The Temple Construction in Jerusalem

3 ^(A)Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared ^(B)on the threshing floor of ^[a]Ornan the Jebusite. ² He began to build on the second day in the second month ^[b]of the fourth year of his reign.

Dimensions and Materials of the Temple

³ Now these are the ^[c]foundations which ^(C)Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in ^[d]cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. ⁴ The porch which was in front of the house ^(D)was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. ⁵ He overlaid ^(E)the ^[e]main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ^[f]ornamented it with palm trees and chains. ⁶ Further, he ^[g]adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from ^[h]Parvaim. ^7 (F)He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he ^(G)carved cherubim on the walls.

⁸ Now he made ^(H)the ^[i]room of the holy of holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents. ⁹ The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid ^(I)the upper rooms with gold.

^10 (J)Then he made two ^[j]sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. ¹¹ The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. ¹² The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the ^[k]first cherub. ¹³ The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet ^[l]facing the main room. ^14 (K)He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

^15 (L)He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits ^[m]high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. ¹⁶ He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. ^17 (M)He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.

Satan Bound

20 Then I saw ^(A)an angel coming down from heaven, holding the ^(B)key of the abyss and a great chain ^[a]in his hand. ² And he laid hold of the ^(C)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(D)bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he threw him into the ^(E)abyss, and shut it and ^(F)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(G)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw ^(H)thrones, and ^(I)they sat on them, and ^(J)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(K)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[b]their ^(L)testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not ^(M)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(N)mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they ^(O)came to life and ^(P)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. ^(Q)This is the first resurrection. ^6 (R)Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the ^(S)second death has no power, but they will be ^(T)priests of God and of Christ and will ^(U)reign with Him for a thousand years.

Satan Freed, Doomed

⁷ When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be ^(V)released from his prison, ⁸ and will come out to ^(W)deceive the nations which are in the ^(X)four corners of the earth, ^(Y)Gog and Magog, to ^(Z)gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^(AA)sand of the ^[c]seashore. ⁹ And they ^(AB)came up on the ^[d]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^(AC)camp of the ^[e]saints and the ^(AD)beloved city, and ^(AE)fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ And ^(AF)the devil who ^(AG)deceived them was thrown into the ^(AH)lake of fire and ^[f]brimstone, where the ^(AI)beast and the ^(AJ)false prophet are also; and they will be ^(AK)tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment at the Throne of God

¹¹ Then I saw a great white ^(AL)throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose ^[g]presence ^(AM)earth and heaven fled away, and ^(AN)no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the ^(AO)great and the small, standing before the throne, and ^[h](AP)books were opened; and another ^[i]book was opened, which is ^(AQ)the book of life; and the dead ^(AR)were judged from the things which were written in the ^[j]books, ^(AS)according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and ^(AT)death and Hades ^(AU)gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them ^(AV)according to their deeds. ¹⁴ Then ^(AW)death and Hades were thrown into ^(AX)the lake of fire. This is the ^(AY)second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if ^[k]anyone’s name was not found written in ^(AZ)the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.