2 Chronicles 3:2

What does 2 Chronicles 3:2 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 3:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he beginneth to build in the second <FI>day<Fi> , in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Context

v.1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, whereJehovahappeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

v.2This passage

v.3Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 6:1

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

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