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2Ch_2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Ver. 1. And Solomon determined.] Heb., Said. He slighted not the divine oracle nor his father’s charge; but was still plodding and talking of it to himself till it was done.
To build a house for the name of the Lord.] See 1Ki_5:3, and compare this chapter with that: the one giveth light to the other; as glasses set one against another do cast a mutual light.
And a house for his kingdom.] David had built a fair palace: but Solomon’s far exceeded it: this was a house for his kingdom. Our William Rufus found much fault with Westminster Hall for being built too small: and took a plot for one far more spacious to be added unto it. {a}
{a} Dan., Hist.