2-Chronicles - 8:16



16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was finished. (So) the house of Yahweh was completed.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 8:16.

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Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
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.
Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.
And all the work of Solomon was prepared, to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah and to its completion. So the house of Jehovah was finished.
And all the work of Solomon is prepared till the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and till its completion; perfect is the house of Jehovah.
And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.
So all the work of Solomon was set in order from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
Now all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
Solomon had all the expenses prepared, from the day on which he founded the house of the Lord, even until the day when he perfected it.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Now all the (h) work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
(h) Both for the matte and also for the workmanship.

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished,.... The materials were prepared, and the money for the expenses; and even the very stones and timber were made fit for the building, so that there was nothing to retard the completion of it:
so the house of God was perfected; in the space of seven years, in all the parts, and according to the form and pattern of it, see 1-Kings 6:38.

Prepared - All the materials were procured, and in all points fitted and compleated before - hand.

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