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NASB | 2 Chronicles 23:5 and one third shall be at the king's house, and a third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Chronicles 23:5 a [second] third shall be at the king's house (palace), and a [final] third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD. |
Bible Question: Tim, thanks for responding. I will assume that the capitalization might have been maybe used out of respect that it was the foundation of the temple, the beginning of the holy place, therefore, special. Do YOU think it could also be like a type of our faith today, Jesus as our foundation? |
Bible Answer: Greetings again, sister, You may be correct, on capitalization out of respect for the holy place. I myself tend to over-capitalize some words in the middle of a sentence to give them special attention. True, there are many metaphores and similies that point forward to the coming Messiah, Jesus. He said He was the stone that the builders rejected in Matt 21:42, as He was referring to the OT in Psa 118:22 ('Stone' may as well be capitalized) "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone." So, you could well be headed down a familiar path, looking to find doctrine within the passage in question. Now, let's look at the word 'foundation' in particular to see if that is what was meant by the original author. Strong's number 03247 is used for foundation in 2 Chr 23:5 The Hebrew word is yes-ode' and means, foundation, base, or bottom. It is first used in the OT as 'base' in the NASB, in Exod 29:12,"You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. Leviticus 4:7, 4:18, 4:25, 4:30, 4:34, all refer to the priest applying blood to the base of the altar. The Nasb also translates the word as 'foundation' in Pro 10:25: "When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation." There are some definite parallels there, blood, stone, and righteousness, so, I can see where this word can also be used as a metaphor for the Messiah. However, in my own line of thinking, to see the christology of Jesus Christ (only) as a 'foundation' is sort of like watching a parade through a knothole in a wooden fence. If we were to climb up, and peer over the fence, we would see the entire parade. And then we are able to see Jesus as our All in All. May God Bless you as you study His Word, Tim |
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