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 · 2000And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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) · 1752And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.