2 Chron. 3 The place and time of building the temple. The measure and ornaments thereof, 2 Chron. 3:1–9. The cherubims, 2 Chron. 3:10–13. The veil and the pillars, 2 Chron. 3:14–17.

Where the Lord appeared unto David; which place the Lord had consecrated by his gracious appearance there, 1 Chron. 21:26. Or, which was showed unto David, to wit, to be the place where the temple should be built; which God pointed out to him, partly by his appearance, and principally by his Spirit…

Of this verse, and the rest of this chapter, See Poole “1 Kings 6:1”.

Solomon was instructed; partly by his father David, and partly by the Spirit of God, which inspired and guided him in the whole work. Or, these were Solomon’s foundations, the Hebrew verb being put for the noun, as it is elsewhere.

The height was an hundred and twenty; this being a kind of turret to the building. The breadth of it here omitted is expressed to be ten cubits, 1 Kings 6:3.

The greater house, i.e. the holy place, which was thrice as large as the lesser house, or the holy of holies, which is called the most holy house, Deut. 8:0. See Poole “1 Chron. 28:11”.

See Poole “1 Kings 9:26”, &c.

Of the nails, i.e. of each of the nails or heads of those nails whereby the plates were fastened to the boards. The upper chambers; of which See Poole “1 Chron. 28:11”.

Of image work; made in the shape of young men or boys, as they commonly are. Or, of movable work; so called because they were not fixed to the mercy-seat, as the Mosaical cherubims were, but stood upon their feet, as it is said here 2 Chron. 3:13, in a moving posture.

Heb. Towards the house, or rather, that house; not the holy house, as divers understand it; for then their backs must have been turned towards the ark, which was indecent, and directly contrary to the posture of Moses’s cherubims, which looked towards it; but the most holy house, which was last…

The veil, to wit, the inner veil before the most holy place by comparing this with Ex. 26:31, 1 Kings 6:21.

Before the house, i.e. before the holy house, or before the temple as this is explained, 1 Chron. 3:17, lest it should be understood of the most holy house, of which he had spoken before. Thirty and five cubits high, to wit, both of them; of which See Poole “1 Kings 7:15”.

As in the oracle; as he had done, or like unto those which he made, in the oracle; of which see 1 Kings 6:21. The particle as is oft understood, as Gen. 49:9, Deut. 33:22;c. An hundred pomegranates in each row, or two hundred in all, as it is said, 1 Kings 7:20.