Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. New Living Translation He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim. English Standard Version He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. Berean Standard Bible He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. King James Bible And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. New King James Version And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. New American Standard Bible Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. NASB 1995 Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. NASB 1977 Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. Legacy Standard Bible Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. Amplified Bible And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. Christian Standard Bible He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. Holman Christian Standard Bible He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. American Standard Version And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he nailed in the house fine seals for glory, and he overlaid all of it with pure gold. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim. Contemporary English Version He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim Douay-Rheims Bible He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty. English Revised Version And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. GOD'S WORD® Translation He covered the building with gems to beautify it and used gold from Parvaim. Good News Translation The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim. International Standard Version The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim. Literal Standard Version and he overlays the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim, Majority Standard Bible He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. New American Bible He also covered the house with precious stones for splendor; the gold was from Parvaim. NET Bible He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. New Revised Standard Version He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold from Parvaim. New Heart English Bible He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. Webster's Bible Translation And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. World English Bible He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim. Young's Literal Translation and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim, Additional Translations ... Context The Temple's Interior5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. 7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 3:5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. Treasury of Scripture And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. garnished [heb] covered 1 Chronicles 29:2,8 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance… Isaiah 54:11,12 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires… Revelation 21:18-21 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass… Jump to Previous Adorned Beautiful Beauty Further Garnished Gold Great House Overlaid Overlayeth Precious Settings Stone Stones Temple Used ValueJump to Next Adorned Beautiful Beauty Further Garnished Gold Great House Overlaid Overlayeth Precious Settings Stone Stones Temple Used Value2 Chronicles 3 1. The place and time of building the temple3. The measure and ornaments of the house 11. The cherubim 14. The veil and pillars (6) Garnished.--Overlaid (2Chronicles 3:4) the chamber. Precious stones.--See 1Chronicles 29:2; and 1Kings 10:11, which relates that Hiram's fleet brought "precious stones" from Ophir for Solomon. But no mention of this kind of decoration is made in 1 Kings 6. The Vulgate explains the phrase as meaning a floor of costly marble. Gold of Parvaim.--Perhaps Farwa, an auriferous region in S. Arabia. Others connect the word with the Sanskrit p-rva, "eastern," and seek Parvaim, like Ophir, in India. The name does not recur in the Old Testament. Verse 6. - He garnished. The verb employed is (e) of ver. 4, supra (Revelation 21:19). Precious stones. The exact manner in which these were applied or fixed is not stated. What the precious stones were, however, need not be doubtful (1 Chronicles 29:2; the obvious references for which passage, Isaiah 54:11, 12 and Revelation 21:18-21, cannot be forgotten. See also Ezekiel 27:16; Song of Solomon 5:14; Lamentations 4:7). For beauty; i.e. to add beauty to the house. Parvaim. What this word designates, or, if a place, where the place was, is not known. Gesenius ('Lexicon,' sub vet.) would derive it from a Sanskrit word, purva, meaning "oriental." Hitzig suggests another Sanskrit word, paru, meaning "hill," and indicating the "twin hills" of Arabia (Prof., 6:7. § 11) as the derivation. And Knobel suggests that it is a form of Sepharvaim, the Syriac and Jonathan Targum version of Sephar (Genesis 10:30). The word does not occur in any other Bible passage (see Dr. Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' vol. it. p. 711).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He adornedוַיְצַ֧ף (way·ṣap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over the temple הַבַּ֛יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house with precious יְקָרָ֖ה (yə·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty stones אֶ֥בֶן (’e·ḇen) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 68: A stone for beauty, לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת (lə·ṯip̄·’ā·reṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory and its gold וְהַזָּהָ֖ב (wə·haz·zā·hāḇ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky [was] זְהַ֥ב (zə·haḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky from Parvaim. פַּרְוָֽיִם׃ (par·wā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6516: Parvaim -- a region from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple Links 2 Chronicles 3:6 NIV2 Chronicles 3:6 NLT 2 Chronicles 3:6 ESV 2 Chronicles 3:6 NASB 2 Chronicles 3:6 KJV 2 Chronicles 3:6 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 3:6 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 3:6 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 3:6 French Bible 2 Chronicles 3:6 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 3:6 He garnished the house with precious stones (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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