2 Chronicles 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshingfloor 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 day of 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 for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the ancient measure was threescore cubits, and 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 that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; 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 covered with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8And he made the most holy place; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 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.
9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
10And in the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the 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.
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.
12And the 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.
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.
13The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
13So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was 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.
16And he made chains in the Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
17And 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.
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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