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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The construction began in midspring, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second <i>day</i> of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he began to build on the second <i>day</i> of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He began to build on the second <i>day</i> in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he began to build on the second <i>day</i> in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he began to build on the second <i>day</i> in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Solomon began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />in the second month of the fourth year that he was king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He began construction on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he begins to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he beginneth to build in the second day, in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will begin to build in the second month, in the second, and in the fourth year to his kingdom.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he began to build the temple in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he began to build the building in it in the second month of the fourth year of his kingdom.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=447" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/3.htm">Temple Construction Begins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>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. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: way·yā·ḥel (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">Solomon began</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: liḇ·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">construction</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: baš·šê·nî (Prep-b, Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">on the second day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">in the fourth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: biš·naṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4438.htm" title="4438: lə·mal·ḵū·ṯōw (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom. Or malkuth; or malkuyah; from malak; a rule; concretely, a dominion.">of his reign.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1</a></span><br />In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">1 Kings 6:37-38</a></span><br />The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv. / In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-2.htm">1 Kings 8:2</a></span><br />And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-10.htm">1 Kings 9:10</a></span><br />Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-3.htm">2 Chronicles 5:3</a></span><br />So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-1.htm">2 Chronicles 8:1</a></span><br />Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-8.htm">Ezra 3:8</a></span><br />In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-15.htm">Haggai 1:15</a></span><br />on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-1.htm">Matthew 17:1</a></span><br />After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-2.htm">Mark 9:2</a></span><br />After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-28.htm">Luke 9:28</a></span><br />About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-20.htm">John 2:20</a></span><br />“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47</a></span><br />But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-50</a></span><br />However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.</p><p class="hdg">in the second</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1</a></b></br> 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 <i>is</i> the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm">Beginneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Build</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm">Building</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-7.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-15.htm">Month</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-10.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-24.htm">Started</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Beginneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-5.htm">Build</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">Building</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-26.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-3.htm">Month</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-12.htm">Second</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-27.htm">Started</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">The place and time of building the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">The measure and ornaments of the house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm">The cherubim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-14.htm">The veil and pillars</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Solomon began construction</b><br>This phrase marks the commencement of a significant project: the building of the Temple in Jerusalem. Solomon, the son of David, was chosen by God to build the Temple, fulfilling the promise made to David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a>). The Temple was to be a permanent dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant and a central place of worship for Israel. This construction signifies a new era of worship and national identity for the Israelites.<p><b>on the second day of the second month</b><br>The timing of the construction is precise, indicating the importance of the event. The second month, known as Ziv in the Hebrew calendar, corresponds to April-May in the Gregorian calendar. This period was likely chosen for favorable weather conditions, allowing for uninterrupted construction. The specificity of the date underscores the organized and deliberate nature of Solomon's reign and the importance of the Temple project.<p><b>in the fourth year of his reign</b><br>Solomon's reign began around 970 BC, making the fourth year approximately 966 BC. This timing aligns with the biblical chronology and provides a historical anchor for the events described. The fourth year of Solomon's reign suggests a period of stability and consolidation of power, allowing him to undertake such a monumental task. This timing also reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to David, as Solomon establishes a central place of worship for the nation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is known for his wisdom and wealth. He was chosen by God to build the temple in Jerusalem, a task his father David had desired to complete.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a></b><br>This refers to the Temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship for the Israelites. It was a physical manifestation of God's presence among His people and a place for sacrifices and offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_second_month.htm">The Second Month</a></b><br>In the Hebrew calendar, this is the month of Ziv (later called Iyar), which corresponds to April-May in the Gregorian calendar. It is significant as a time of new beginnings and growth.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fourth_year_of_solomon's_reign.htm">The Fourth Year of Solomon's Reign</a></b><br>This marks a period of stability and preparation, as Solomon had established his rule and was ready to undertake the significant task of building the temple.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Israel, chosen by God as the place for His name to dwell. It holds historical and spiritual significance as the location of the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing_and_preparation.htm">God's Timing and Preparation</a></b><br>God's plans unfold in His perfect timing. Solomon began building the temple in the fourth year of his reign, indicating a period of preparation and readiness. We should trust in God's timing for the tasks He sets before us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Solomon's obedience to God's command to build the temple is a model for us. When God calls us to a task, our response should be one of obedience and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_worship.htm">The Significance of Worship</a></b><br>The temple was central to Israel's worship, symbolizing God's presence. In our lives, worship should be central, reflecting our relationship with God and His presence in our daily activities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_fulfillment_of_promises.htm">Legacy and Fulfillment of Promises</a></b><br>Solomon's building of the temple fulfilled God's promise to David. Our actions can be part of God's larger plan and legacy, impacting future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_solomon's_temple_for.htm">What was the purpose of Solomon's Temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_jachin_and_boaz_pillars_confirmed.htm">2 Chronicles 3:15-17 - Is there any credible external confirmation that the pillars Jachin and Boaz actually existed as they are described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_wider_record_of_solomon's_labor.htm">Why is there no broader historical record of the forced labor Solomon imposes on foreigners in 2 Chronicles 2:17-18?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_david_build_the_temple.htm">Why was David forbidden from building the temple?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">In the second day of the second month.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">in the second month in the second.</span> The versions omit the repetition, which is probably a scribe's error. "On the second day" would be expressed in Hebrew differently. Read simply, "And he began to build in the second month," <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> in Zif (or April--May). See <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm" title="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.">1Kings 6:1</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the second day.</span> The word "day" as italicized in our Authorized Version type is of course not found in the Hebrew text. Several manuscripts fail also to show the other words of this clause, viz. "In the second;" and that they are probably spurious derives confirmation from the fact that neither the Arabic nor Syriac Versions, nor the Septuagint nor Vulgate translations, produce them. <span class="cmt_word">In</span> <span class="cmt_word">the second month, in the fourth year</span>. Reading the verse, therefore, as though it began thus, the most interesting but doubtful question of fixing an exact chronology for what preceded Solomon's reign is opened. In our present text there is little sign of anything to satisfy the offers to do so, if only again to disappoint the more grievously. There we read of "four hundred and eighty years" from the Exodus to this beginning of the building of Solomon's temple. Now, this latter date can be determined with tolerable accuracy (viz. as some twenty years before <span class="date">B.C. 1000</span>) by travelling backwards from the date (n.c. 536) of Cyrus taking Babylon, and the beginning of the return from the Captivity ( <span class="date">B.C. 535</span>), making allowance for the seventy years of the Captivity, the duration of the line of separate Judah-kings, and the <span class="accented">remanet</span>, a large one, of the years of Solomon's reign. All this, however, helps nothing at all the period stretching from the Exodus to the beginning of the building of the temple. And the events of this period, strongly corroborated by other testimony (see Canon Rawlinson, 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. it. pp. 575, 576), seem to show convincingly that no faith can be reposed in the authenticity of the chronological statement of our parallel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Solomon] began</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֠יָּחֶל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḥel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">construction</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנ֞וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the second</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֵּׁנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day of the second</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשֵּׁנִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the fourth</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁנַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(biš·naṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his reign.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mal·ḵū·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4438.htm">Strong's 4438: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">2 Chronicles 3:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/3-2.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 3:2 He began to build in the second (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 3:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 3:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 3:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 3:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>