2 Chronicles 2:1

Good News Translation

King Solomon decided to build a temple where the Lord would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself,

Hebrew Names Version
Now Shlomo purposed to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

King James Version
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord , and an house for his kingdom.

English Standard Version
Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord , and a royal palace for himself.

New Century Version
Solomon decided to build a temple as a place to worship the Lord and also a palace for himself.

New English Translation
Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord , as well as a royal palace for himself.

Amplified Bible
Now Solomon decided to build a house (temple) for the Name of the LORD, and a royal palace for himself.

New American Standard Bible
Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a royal palace for himself.

World English Bible
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Salomon determined to builde an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon decided to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a royal palace for himself.

Berean Standard Bible
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon decided to build a temple where the Lord would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself.

Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo enlisted 70,000 men who carried loads, another 80,000 men who were stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 supervising them.

Darby Translation
And Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon planned to build a Temple to give honor to the Lord 's name. He also planned to build a palace for himself.

George Lamsa Translation
AND Solomon commanded to build a temple for the name of the LORD and a house for his kingdom.

Lexham English Bible
And Solomon planned to build a house for the name of Yahweh and a royal palace for himself.

Literal Translation
And Solomon said to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE, & an house for his kyngdome:

American Standard Version
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

Bible in Basic English
Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

King James Version (1611)
And Solomon determined to build an house for the Name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdome.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

English Revised Version
Now Solomon purposed to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Salomon demyde to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf.

Update Bible Version
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

New King James Version
1 Kings 5:1-18">[xr] Then Solomon determined to build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal house for himself.

New Living Translation
Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord , and also a royal palace for himself.

New Life Bible
Solomon planned to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a king's house for himself.

New Revised Standard
Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord , and a royal palace for himself.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Solomon gave word to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon determined to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

Revised Standard Version
Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal palace for himself.

Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom,

THE MESSAGE
Solomon gave orders to begin construction on the house of worship in honor of God and a palace for himself.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Contextual Overview

¹ King Solomon decided to build a temple where the Lord would be worshiped, and also to build a palace for himself. ² He put 70,000 men to work transporting materials, and 80,000 to work cutting stone in the hill country. There were 3,600 others responsible for supervising the work. ³ Solomon sent a message to King Hiram of Tyre: "Do business with me as you did with my father, King David, when you sold him cedar logs for building his palace. ⁴ I am building a temple to honor the Lord my God. It will be a holy place where my people and I will worship him by burning incense of fragrant spices, where we will present offerings of sacred bread to him continuously, and where we will offer burnt offerings every morning and evening, as well as on Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other holy days honoring the Lord our God. He has commanded Israel to do this forever. ⁵ I intend to build a great temple, because our God is greater than any other god. ⁶ Yet no one can really build a temple for God, because even all the vastness of heaven cannot contain him. How then can I build a temple that would be anything more than a place to burn incense to God? ⁷ Now send me a man with skill in engraving, in working gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in making blue, purple, and red cloth. He will work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem whom my father David selected. ⁸ I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours ⁹ in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent. ¹⁰ As provisions for your lumbermen, I will send you 100,000 bushels of wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

determined: 1 Kings 5:5

for the name: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 28:58, 1 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 8:20, 1 Chronicles 22:10, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10

an house: 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 9:1

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:1 - the house 2 Chronicles 2:4 - build 2 Chronicles 2:12 - an house 2 Chronicles 7:11 - Solomon Acts 7:47 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, when God created the universe,

Genesis 1:10
He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw.

Genesis 2:3
He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.

Genesis 2:4
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,

Genesis 2:5
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed.

Genesis 2:11
The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah.

Genesis 2:13
The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush.

Exodus 20:11
In six days I, the Lord , made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord , blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.

Exodus 31:17
It is a permanent sign between the people of Israel and me, because I, the Lord , made heaven and earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped working and rested."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord,.... For the worship and service of God, and for his honour and glory, being directed, enjoined, and encouraged to it by his father David:

and an house for his kingdom; for a royal palace for him, and his successors, first the one, and then the other; and in this order they were built.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

Solomon determines to build a temple, 1.

The number of his workmen, 2.

Sends to Huram for artificers and materials, 3-10.

Huram sends him a favourable answer, and makes an agreement

with him concerning the labour to be done, and the wages to

be paid to his men, 11-16.

The number of strangers in the land, and how employed, 17, 18.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse 2 Chronicles 2:1. A house for the name of the Lord — A temple for the worship of Jehovah.

A house for his kingdom. — A royal palace for his own use as king of Israel.