusiters.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cœpit Salomon ædificare domum Domini in Jerusalem in monte Moria, qui demonstratus fuerat David patri ejus, in loco quem paraverat David in area Ornan Jebusæi.