John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 2

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the
Lord
For the worship and service of God, and for his honour and glory, being directed, enjoined, and encouraged to it by his father David:

and an house for his kingdom ;
for a royal palace for him, and his successors, first the one, and then the other; and in this order they were built.

And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men
Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from (1 Kings 5:15 1 Kings 5:16) , see the notes there. (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:15). (See Gill on 1 Kings 5:16).

And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre
The same with Hiram, (1 Kings 5:1) and from whence it appears, that Huram first sent a letter to Solomon to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, which is not taken notice of here:

as thou didst deal with my father, and didst send him cedars to
build him an house to dwell therein ;
see (1 Chronicles 14:1) , even so deal with me; which words are a supplement.

Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God
Am about to do it, and determined upon it, see (2 Chronicles 2:1) ,

to dedicate it to him ;
to set it apart for sacred service to him:

and to burn before him sweet incense ;
on the altar of incense:

and for the continual shewbread ;
the loaves of shewbread, which were continually on the shewbread table; which, and the altar of incense, both were set in the holy place in the tabernacle, and so to be in the temple:

and for the burnt offerings morning and evening; the daily sacrifice:
on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the
Lord our God :
at which seasons, besides the daily sacrifice, additional burnt offerings were offered, and all on the brasen altar in the court: this is an ordinance

for ever to Israel :
to offer the above sacrifices, even for a long time to come, until the Messiah comes; and therefore Solomon suggests, as Jarchi and Kimchi think, that a good strong house ought to be built.

And the house which I build is great
Not so very large, though that, with all apartments and courts belonging to it, he intended to build, was so; but because magnificent in its structure and decorations:

for great is our God above all gods ;
and therefore ought to have a temple to exceed all others, as the temple at Jerusalem did.