Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 3:6
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler narrates the interior finishing of Solomon’s temple immediately after describing the cypress paneling and gold overlay of the main room. The account focuses on the specific materials used to complete the sanctuary’s adornment.
The words — וַיְצַף (va-yetzef) translates literally as “he overlaid,” while תִפְאָרֶת (tif’aret) means “beauty.” These terms anchor the verse’s description of the stone work and its purpose.
The thread — The provision of precious stones and gold for the sanctuary recurs in 1 Chronicles 29:2 and 1 Chronicles 29:8, where voluntary offerings fund the temple’s materials. Isaiah 54:11 later uses stone-setting imagery to describe God’s restoration of Zion.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the tangible resources and geographic origins required to construct a sacred space. It calls the reader to account for how material provision supports worship structures.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 29:8 Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
- Isaiah 54:11 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- Revelation 21:18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.