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.

And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where He had appeared unto David his father, on the place that David had prepared in 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.

And he began to build 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.

Now in this manner was the foundation laid of the house of God [at its] building [by] Solomon: The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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.

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

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

And the great house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with pure gold, and he wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

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

And he overlaid the house with costly stones for ornament: and the gold was gold of Parvayim.

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

And he covered the house, the beams, the sills, and its walls, and its doors, with gold: and he engraved 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.

And he made the most holy house, its length being in front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits: and he covered it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.

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

And the weight of the nails [amounted] to fifty shekels of gold. And the upper chambers he covered with gold.

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

And he made in the most holy house two cherubim of sculpture work, and they 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.

And regarding the wings of the cherubim their length was twenty cubits; the wing of the one amounting to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits, reaching to 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.

And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits was joined closely to the wing of the other cherub.

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

The wings of these cherubim [as they were] spread out were twenty cubits: and they were standing on their feet, and their faces were inward.

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

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought thereon cherubim.

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.

And he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits in length, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was 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.

And he made chains in the debir; and [others which] he placed on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and placed them on the chains.

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.

And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Bo'az.