2 Chronicles 2:1-5:11 NIV

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

Chapter 2Now Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out [or counted out] seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to cut trees out of the forest, and three thousand six hundred men to oversee them ( 2 Chronicles 2:1-2 ).And so the tremendous number of people that were just involved in the labor to the gathering of the materials for his own palace and for the temple that they were to build.Solomon sent to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

2 Chronicles 2:1 . A house. The word temple among the Jews, gradually obtained from the Gentiles. The Egyptians were the first that built temples; the Greeks and the Tyrians followed, as they rose to wealth and science. It was therefore wise in Solomon to employ the Tyrian artificers which now excelled the Egyptians. The hundred and fifty three thousand six hundred workmen engaged in this national enterprise did each a little, and did it well. 2 Chronicles 2:8 . Algum-trees. Hebrew, ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 2:1-16

2 Chronicles 2:1-16And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord. Solomon’s predestined workSolomon was born to do this work. There is no need for the rose to say, “Now I am going to be beautiful and fragrant.” There is no need for the nightingale to say, “Now I have fully made up my mind to be musical and tuneful, and to fill the air with richest expressions and melody.” The flower was born to bloom, and to throw all its fragrance away in generous donation; the nightingale... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1

2Ch 2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. Ver. 1. And Solomon determined. ] Heb., Said. He slighted not the divine oracle nor his father’s charge; but was still plodding and talking of it to himself till it was done. To build a house for the name of the Lord. ] See 1 Kings 5:3 , and compare this chapter with that: the one giveth light to the other; as glasses set one against another do cast a mutual light. And a house for his... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 2:1

determined: 1 Kings 5:5 for the name: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 28:58, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:20, 1 Chronicles 22:10, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10 an house: 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 9:1 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:1 - the house 2 Chronicles 2:4 - build 2 Chronicles 2:12 - an house 2 Chronicles 7:11 - Solomon Acts 7:47 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Chronicles 2:1

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.His kingdom — A royal palace for himself and his successors. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:1

1. A house for his kingdom That is, a royal palace. read more