He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving; and they overlaid them with gold. The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub. The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v14 Which separated the Temple from the most holy place.
Which separated the Temple from the most holy place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 2Ch 3:8 And he made the most holy house,…
2Ch 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.
Ver. 8. Six hundred talents.] Which is, as we count it, two millions and two hundred and fifty thousand pound.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 13, 14 Of the nails, i.e. of each of the nails…
Of the nails, i.e. of each of the nails or heads of those nails whereby the plates were fastened to the boards.
The upper chambers; of which See Poole "1Ch 28:11".
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v10 Here is an account of 1. The two cherubim,…
Here is an account of 1. The two cherubim, which were set up in the holy of holies. There were two already over the ark, which covered the mercy-seat with their wings; these were small ones. Now that the most holy place was enlarged, though these were continued (being appurtenances to the ark, which was not to be made new, as all the other utensils of the tabernacle were), yet those two large ones were added, doubtless by divine appointment, to fill up the holy place, which otherwise would have looked bare, like a room unfurnished. These cherubim are said to be of image-work (Ch2 3:10), designed, it is likely, to represent the angels who attend the divine Majesty. Each wing extended five cubits, so that the whole was twenty cubits (Ch2 3:12, Ch2 3:13), which was just the breadth of the most holy place, Ch2 3:8. They stood on their feet, as servants, their faces inward toward the ark (Ch2 3:13), that it might appear they were not set there to be adored (for then they would have been made sitting, as on a throne, and their faces towards their worshippers), but rather as themselves attendants on the invisible God. We must not worship angels, but we must worship with angels; for we have come into communion with them (Heb 12:22), and must do the will of God as the angels do it. The thought that we are worshipping him before whom the angels cover their faces will help to inspire us with reverence in all our approaches to God. Compare Co1 11:10 with Isa 6:2. 2. The veil that parted between the temple and the most holy place, Ch2 3:14. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation, and the distance which the worshippers were kept at; but, at the death of Christ, this veil was rent; for through him we are made nigh, and have boldness not only to look, but to enter, into the holiest. On this he was wrought cherubim. Heb. he caused them to ascend, that is, they were made in raised work, embossed. Or he made them on the wing in an ascending posture, as the other two that stood on their feet in an attending posture, to remind the worshippers to lift up their hearts, and to soar upwards in their devotions. 3. The two pillars which were set up before the temple. Both together were somewhat above thirty-five cubits in length (Ch2 3:15), about eighteen cubits high a-piece. See Kg1 7:15, etc., where we took a view of those pillars, Jachin and Boaz, establishment and strength in temple-work and by it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 13, 14 Nails - Each of the nails, screws, or pins,…
Nails - Each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls, weighed, or rather was worth, fifty shekels, workmanship and all. Upper chambers - Rather, the roof.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v9 Verse 9. The weight of the nails was fifty…
Verse 9. The weight of the nails was fifty shekels] Bolts must be here intended, as it should be preposterous to suppose nails of nearly two pounds' weight.
The supper chambers] Probably the ceiling is meant.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv8, 11, 14 2Ch 3:8-10. Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents…
2Ch 3:8-10. Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents — That is, upward of three millions forty-five thousand pounds sterling. This vast sum was expended on the holy of holies alone, a room only ten yards square. The weight of the nails — That is, of each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls that were overlaid with them, was fifty shekels of gold — The meaning seems to be, that each weighed or was worth that sum, workmanship and all. Two cherubims of image-work — Or, sculpture-work. And overlaid them with gold — For they were made of olive-wood, and were not, like those of Moses, of beaten gold. Nor were they fixed, as his were, to the mercy-seat, but appeared in a moving posture.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary,…
The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1Ki 10:14 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)
Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13)
DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13)
the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare Kg1 6:20).
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overlaid it with . . . gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at £4 per ounce, equal to £3,600,000.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 8, 9. The Holy of Holies
8, 9. The Holy of Holies
8. the most holy house] Called the oracle in 1Ki_6:16; 1Ki_6:19 etc., Hebrew dìbîr, which means rather the hinder part. The Lord “dwells” in the inmost recess of the house.
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amounting to six hundred talents] This detail is not found elsewhere. But cp. 1Ch_29:4.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–14 (c) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE…
(c) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE CHERUBIM AND THE VAIL (2Ch_3:8-14).
(8) The most holy house.—The chamber of the Holy of holies, or chancel, called also the oracle (Dĕbîr), 1Ki_6:5. (So 2Ch_3:10.)
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The length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits.—Its length before the breadth of the house was twenty cubits. (See Note on 2Ch_3:4.)
And the breadth thereof twenty cubits.—1Ki_6:20 adds that the height also was twenty cubits, so that the chamber formed a perfect cube.
Six hundred talents.—The weight of gold thus expended on the plating of the walls of the inner shrine is not given in Kings. Solomon’s whole yearly revenue was 666 talents (1Ki_10:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 The most holy house. The writer proceeds from speaking…
The most holy house. The writer proceeds from speaking of "the greater house" (ver. 5), or holy place, to the "holy of holies." The parallel (1Ki_6:20) adds the height, as also 20 cubits. Six hundred talents. It is impossible to assert with any accuracy the money value intended here. Six hundred talents of gold is an amazing proportion of the yearly revenue of 666 talents of gold, spoken of in 1Ki_10:14. This latter amount is worth, in Keil"s estimate, about three million and three quarters of our money, but in Peele"s estimate nearer double that! The Hebrew, Phoenician, and Assyrian unit of weight is the same, and one quite different from the Egyptian. The silver talent (Hebrew, ciccar, rKKi) contained 60 manehs, each maneh being equal to 50 shekels, and a shekel being worth 220 grains; i.e. there were 3000 shekels, or 660, 000 grains, in such talent. But the gold talent con-rained 100 manehs, the maneh 100 shekels, and the shekel 132 grains, making this gold talent the equivalent of 10, 000 shekels, or 1, 320, 000 grains. The "holy shekel," or "shekel of the sanctuary," could be either of gold or silver. (Exo_38:4, Exo_38:5) (For some treatment of this still unsatisfactory subject, see Dr. Smith"s. Bible Dictionary," 3:1727-1736; and Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," 2nd edit., pp. 64-78, 81.)
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v10 The Cherubim, the Veil, and the Pillars
The Cherubim, the Veil, and the Pillars
v. 10. And in the Most Holy House he made two cherubim of image work, literally, "a work of imagery," that is, sculptured, fashioned according to a conventional design, and overlaid them with gold, 1Ki 6:28.
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v. 11. And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long, that is, the four wings of the two cherubim together; one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub, their wings touched in the center and on either side just reached the wall.
v. 12. And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub, 1Ki 6:27.
v. 13. The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward, literally, "’toward the house," toward the Most Holy Place, for they were represented as guarding the ark.
v. 14. And he made the veil, the heavy curtain hanging before the Most Holy Place, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, of the same four fine materials of which the veil in the Tabernacle had been made, Exo 26:31, and wrought cherubim thereon, weaving their figures into the cloth.
v. 15. Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, rather, eighteen, as the original Hebrew text undoubtedly had it, or their combined height is given without their bases, and the chapiter, the capital, that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
v. 16. And he made chains, garlands, as in the oracle, in the network of ornamental castings on or below the capitals, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains, so that there was an apple on every link of the chainlike ornament.
v. 17. And he reared up the pillars before the Temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left, as entrance obelisks of a grandeur in keeping with the rich interior of the Sanctuary; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin and the name of that on the left Boaz. Cf 1Ki 7:21. As at the time of the wilderness journey, so the Lord now had a resting-place in the midst of His people, where they might worship Him.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 10, 13 He built ... He overlaid
He built ... He overlaid
The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Solomon's workers built ... They overlaid" (See: Metonymy)
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twenty cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "9.2 meters" (See: Biblical Distance)
six hundred talents
"600 talents." A talent is 33 kilograms. AT: "about 20 metric tons" (See: Numbers and Biblical Money)
fifty shekels
"50 shekels." A shekel is 11 grams. AT: ".55 kilograms" or "about a half a kilogram"(See: Numbers and Biblical Money)
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holy place
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 10 3:8 A special area was constructed at the extreme…
3:8 A special area was constructed at the extreme interior of the hall known as the Most Holy Place (the divine throne room). It might have been a sacred throne space within the long hall, or it might have been a secondary room within the main hall. The dimensions of the Most Holy Place were equally 30 feet (20 cubits) in all directions. It might have rested on an elevated platform, as did the shrines of other temples, and a space might have existed between the room and the roof. The Most Holy Place was prepared as a repository for the Ark, which contained the terms of the covenant.
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