Today’s passage: 2 Chronicles 3:1-17
- Here is the same passage in the Christian Standard Bible: 2 Chronicles 3:1-17
- The CSB converts the measurements to feet. This will help you get a better idea of the sizes and dimensions.
Helpful thoughts:
- Mount Mariah is the location of the events of Genesis 22:1-19 (The sacrifice of Isaac) and 2 Samuel 24:18-25 (David building an altar to stay the plague).
- Solomon got to work pretty quickly after he became king. But it took about 4 years of planning and preparation to start building and 7.5 years to complete the construction.
- The veil that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Temple was only accessed once every year to make atonement for the sin of God’s people. The veil was torn from top to bottom when Christ atoned for our sins once and for all at the cross (Matthew 27:51).
Questions to consider:
- What surprised you about the size of the Temple? What it bigger than you thought? Smaller? How does the size of the Temple relate to Solomon’s comment to Hiram in 2:5-6?
- The pillars in verse 17 were not named after men, but were given names themselves! The name Jachin means, “He will establish” and the name Boaz means, “In Him is strength.” Why would these names make sense? To whom are these names truly referring? What was being pictured there?
- How could the names of these pillars be compared with what Jesus taught in Matthew 7:24-27? How did Jesus remove the need for a barrier between us and the presence of God? How has Jesus and his teaching become our rock and foundation?