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Clementine Latin Vulgate

Nehemiæ 3:5

Porro in Jerusalem nati sunt ei filii, Simmaa, et Sobab, et Nathan, et Salomon, quatuor de Bethsabee filia Ammiel,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ceiling;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Good, Goodness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ceiling;   Fir;   Gold;   House;   Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ceilings;   Fir;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Cieled, Cieling;   House;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ceiled, Ceiling;   Chains;   Fir, Fir-Tree,;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ceiling;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Fir Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ceiled;   Fine;   Fir;   Palm Tree;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chains;   Gold;  

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Domum quoque majorem texit tabulis ligneis abiegnis, et laminas auri obrizi affixit per totum: sculpsitque in ea palmas, et quasi catenulas se invicem complectentes.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
Domum quoque maiorem texit tabulis ligneis abiegnis et laminas auri obryzi affixit per totum; scalpsitque in eis palmas et quasi catenulas se invicem complectentes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the greater: 1 Kings 6:15-17, 1 Kings 6:21, 1 Kings 6:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 39:15 - chains at the ends 1 Kings 5:8 - timber of fir 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the houses Jeremiah 22:14 - ceiled with cedar Ezekiel 40:16 - palm trees Ezekiel 40:22 - palm trees Ezekiel 41:16 - ceiled with wood

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The greater house - i. e., the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, intervening between the porch and the holy of holies (so in 2 Chronicles 3:7).

He cieled with fir tree - Rather, “he covered,” or “lined.” The reference is not to the ceiling, which was entirely of wood, but to the walls and floor, which were of stone, with a covering of planks (marginal reference). The word translated “fir” bears probably in this place, not the narrow meaning which it has in 2 Chronicles 2:8, where it is opposed to cedar, but a wider one, in which cedar is included.

Palm trees and chains - See 1 Kings 6:29. The “chains” are supposed to be garlands or festoons.


 
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