2 Chronicles 8:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Jehovah was completed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּכֹּן֙ כָּל־מְלֶ֣אכֶת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַד־הַיּ֛וֹם מוּסַ֥ד בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה וְעַד־כְּלֹת֑וֹ שָׁלֵ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-tikkōn all-məleʾket šəlōmōh ʿad-ha-yôm mûsad bêt-YHWH wə-ʿad-kəlōtô šālēm bêt YHWH

Grammar Details

*wa-tikkōn*: conjunction + niphal imperfect 3fs - and was established/prepared
*məleʾket*: noun fs construct - work of
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun ms - Solomon
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*ha-yôm*: definite article + noun ms - the day
*mûsad*: hophal infinitive construct - founded/established
*bêt*: noun ms construct - house of
*YHWH*: divine name
*wə-ʿad*: conjunction + preposition - and until
*kəlōtô*: piel infinitive construct + 3ms suffix - his completion/finishing
*šālēm*: adjective ms - complete/whole

Word Meanings

*tikkōn*: was established/was prepared/was set in order
*məleʾket*: work/service/labor
*mûsad*: founded/established/laid foundation of
*kəlōtô*: his completion/his finishing
*šālēm*: complete/whole/perfect

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 5:18 : 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 6:14
83%
14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
1 Kgs 9:1
82%
1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
2 Chr 7:11
82%
11Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
1 Kgs 7:51
81%
51Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 8:1
80%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2 Chr 5:1
80%
1Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
1 Kgs 7:1
78%
1And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 Chr 2:1
78%
1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
1 Kgs 9:10
78%
10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
1 Kgs 6:37-38
2 verses
76%
37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
2 Chr 24:13
76%
13So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
1 Kgs 6:11-12
2 verses
76%
11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.
1 Kgs 6:1-2
2 verses
76%
1And 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 Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
2And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.
1 Kgs 5:17-18
2 verses
76%
17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
2 Chr 29:17
75%
17Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
1 Kgs 6:9
75%
9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
1 Chr 29:16
75%
16O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.
1 Kgs 6:22
74%
22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Ezra 5:16
74%
16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
2 Chr 3:3
74%
3Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
1 Chr 22:5-7
3 verses
74%
5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.
2 Chr 8:15
74%
15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Acts 7:47
73%
47But Solomon built him a house.
1 Kgs 9:25
73%
25And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
2 Chr 3:1
73%
1Then 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.
1 Kgs 8:13
73%
13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
1 Kgs 10:4
73%
4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 9:15
73%
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Chr 28:10
73%
10Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
1 Chr 29:1
72%
1And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
2 Chr 7:1
72%
1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
1 Kgs 7:40
72%
40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah:
1 Kgs 3:2
72%
2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
1 Kgs 7:9
72%
9All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.
2 Chr 9:3
72%
3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 6:7
72%
7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
2 Chr 8:17
72%
17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom.
2 Chr 2:9
72%
9even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
1 Kgs 6:16-17
2 verses
72%
16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
17And the house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
1 Chr 28:20
72%
20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.
2 Chr 8:12
72%
12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
1 Chr 28:12
71%
12and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
2 Chr 6:2
71%
2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.