2 Chronicles 3

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.

11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.

12 The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.

13 So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.

14 He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

15 In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.

16 He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.

17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.

1 ¶ 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.

2 And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

8 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.

9 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 ¶ And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

12 And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.

14 And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.

16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.

17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

1 And Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, in mount Moriah, which was pointed out to David his father, which David had prepared for a place in the place of Arnan the Jebusite.

2 And he began to build in the second month of the second day, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 And Solomon laid the foundation to build the house of God: the length of the first was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 And the length of the hall before the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the height thereof an hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 And the great house he sprinkled with fir wood, and overlaid it with the best gold, and made upon it palm trees and chains.

6 And he overlaid the house with precious stones for ornaments: and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.

7 And he overlaid the beams above, and the walls, and the doors, with gold, and carved cherubims upon the walls.

8 He made also the house of the most holy, the length of which was twenty cubits according to the breadth of the house, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with the best gold, about six hundred talents.

9 And he gave also for nails fifty shekels of gold by weight; and overlaid the halls with gold.

10 He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims after the art of the sculptors, and overlaid them with gold.

11 And the length of the wing of the cherubims was twenty cubits: one wing was five cubits, and touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, and touched the wing of the other cherub.

12 And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, and touched the wall of the house; and the other wing thereof was five cubits, and hung upon the wing of the other cherub,

13 And the wings of the cherubims were spread out twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house.

14 He made also a curtain of yellow work, and scarlet, and scarlet, and linen; and made cherubims upon it.

15 And he made before the house two pillars thirty and five cubits long; and the top thereof five cubits.

16 And he made chains for the choir, and put them upon the top of the pillars; and he made an hundred pomegranates, and put them upon the chains.

17 And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: and he called the name of the pillar on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the pillar on the left Boaz.