2 Chronicles 3

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father. He prepared the place that David had planned for it, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

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

3 Now these are the dimensions of the foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God. Using the old style cubit, the length was sixty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits.

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 length of the portico at the front of the house was twenty cubits, matching the building's width. Its height was also twenty cubits, and Solomon overlaid its interior with pure gold.

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 fashioned the ceiling of the main hall with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold, and which he carved with palm trees and chains.

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

6 He decorated the house with precious stones; the gold was gold from Parvaim.

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

7 He also overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold; he carved cherubs on its walls.

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

8 He built the most holy place. Its length matched the house's width, twenty cubits, and its width was also twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

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 overlaid its high surfaces with gold.

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

10 He made two images of cherubs for the most holy place; craftsmen overlaid them with gold.

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

11 The wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits long all together; the wing of one cherub was five cubits long, reaching to the wall of the room; the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

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 other cherub was also five cubits, reaching to the wall of the room; its other wing was also five cubits, touching the wing of the first cherub.

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 The wings of these cherubs spread a total of twenty cubits. The cherubs stood on their feet, with their faces toward the main hall.

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

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson wool and fine linen, and he fashioned cherubs on it.

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

15 Solomon also made two pillars, each thirty-five cubits high, for in front of the house; the capitals that were on the top of them were five cubits high.

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 chains for the pillars and put them on top of them; he also made one hundred pomegranates and joined them to the chains.

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

17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; he named the pillar on the right Jakin, and the pillar on the left Boaz.

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.