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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 3:2

in the second month of the fourth year that he was king.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Month;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Corner-Stone;   Iyyar;   Talmud;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Hebrew Names Version
He began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
King James Version
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
English Standard Version
He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
New Century Version
Solomon began building in the second month of the fourth year he ruled Israel.
New English Translation
He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Amplified Bible
Solomon began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
New American Standard Bible
He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
World English Bible
He began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Complete Jewish Bible
He began building in the fourth year of his reign, on the second day of the second month.
Darby Translation
And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon started to build on the second day of the second month of his fourth year as king of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And he began to build the temple in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Lexham English Bible
And he began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Literal Translation
And he began to build on the second, in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the seconde daye of the seconde moneth in the fourth yeare of his reigne begane he to buylde.
American Standard Version
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Bible in Basic English
The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he began to buylde in the seconde day of the seconde moneth, the fourth yere of his raigne.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
King James Version (1611)
And he began to build in the second day of the second moneth, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
English Revised Version
And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe he bigan to bilde in the secounde monethe, in the fourthe yeer of his rewme.
Update Bible Version
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
New King James Version
And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
New Living Translation
The construction began in midspring, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign.
New Life Bible
Solomon began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule.
New Revised Standard
He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he began to build, in the second month, on the second, in the fourth year of his reign.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Revised Standard Version
He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Young's Literal Translation
and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Contextual Overview

1 King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction 2 in the second month of the fourth year that he was king. 3 The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. 4 The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, 30 feet, and was 180 feet high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold. 5 The main room was paneled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns. 6 The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim. 7 He used the gold to overlay the Temple walls, the rafters, the entryways, and the doors. On the walls the workers carved designs of winged creatures. 8 The inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was 30 feet long and 30 feet wide, which was the full width of the Temple. Twenty-five tons of gold were used to cover the walls of the Most Holy Place; 9 twenty ounces of gold were used for making nails, and the walls of the upper rooms were also covered with gold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the second: 1 Kings 6:1

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:37 - General

Cross-References

Psalms 58:4
They are full of poison like snakes; they stop up their ears like a deaf cobra,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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