Text: 2 Chronicles 3:3-14
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 6:2-38
Subject: Solomon builds the temple
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Both texts detail the temple's interior construction. The Chronicler follows 1 Kings 6:2-38's architectural description but adds distinctive emphasis on the veil (parokhet) separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place (2 Chr 3:14), made of blue, purple, and crimson yarn with cherubim worked into it. This veil detail, absent from Kings, connects the Solomonic temple to the tabernacle (Exod 26:31), reinforcing continuity between Mosaic and Solomonic worship architecture. The Chronicler also gives greater attention to the gold overlay, emphasizing the glory and costliness of God's dwelling.
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Text: 1 Kings 6:2-38
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 3:3-14
Subject: Temple construction details — parallel account
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of the temple's construction. Kings provides 37 verses of detailed architectural description — inner and outer chambers, cedar paneling, carved cherubim, gold overlay, the inner sanctuary. The Chronicler's account in 2 Chronicles 3:3-14 is much shorter, selecting details that emphasize the Most Holy Place and its gold overlay, the great cherubim (with 20-cubit combined wingspan), and especially the curtain (פָּרֹכֶת, parokhet) of blue, purple, and crimson yarn with cherubim — a detail absent from Kings. The Chronicler's inclusion of the curtain connects the temple explicitly to the tabernacle's veil (Exod 26:31), while Kings emphasizes architectural grandeur.
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Text: 1 Kings 6:2
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 3:3
Subject: Solomon builds the temple
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts provide the temple's foundational dimensions. In 1 Kings 6:2, the house is 60 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 3:3 gives the same length and width but adds the specification "by cubits of the old standard" (בָּאַמָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, ba'ammah hari'shonah), indicating that a longer, older cubit measurement was used. This Chronicler's note serves to anchor the temple dimensions in ancient Mosaic standards rather than the potentially shorter cubit current in the post-exilic period, ensuring the temple's architectural continuity with tabernacle traditions.