“then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah where the Lord appeared unto David his father in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”
2 Chronicles 3
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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.
“Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to his father David. And the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Onan, the Jebuzite.”
“Now Solomon began to build the house the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. Where the Lord had appeared to his father David at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite.”
2Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
“And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.”
“and he began to build in the second day the second month in the fourth year of his reign.”
3The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
“This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length was 60 cubits. By cubits according to the former measure and the width 20 cubits”
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.
“And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, 20 cubits, and the height was 120, and he overlaid it within with pure gold.”
5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
“And the greater house he sealed with fir tree, which he overlaid again with fine gold, and set thereupon palm trees and chains.”
6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
“and he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty and the gold was the gold of Parvahim.”
“he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold of parvaim.”
7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
“He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof with gold, and grave cherubims on the walls.”
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.
“And he made the most holy house. The length thereof was according to the breadth of the house, 20 cubits, and the breadth thereof 20 cubits, and he overlaid it again with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents.”
9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
“And the weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold, and he overlaid the upper chambers with gold,”
“The weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold and he overlaid the upper chambers with gold”
10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
“and the most holy house, he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.”
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.
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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.
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13So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
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14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
“and he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and he wrought the cherubims,”
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.
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16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
“And he made chains as in the oracle and he put them on the heads of the pillars and made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.”
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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