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"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

— Isaiah 40:8

2 Chronicles 3

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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.

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

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Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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

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

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

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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.

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And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

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And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

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And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: 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.

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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.

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The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

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And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

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Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

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And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

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And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

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Chapter Study & Analysis

Overview

2 Chronicles 3 describes the actual construction of the Temple on Mount Moriah. It details the dimensions, the gold overlay, the cherubim, and the two great pillars, Jachin and Boaz.

CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS

1. A Sacred Foundation: The Temple was built on Mount Moriah, where Abraham offered Isaac (v. 1). Our service to God should be built on the foundations of faith and sacrifice.
2. The Quality of Worship: Solomon used "parvaim gold" and precious stones (v. 6). We should offer God our very best, not our leftovers, in every area of our lives.
3. Symbols of Stability: The pillars Jachin (He will establish) and Boaz (In Him is strength) remind us that our spiritual life depends entirely on God’s sustaining power.

Practical Lessons

FORMAL PRAYER

Heavenly Father, help us to build our lives on the foundation of Thy truth. May our worship be pure and may we stand firm like the pillars of Thy house, established in Thy strength. Amen.

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