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2 Chronicles 3
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Building the Temple

3 Then Solomon began(A) to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah(B) where the Lord[a] had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan[b] the Jebusite. 2 He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon’s foundations[c] for building God’s temple: the length[d] was ninety feet,[e] and the width thirty feet.[f] 4 The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was thirty feet wide; its height was thirty feet;[g] he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold. 5 The larger room[h] he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains. 6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the temple—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors—with gold,(C) and he carved cherubim on the walls.(D)

The Most Holy Place

8 Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet.(E) He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds[i] of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails was twenty ounces[j] of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.

10 He made(F) two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold. 11 The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7½ feet,[k] touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, touching the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other[l] cherub was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[m]

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.(G)

The Bronze Pillars

15 In front of the temple(H) he made two pillars, each 27 feet[n] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high. 16 He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars.(I) He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. 17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin[o] and the one on the left Boaz.[p]

Footnotes

  1. 3:1 LXX; Tg reads the angel of the Lord; MT reads he
  2. 3:1 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16–24
  3. 3:3 Tg reads The measurements which Solomon decreed
  4. 3:3 Lit length—cubits in the former measure—
  5. 3:3 Lit 60 cubits
  6. 3:3 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 4,8,11,13
  7. 3:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits
  8. 3:5 Lit The house
  9. 3:8 Lit 600 talents
  10. 3:9 Lit 50 shekels
  11. 3:11 Lit five cubits, also in vv. 12,15
  12. 3:12 Syr, Vg; MT reads the one
  13. 3:13 Lit the house
  14. 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)
  15. 3:17 = He Will Establish
  16. 3:17 = Strength Is in Him
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2 Cronache 3
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3 Salomone iniziò quindi a costruire la casa dell'Eterno a Gerusalemme sul monte Moriah, dove l'Eterno era apparso a Davide suo padre, nel luogo che Davide aveva preparato sull'aia di Ornan, il Gebuseo.

2 Egli incominciò a costruire nel secondo giorno del secondo mese del quarto anno del suo regno.

3 Queste sono le misure delle fondamenta gettate da Salomone per la costruzione della casa di DIO. La lunghezza era di sessanta cubiti (in cubiti dell'antica misura), e la larghezza di venti cubiti.

4 Il portico davanti al tempio aveva venti cubiti di lunghezza, eguagliando la larghezza stessa del tempio, e centoventi di altezza. Egli rivestí l'interno di oro finissimo.

5 Ricoprí l'aula maggiore di legno di cipresso, poi la rivesti d'oro fino e sopra vi fece scolpire palme e catenelle,

6 Inoltre decorò l'aula di pietre preziose per ornamento; e l'oro era quello di Parvaim.

7 Rivestí pure d'oro il tempio, le travi, le soglie, le pareti e le porte; e sulle pareti fece scolpire cherubini.

8 Poi costruí il luogo santissimo. Esso aveva venti cubiti di lunghezza, eguagliando cosí la larghezza del tempio, e venti cubiti di larghezza. Lo ricoprí di oro fino del valore di seicento talenti.

9 Il peso dell'oro per i chiodi era di cinquanta sicli. Rivestí d'oro anche le camere superiori.

10 Nel luogo santissimo fece due cherubini scolpiti e li rivestí d'oro.

11 L'apertura alare dei cherubini era di venti cubiti; un'ala di un cherubino lunga cinque cubiti, toccava la parete del tempio, mentre l'altra ala, pure lunga cinque cubiti, toccava l'ala del secondo cherubino.

12 Un'ala del secondo cherubino, lunga cinque cubiti, toccava la parete del tempio, mentre l'altra ala, pure lunga cinque cubiti, toccava l'ala dell'altro cherubino.

13 Le ali dispiegate di questi cherubini misuravano venti cubiti. Essi stavano ritti in piedi con la faccia rivolta verso l'interno del tempio.

14 Fece pure il velo di filo violaceo, porporino, scarlatto e di bisso, e su di esso fece ricamare dei cherubini.

15 Davanti al tempio fece due colonne di trentacinque cubiti di altezza; il capitello in cima a ciascuna di essa era di cinque cubiti.

16 Fece pure delle catenelle, come quelle che erano nel santuario, e le pose in cima alle colonne; fece quindi cento melagrane e le mise sulle catenelle.

17 Poi rizzó le colonne davanti al tempio una a destra e l'altra a sinistra: e quella di destra la chiamò Jakin e quella di sinistra Boaz.

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2 Chronicles 3
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Solomon Builds the Temple(A)

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

3 This is the foundation (E)which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the (F)vestibule that was in front of [c]the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was [d]one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 (G)The larger [e]room he (H)paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. 6 And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made the (I)Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper (J)area with gold. 10 (K)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; 12 one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. 14 And he made the (L)veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.

15 Also he made in front of the [f]temple (M)two pillars [g]thirty-five cubits [h]high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made (N)one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. 17 Then he (O)set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand [i]Jachin, and the name of the one on the left [j]Boaz.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Lit. He, following MT, Vg.; LXX the Lord; Tg. the Angel of the Lord
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16ff
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:4 The holy place, the main room of the temple, 1 Kin. 6:3
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:4 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Arab., some LXX mss., Syr. twenty
  5. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit. house
  6. 2 Chronicles 3:15 Lit. house
  7. 2 Chronicles 3:15 eighteen, 1 Kin. 7:15; 2 Kin. 25:17; Jer. 52:21
  8. 2 Chronicles 3:15 Lit. long
  9. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Lit. He Shall Establish
  10. 2 Chronicles 3:17 Lit. In It Is Strength
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