2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
KJV
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WEB
Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ASV
Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
DARBY
And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where he appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
BLB
And Solomon began to build the house of YHWH—at Jerusalem in the mount of Moriah where He had appeared to David his father—in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ÅB
Så begynte Salomo å bygge Herrens hus i Jerusalem, på Moriafjellet, der hvor Herren hadde åpenbart seg for hans far David, på den plass hvor David hadde samlet forråd, på jebusitten Ornans treskeplass.
OTB
Salomo startet byggingen av Herrens hus i Jerusalem på Moria-fjellet,
der Herren hadde åpenbart seg for hans far David,
på stedet som David hadde forberedt på treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.
B1930
Så begynte Salomo å bygge Herrens hus i Jerusalem, på Moriafjellet, der hvor Herren hadde åpenbaret sig for hans far David, på den plass hvor David hadde samlet forråd, på jebusitten Ornans treskeplass.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 22:14

    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:18

    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • Genesis 22:2

    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:1

    Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

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  • 1 Kings 6:1–14

    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:18–25

    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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