2 Chronicles 3 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 3:6

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
2 Chronicles 3:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 3:6 in other translations

BSBHe adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
WEBHe decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
ASVAnd he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
YLTand he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim,
DARBYAnd he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
BBEAnd the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
WebsterAnd he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

What does 2 Chronicles 3:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty--better, he paved the house with precious and beautiful marble [Kitto]. It may be, after all, that these were stones with veins of different colors for decorating the walls. This was an ancient and thoroughly Oriental kind of embellishment. There was an under pavement of marble, which was covered with planks of fir. The whole interior was lined with boards, richly decorated with carved work, clusters of foliage and flowers, among which the pomegranate and lotus (or water-lily) were conspicuous; and overlaid, excepting the floor, with gold, either by gilding or in plates (1Ki 6:1-38). 2Ch 3:8-13. Dimensions, &C., OF THE Most Holy House.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Gold of Parvaim - We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2Kgs 17:24, etc. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph, signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red color, and had its name from פרים parim, heifers, being like to bullocks' blood. The Vulgate translates the passage thus: Stravit quoque pavimentum templi pretiosissimo marmore, decore multo; porro aurum erat probatissimum; "And he made the pavement of the temple of the most precious marble; and moreover the gold was of the best quality," etc.

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2 Chronicles 3:6 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.

וַיְצַ֧ףvay.Tzafand he overlaidH6823
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבַּ֛יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֶ֥בֶן'E.venstone[s]H68
יְקָרָ֖הye.ka.RahpreciousH3368
לְתִפְאָ֑רֶתle.tif.'A.retfor beautyH8597
וְהַזָּהָ֖בve.ha.za.Havand the goldH2091
זְהַ֥בze.Hav[was] [the] gold ofH2091
פַּרְוָֽיִם\׃par.Va.yimParvaimH6516

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 3:6

  • Isaiah 54:11-12

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

  • Revelation 21:18-21

    And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:8

    And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:2

    Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
garnished. Heb. covered. precious.
1Ch 29:2,8; Isa 54:11,12; Re 21:18-21
Parvaim.Parvaim is supposed by Calmet to be the same as Sepharvaim in Armenia or Media; Bochart is of opinion that it is Taprobanes, now the island of Ceylon, which he drives from {taph,} a border, and Parvan, i.e., "the coast of Parvan;" but the late Editor of Calmet thinks it the same as the Parvatoi mountains of Ptolemy, at the head of the Indus.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 3:5

    And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:6

    And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:7

    He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

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2 Chronicles 3:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cubrió también la casa de piedras preciosas por excelencia: y el oro era oro de Parvaim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il recouvrit la maison de pierres précieuses, pour son ornement; et l’or était de l’or de Parvaïm.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er überzog das Haus mit kostbaren Steinen zum Schmuck; das Gold aber war Gold von Parwaim.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Stravit quoque pavimentum templi pretiosissimo marmore, decore multo.