The greater house - That is, the holy place, or main chamber of the temple, located between the porch and the Most Holy Place (as in [Refere…

The greater house. —Or, the great chamber, i.e., the Holy Place, or nave. (Compare 1 Chronicles 28:11.)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

A more detailed account of the building of the temple is found in 1 Kings 6. It was to be in the place David had prepared—not only the place he had…