2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Petitions the King of Tyre

1 And Solomon planned to build a house for the name of Yahweh 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 And Solomon planned to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a {royal palace for himself}.

2 And Solomon assigned seventy thousand men {to bear burdens} and eighty thousand {quarriers} in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred [men] to supervise them.

3 And Solomon sent [word] to Huram king of Tyre, saying, "As you have dealt with David my father and sent cedar to him to build for himself a house in which to live, [please deal with me].

4 Look, I am building a house for the name of Yahweh my God to dedicate to him, to offer sweet spices of incense before him, and [for] the regular rows [of bread], and burnt offerings for mornings, evenings, Sabbaths, and new moon festivals, and for appointed feasts of Yahweh our God which [are] everlasting for Israel.

5 And the house that I am building [will be] great, for our God [is] greater than all gods.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Chronicles 2:1-18 in the English Bible is 1:18-2:17 in the Hebrew Bible
• [b]. Literally "house for his kingdom"