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2 Chronicles 3:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, the greater house, covered he with cypress wood, and overlaid it with fine gold,—and raised thereon palms, and wreathed garlands.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the greater house he sieled with firre tree which he ouerlayd with good golde, ? graued thereon palme trees and chaines.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the greater house hee sieled with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palme trees and chaines.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the greater house be ceiled with cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved on it the likeness of palm trees and flowers.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the greater 1419
{1419} Prime
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
house 1004
{1004} Prime
בַּיִת
bayith
{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
he cieled 2645
{2645} Prime
חָפָה
chaphah
{khaw-faw'}
A primitive root (compare H2644, H2653); to cover; by implication to veil, to incase, protect.
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
with fir 1265
{1265} Prime
בְּרוֹשׁ
b@rowsh
{ber-osh'}
Of uncertain derivation; a cypress tree (perhaps); hence a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood).
tree, 6086
{6086} Prime
עֵץ
`ets
{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
which he overlaid 2645
{2645} Prime
חָפָה
chaphah
{khaw-faw'}
A primitive root (compare H2644, H2653); to cover; by implication to veil, to incase, protect.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
with fine 2896
{2896} Prime
טוֹב
towb
{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well).
gold, 2091
{2091} Prime
זָהָב
zahab
{zaw-hawb'}
From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold; figuratively something gold colored (that is, yellow), as oil, a clear sky.
and set 5927
{5927} Prime
עָלָה
`alah
{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
thereon x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
palm trees 8561
{8561} Prime
תִּמֹּר
timmor
{tim-more'}
(The first is plural only, while the second is feminine, singular and plural); from the same root as H8558; (architecturally) a palm like pilaster (that is, umbellate).
and chains. 8333
{8333} Prime
שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharah@rah
{shar-sher-aw'}
From H8327 (compare H8331); a chain; (architecturally) probably a garland.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:5

_ _ the greater house — that is, the holy places, the front or outer chamber (see 1 Kings 6:17).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Chronicles 3:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Chronicles 3:5

Greater house — The holy place, which was thrice as large as the holy of holies.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the greater:

1 Kings 6:15-17 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. ... And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
1 Kings 6:21-22 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. ... And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
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1K 6:15, 21.

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