Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 3:3
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.
3 (= 1Ki 6:2). The Measurements of the Temple
3. these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed ] R.V. these are the foundations which Solomon laid.
cubits after the first measure ] There were apparently two cubits in use, the ordinary earlier cubit of about 17 inches (Deu 3:11 “the cubit of a man”) and another later cubit of about 21 inches, longer than the first by a handbreadth (Eze 40:5).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The marginal founded gives a clue to another meaning of this passage, which may be translated: Now this is the ground-plan of Solomon for the building, etc.
Cubits after the first measure – i. e., cubits according to the ancient standard. The Jews, it is probable, adopted the Babylonian measures during the captivity, and carried them back into their own country. The writer notes that the cubit of which he here speaks is the old (Mosaic) cubit.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 3. The length – after the first measure was threescore cubits] It is supposed that the first measure means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished from that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after their return from captivity; and, as the books of Chronicles were written after the captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement was by the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth shorter than the cubit of Moses. See the same distinction observed by Ezekiel, Eze 40:5; Eze 43:13.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Solomon was instructed; partly by his father David, and partly by the Spirit of God, which inspired and guided him in the whole work. Or, these were Solomons foundations, the Hebrew verb being put for the noun, as it is elsewhere. The sense is, These were the measures of the foundations upon which he intended to build the temple.
After the first measure, i.e. according to the measure of the first and ancient cubit. By which it is evident that there were cubits of different sorts and sizes; which also appears from Eze 40:5; 43:13. But how big those cubits were, and how much larger than the common cubits, and whether this was the cubit used by Moses in the building of the tabernacle, which seems most probable, or some other and yet larger cubit, is not agreed among learned men, and cannot now be exactly known, nor is it of any great moment for us to know.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. these are the thingswherein Solomon was instructed for the building of thehouse of Godby the written plan and specifications given himby his father. The measurements are reckoned by cubits, “afterthe first measure,” that is, the old Mosaic standard. But thereis great difference of opinion about this, some making the cubiteighteen, others twenty-one inches. The temple, which embodied inmore solid and durable materials the ground-form of the tabernacle(only being twice as large), was a rectangular building, seventycubits long from east to west, and twenty cubits wide from north tosouth.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 2Ch 3:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“And this is Solomon’s founding, to build the house of God;” i.e., this is the foundation which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The infin. Hoph. is used here and in Ezr 3:11 substantively. The measurements only of the length and breadth of the building are given; the height, which is stated in 1Ki 6:2, is omitted here. The former, i.e., the ancient measurement, is the Mosaic or sacred cubit, which, according to Eze 40:5 and Eze 43:13, was a handbreadth longer than the civil cubit of the earlier time; see on 1Ki 6:2.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(b) DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE; THE PORCK AND THE HOLY PLACE, OR NAVE (2Ch. 3:3-7).
(3) Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed.Rather, And this is the foundation (or ground-plan) of Solomon. The plural pronoun ll, these, is used as a neut. sing. this (comp. 1Ch. 24:19), and the hophal infinitive hsad, to be founded, is used substantively, as in Ezr. 3:11. So Vulgate, Et haec sunt fundamenta quae jecit Solomon.
After the first measure.Rather, in the ancient measure, an explanation not found in the parallel passage, 1Ki. 6:2. The ancient or Mosaic cubit was one hand -breadth longer than the cubit of later times (Eze. 40:5; Eze. 43:13). The chronicler has omitted the height, which was thirty cubits (1Ki. 6:2).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 3:3. Now these are the things wherein Solomon, &c. Now Solomon made these mensurations for the building, &c. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
I have no doubt but that some interesting things are included in the dimensions, extent, and ornament. But all that we can speak of these things is, that as they were all belonging to a temple that was a type of Jesus, they were all suitably costly. Perhaps they represented the graces of his Person, and the gifts of his Spirit. But what ornaments of gold, or silver, or precious stones, are competent to resemble those!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 3:3 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.
Ver. 3. Wherein Solomon was instructed. ] Heb., Founded. To be well instructed, is to be well grounded; for want whereof, many are wherried about with divers and strange doctrines. Heb 13:9
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God. Hebrew. ha-‘elohlm, the [true or triune] God.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
am 2993-3000, bc 1011-1004
Solomon: 1Ch 28:11-19
instructed: Heb. founded
The length: 1Ki 6:2, 1Ki 6:3
the first measure: It is supposed, with much probability, that the first measure means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished from that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after their return from captivity: and, as these Books were written after the captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement was by the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth shorter than the cubit of Moses; which may serve to reconcile some variations in the historical books, with respect to numbers when applied to measures.
Reciprocal: Ezr 6:3 – the height Eze 41:2 – the length
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 3:3-5. These are the things wherein Solomon was instructed By David his father, and by the Spirit of God. After the first measure threescore cubits According to the measure which was first fixed. The porch, the height was a hundred and twenty This being a kind of turret to the building. How this may be reconciled with 1Ki 6:3, see the notes there. The breadth of it, here omitted, is there said to be ten cubits. The greater house he ceiled with fir-tree Namely, the holy place, which was twice as large as the lesser house, or the holy of holies, which is called the most holy house, 2Ch 3:8. The outward part of the former was of fir- tree, to bear the weather better; but the inside was lined with cedar, overlaid with gold, and figures, or sculptures, of palm-trees, chains, and other ornaments.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
3:3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first {b} measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
(b) According to the whole length of the temple,