2Ch 3:1-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Chr 3:1-4: 3:1-4a Although in Chronicles the Temple is the central topic of Solomon’s reign, attention to its actual architecture and furnishings is considerably less than that found in Kings (e.g., 1 Kgs 6:2-10 ). 3:1 While Kings emphasizes the time when the Temple was built, Chronicles places great emphasis on the Temple’s building site and the significance of the location. Geographically, it was in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah , the place where the Lord had appeared to David ; it was selected under David’s authority, and it was the sacred place where the plague was stopped at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite . Abraham bound Isaac in the land of Moriah (Gen 22:2 ), and tradition associated the Temple Mount as the place where the Lord provided for Abraham (Gen 22:14 ).

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‏ 2 Chronicles 3:1-4

Summary for 2Chr 3:1-4: 3:1-4a ^a Although in Chronicles the Temple is the central topic of Solomon’s reign, attention to its actual architecture and furnishings is considerably less than that found in Kings (e.g., 1 Kgs 6:2-10 ^b). 3:1 ^c While Kings emphasizes the time when the Temple was built, Chronicles places great emphasis on the Temple’s building site and the significance of the location. Geographically, it was in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place where the Lord had appeared to David; it was selected under David’s authority, and it was the sacred place where the plague was stopped at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Abraham bound Isaac in the land of Moriah (Gen 22:2 ^d), and tradition associated the Temple Mount as the place where the Lord provided for Abraham (Gen 22:14 ^e).
3:2 ^f The book of Kings dates the beginning of the Temple construction in relation to the exodus from Egypt (1 Kgs 6:1 ^g). Chronicles consistently omits references to the Exodus, perhaps to emphasize the continuous and abiding bond between the people, the land, and God.