King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 3:7 Mean?
“He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.”
Context
5
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. garnished: Heb. covered
7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(7) **He overlaid also the house.**—*And he covered* (2Chronicles 3:5) *the chamber*—that is, the great chamber or Holy Place. (See 1Kings 6:21-23.)
**The beams.**—Of the roof.
**The posts.**—*The thresholds* (Isaiah 6:4).
**And graved cherubims on the walls.**—See 1Kings 6:29, which gives a fuller account of the mural decorations.
**Cherubims.**—*Cherubim,* or *cherubs* (Psalm 18:10). Cherubim is the Hebrew plural, for which we have the Chaldee (Aramaic) form “cherubin” in the *Te Deum.* Shakspeare has:—
“The roof of the chamber
With golden cherubins is fretted.”
*Cymbeline,* 2:4.
Why Reuss calls this sketch of the porch and nave “confused” is hardly evident.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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