2 Chronicles 3

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 made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

2The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.

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.

3And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

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.

4And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best 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.

5And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.

6And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of 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.

7All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.

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.

8And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.

9He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold.

9And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.

10He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.

10And in the most holy place he made images of two winged beings, covering 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.

11Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; one wing, five cubits long, touching the wall of the house, and the other, of the same size, meeting the wing of the other winged one.

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.

12And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.

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.

13Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

14He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.

14And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.

15He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.

15And in front of the house he made two pillars, thirty-five cubits high, with crowns on the tops of them, five cubits high.

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.

16And he made chains, like neck ornaments, and put them on the tops of the pillars, and a hundred apples on the chains.

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, Booz.

17He put up the pillars in front of the Temple, one on the right side and one on the left, naming the one on the right Jachin and that on the left Boaz.