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A 20-Year Milestone
Commentators clarify that this 20-year period marks the completion of Solomon's two great building projects. The timeline began in the fourth year of his reign and consisted of seven years for building the Temple followed by thirteen years for constructing his own palace.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 8:1
18th Century
Theologian
Compare the references to 1 Kings.
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 8:1
19th Century
Bishop
And it came to pass. —The verb is identical with 1 Kings 9:10, slightly abbreviated.
Wherei…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 8:1
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years
(See Gill on 1 Kings 9:10).
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 8:1–18
17th Century
Minister
It sometimes requires more wisdom and resolution to govern a family in the fear of God than to govern a kingdom with reputation. The difficulty is …