1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 3:1:1 ⧉וַיָּ֣חֶלvayakheland he began 2 Chronicles 3:1:2 ⧉שְׁלֹמֹ֗הshelomoSolomon 2 Chronicles 3:1:3 ⧉לִבְנ֤וֹתlivnotto build 2 Chronicles 3:1:4 ⧉אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙etbetyahwehthe house of the LORD 2 Chronicles 3:1:5 ⧉בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbirushalaimin Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 3:1:6 ⧉בְּהַר֙beharon the mountain of 2 Chronicles 3:1:7 ⧉הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔הhamoriyaMoriah 2 Chronicles 3:1:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 3:1:9 ⧉נִרְאָ֖הnirahad appeared 2 Chronicles 3:1:10 ⧉לְדָוִ֣ידledavidto David 2 Chronicles 3:1:11 ⧉אָבִ֑יהוּavihuhis father 2 Chronicles 3:1:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwhich 2 Chronicles 3:1:13 ⧉הֵכִין֙hekhinhe had prepared 2 Chronicles 3:1:14 ⧉בִּמְק֣וֹםbimkomin the place of 2 Chronicles 3:1:15 ⧉דָּוִ֔ידdavidDavid 2 Chronicles 3:1:16 ⧉בְּגֹ֖רֶןbegorenon the threshing floor of 2 Chronicles 3:1:17 ⧉אָרְנָ֥ןornanOrnan 2 Chronicles 3:1:18 ⧉הַיְבוּסִֽי׃hayevusithe Jebusite |
1. Formal Translation Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD {Yahweh, Covenant King} in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah—the place where He appeared to David his father—at the site David had prepared, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
1. Dynamic Translation Solomon started constructing the temple of the LORD {Yahweh, Sacred Presence} in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. This was the place where He revealed Himself to David his father, the location David had set apart on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |