Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.
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Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.
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Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
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So all the work of Solomon was set in order from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 8:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 5:18 Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
- 1 Kings 6:7 The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Both for the matter and also for the workmanship.
Both for the matter and also for the workmanship.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was…
2Ch 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
Ver. 16. So the house of God was perfected.] See 1Ki 9:25.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All the work of Solomon was prepared; all the…
All the work of Solomon was prepared; all the materials were procured, and in all points squared, and fitted, and completed beforehand.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Prepared - All the materials were procured, and in…
Prepared - All the materials were procured, and in all points fitted and compleated before-hand.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared]…
16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared] Reader, So all the work of Solomon was established.
unto the day … was perfected] LXX offers a much shorter and smoother text, from the day on which it was founded until Solomon perfected the house of the Lord. This reading is probably right.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Now.—And, here equivalent to so.
(16) Now.—And, here equivalent to so.
Prepared = completed. (2Ch_29:35; 2Ch_35:10; 2Ch_35:16; a late use of the word nâkôn.)
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Unto the day of the foundation . . . until it was finished.—Solomon’s activity is apparently divided into two periods, viz., the preparations which he made before and up to the foundation of the Temple (2 Chronicles 2), and secondly, the prosecution of the work to its completion (2Ch_3:1 to 2Ch_5:1). (The Heb. Is, unto that day of the foundation,” i.e., that memorable day, see 2Ch_3:1-3.) All the versions, however, understand from the day of the foundation unto the completion of the Temple, and perhaps ‘ad ha-yôm is, in the chronicler’s Hebrew equivalent to lĕmin ha-yôm, expressing the terminus a quo.
So the house of the Lord was perfected.—Omit so, and comp. 1Ki_9:25, “and he finished [same root as perfected] the house.” The verse thus closes the entire account of the building and inauguration of the Temple.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Was prepared. This is the niph. of WK; and…
Was prepared. This is the niph. of WK; and occurs eight times in Chronicles, but in other conjugations forty-two times. The evident signification is, Thus was all the work of Solomon steadily ordered to the day of foundation of the house and on uninterruptedly till it was finished; i.e. there was no remitting of diligence and care from the beginning to the end of the grand undertaking. For of this the Chronicle-history has told us, first in ch. 2., and then in ch. 3-8.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 All the work ordered by Solomon was completed
All the work ordered by Solomon was completed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "They completed all the work that Solomon had ordered" (See: Active or Passive)
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from the day the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid
This can be stated in active form. AT: "from the day they laid the foundation of the house of Yahweh" or "from the day they built the foundation of the house of Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
until it was finished
This can be stated in active form. AT: "until they finished building the temple" (See: Active or Passive)
The house of Yahweh was completed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The house of Yahweh was complete" or "They completed building the house of Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
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