KJV King James Version
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WEB World English Bible
Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 3
1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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וַיָּ֣חֶלH2490 · cha.lalto boreשְׁלֹמֹ֗הH8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonלִבְנ֤וֹתH1129 · ba.nahto buildאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemבְּהַר֙H2022 · harmountain: mountהַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔הH4179 · mo.riy.yah(Mount) Moriahאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichנִרְאָ֖הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeלְדָוִ֣ידH1732 · da.vidDavidאָבִ֑יהוּH1 · avfatherאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichהֵכִין֙H3559 · kunto establish: prepareבִּמְק֣וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceדָּוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidבְּגֹ֖רֶןH1637 · go.renthreshing floorאָרְנָ֥ןH771 · or.nanOrnanהַיְבוּסִֽי׃H2983 · ye.vu.siJebusite
Cross-references
Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.1 Chronicles 21:18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.1 Chronicles 22:1Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.1 Kings 6:1-14And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.2 Samuel 24:18-25And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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