2 Chronicles 3:1

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.

2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

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.

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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 the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:18

    Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • Genesis 22:2

    And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:1

    Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

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  • 1 Kings 6:1–14

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:18–25

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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