2 Chronicles 3

1 And he began Solomon to build [the] house of Yahweh in Jerusalem on [the] mountain of Moriah where he had appeared to David father his which he had prepared in [the] place of David on [the] threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 And these [are] [the] founding of Solomon to build [the] house of God the length cubits by the measurement former [was] cubits sixty and [the] breadth [was] cubits twenty.

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house: the length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

4 And the porch which [was] on [the] face of the length on [the] face of [the] breadth of the house [was] cubits twenty and the height [was] one hundred and twenty and he overlaid it from within gold pure.

The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 And - the house great he overlaid wood of cypresses and he overlaid it gold fine and he put up on it palm trees and chains.

He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

6 And he overlaid the house stone[s] precious for beauty and the gold [was] [the] gold of Parvaim.

He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.

7 And he overlaid the house the beams the thresholds and walls its and doors its gold and he engraved cherubim on the walls.

He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made [the] house of [the] holy place of the holy places length its on [the] face of [the] breadth of the house [was] cubits twenty and breadth its [was] cubits twenty and he overlaid it gold fine to talents six hundred.

He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

9 And [the] weight of nails to shekels fifty gold and the upper rooms he overlaid gold.

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

10 And he made in [the] house of [the] holy place of the holy places cherubim two a work of castings and they overlaid them gold.

In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold.

11 And [the] wings of the cherubim length their [was] cubits twenty [the] wing of the one [cherub] to cubits five [was] touching [the] wall of the house and the wing other cubits five [was] touching [the] wing of the cherub other.

The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

12 And [the] wing of the cherub one cubits five [was] touching [the] wall of the house and the wing other cubits five [was] clinging to [the] wing of the cherub other.

The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

13 [the] wings of The cherubim these [were] spreading out cubits twenty and they [were] standing on feet their and faces their [were] to the inside.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

14 And he made the curtain violet and purple and crimson and fine linen and he put up on it cherubim.

He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.

15 And he made before the house pillars two cubits thirty and five length and the capital which [was] on top its [was] cubits five.

Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

16 And he made chains in the innermost room and he put [them] on [the] top of the pillars and he made pomegranates one hundred and he put [them] on the chains.

He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

17 And he set up the pillars on [the] face the temple one from [the] south and one from the north and he called [the] name of (the south [one] *Q(K)*) Jakin and [the] name of the north [one] Boaz.

He set 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.