2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Will Build a Temple and Palace

1 ¹Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

2 Chronicles 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:1

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the
Lord
For the worship and service of God, and for his honour and glory, being directed, enjoined, and encouraged to it by his father David:

and an house for his kingdom;
for a royal palace for him, and his successors, first the one, and then the other; and in this order they were built.

2 Chronicles 2:1 In-Context

1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

2 So Solomon assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them.

3 Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me.

4 "Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God, this being required forever in Israel.

5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 5:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 1:18 in Heb
• [b]. Lit "said"
• [c]. Lit "house for his royalty"