Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Solomon began building God's temple in Jerusalem on the exact spot where God had appeared to his father David and where David had prepared the site.
📚 Historical Context
This verse marks the beginning of Solomon's construction of the first temple in Jerusalem around 966 BC. Mount Moriah was the same mountain where Abraham had been willing to sacrifice Isaac, and the specific location was a threshing floor that David had purchased from Ornan (also called Araunah) the Jebusite after God appeared to him there and stopped a plague.
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