10-13 He made two sculptures of cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, for the Holy of Holies, both veneered with gold. The combined wingspread of the side-by-side cherubim (each wing measuring seven and a half feet) stretched from wall to wall, thirty feet. They stood erect facing the main hall.

14 He fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it.

15-17 He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet. The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates. He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).

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13 The wings of these cherubim(A) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[a]

14 He made the curtain(B) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(C) worked into it.

15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(D) which together were thirty-five cubits[b] long, each with a capital(E) five cubits high.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:13 Or facing inward
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters