Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 8:16
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared ] Reader, So all the work of Solomon was established.
unto the day was perfected ] LXX offers a much shorter and smoother text, from the day on which it was founded until Solomon perfected the house of the Lord. This reading is probably right.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
All the work of Solomon was prepared; all the materials were procured, and in all points squared, and fitted, and completed beforehand.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished,…. The materials were prepared, and the money for the expenses; and even the very stones and timber were made fit for the building, so that there was nothing to retard the completion of it:
so the house of God was perfected; in the space of seven years, in all the parts, and according to the form and pattern of it, see 1Ki 6:38.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Now.And, here equivalent to so.
Prepared = completed. (2Ch. 29:35; 2Ch. 35:10; 2Ch. 35:16; a late use of the word nkn.)
Unto the day of the foundation . . . until it was finished.Solomons activity is apparently divided into two periods, viz., the preparations which he made before and up to the foundation of the Temple (2 Chronicles 2), and secondly, the prosecution of the work to its completion (2Ch. 3:1 to 2Ch. 5:1). (The Heb. Is, unto that day of the foundation, i.e., that memorable day, see 2Ch. 3:1-3.) All the versions, however, understand from the day of the foundation unto the completion of the Temple, and perhaps ad ha-ym is, in the chroniclers Hebrew equivalent to lmin ha-ym, expressing the terminus a quo.
So the house of the Lord was perfected.Omit so, and comp. 1Ki. 9:25, and he finished [same root as perfected] the house. The verse thus closes the entire account of the building and inauguration of the Temple.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
Ver. 16. So the house of God was perfected. ] See 1Ki 9:25 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
unto. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read “from”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
2Ch 8:16
2Ch 8:16
CONCLUSION OF WORK ON THE TEMPLE
“Now all the works of Solomon were prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.”
E.M. Zerr:
2Ch 8:16. Was prepared means the work was completed. The verse is a summing up of the work of Solomon, telling us that his great task was brought to completion.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
1Ki 5:18, 1Ki 6:7
Reciprocal: 1Ki 9:25 – upon the altar that was before
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:16 Now all the {h} work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
(h) Both for the matte and also for the workmanship.