Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The upper chambers - Compare I Chronicles 28:11. Their position is uncertain. Some place them above the holy of holies, which was ten cubits, or fifteen feet lower than the main building (compare I Kings 6:2, I Kings 6:20); others, accepting the height of the porch 120 cubits II Chronicles 3:4, regard the "upper chambers" or "chamber" ̔͂ͅ huperōon , Septuagint), as having been a lofty building erected over the entrance to the temple; others suggest that the chambers intended are simply the uppermost of the three sets of chambers which on three sides surrounded the temple (see I Kings 6:5-10). This would seem to be the simplest and best explanation, though we cannot see any reason for the rich ornamentation of these apartments, or for David' s special directions concerning them.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Chronicles 3:9:
1 Chronicles 28:11
2 Chronicles 3:4
Haggai 2:3
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