And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (Ch1 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there. The royal city must be the holy city.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 3:1-9
DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13) the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare Kg1 6:20). overlaid it with . . . gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at £4 per ounce, equal to £3,600,000.
2Ch 3:8-9 The most holy place, with the figures of the cherubim and the veil; cf. 1Ki 6:19-28. - The length of the most holy place in front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, consequently measured in the same way as the porch (2Ch 3:4); the breadth, i.e., the depth of it, also twenty cubits.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 3:8-9