2 Chronicles 3
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1Then 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.
2And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
2Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits.
3The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
4And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
4The 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.
5And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another.
5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.
6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
7And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls.
7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.
8Then 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.
9He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold.
9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
10He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.
10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
11The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.
11The 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.
12In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.
12The 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.
13So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
13So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
14He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.
14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
15He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.
15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
16He made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains.
16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
17These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that on the left hand, Boot.
17Then 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.
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