2 Chronicles 3:2

Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Solomon initiates the temple project on Mount Moriah during the fourth year of his reign, following David’s preparation of the threshing floor of Ornan.

The words — The Hebrew verb יָחֶל (ya.chel) means "he began," paired with לִבְנוֹת (livnot) "to build," anchoring the project to the second day of the second month.

The thread — This chronological marker aligns with 1 Kings 6:1, which places the same commencement in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, 480 years after the Exodus.

Why it lands — The text records a precise calendar date before noting the foundation's dimensions, showing that sacred work proceeds according to established timing rather than human urgency.

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The Hebrew words

וַ֠יָּחֶלVa/i.ya.cheland/ he began לִבְנ֞וֹתli/v.Notto/ build בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁba./Cho.deshin the/ month הַשֵּׁנִי֙ha./she.Ni<the>/ second בַּשֵּׁנִ֔יba./she.Nion the/ second [day]בִּשְׁנַ֥תbi/sh.Natin/ year אַרְבַּ֖ע'ar.Ba'four לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃le./mal.khu.T/oof/ reign/ his

King James Version

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

Cross-references

1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.