2 Chronicles 3
Christian Standard Bible
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
- 3:1 LXX; Tg reads the angel of the Lord; MT reads he
- 3:1 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16–24
- 3:3 Tg reads The measurements which Solomon decreed
- 3:3 Lit length—cubits in the former measure—
- 3:3 Lit 60 cubits
- 3:3 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 4,8,11,13
- 3:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits
- 3:5 Lit The house
- 3:8 Lit 600 talents
- 3:9 Lit 50 shekels
- 3:11 Lit five cubits, also in vv. 12,15
- 3:12 Syr, Vg; MT reads the one
- 3:13 Lit the house
- 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)
- 3:17 = He Will Establish
- 3:17 = Strength Is in Him
2 Crónicas 3
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Salomón edifica el templo
3 Entonces Salomón comenzó a edificar la casa del Señor(A) en Jerusalén en el monte Moriah, donde el Señor se había aparecido a su padre David, en el lugar que David había preparado en la era de Ornán jebuseo(B). 2 Y comenzó a edificar en el segundo día del segundo mes, del año cuarto de su reinado. 3 Estos son los cimientos que Salomón puso para la edificación de la casa de Dios: la longitud en codos (un codo: 45 centímetros), conforme a la medida antigua, era de 60 codos (27 metros), y la anchura de 20 codos (9 metros)(C). 4 Y el pórtico que estaba al frente del templo[a] tenía la misma longitud que la anchura de la casa, 20 codos (9 metros)(D), y la altura, 120; y lo revistió por dentro de oro puro. 5 Recubrió el salón principal(E) de madera de ciprés, la revistió de oro fino y la adornó con palmas y cadenillas. 6 Adornó además la casa con piedras preciosas; y el oro era oro de Parvaim[b]. 7 (F)También revistió de oro la casa: las vigas, los umbrales, sus paredes y sus puertas; y esculpió querubines en las paredes(G).
8 Hizo asimismo la habitación del Lugar Santísimo(H); su longitud, correspondiente a la anchura de la casa, era de 20 codos (9 metros), y su anchura era de 20 codos; la revistió de oro fino, que ascendía a 600 talentos (20.4 toneladas). 9 El peso de los clavos era de 50 siclos (570 gramos) de oro. También revistió de oro los aposentos altos(I).
10 Entonces hizo dos querubines de obra tallada en la habitación del Lugar Santísimo y los revistió de oro(J). 11 Y las alas de los dos querubines medían 20 codos (9 metros); el ala de uno, de 5 codos (2.25 metros), tocaba la pared de la casa, y su otra ala, de 5 codos, tocaba el ala del otro querubín. 12 Y el ala del otro querubín, de 5 codos (2.25 metros), tocaba la pared de la casa; y su otra ala, de 5 codos (2.25 metros), se unía al ala del primer querubín. 13 Las alas de estos querubines se extendían 20 codos (9 metros); estaban de pie, con sus rostros vueltos hacia el salón[c] principal. 14 Hizo después el velo de violeta, púrpura, carmesí y lino fino, e hizo bordar querubines en él(K).
15 (L)Hizo también dos columnas para el frente de la casa, de 35 codos (15.75 metros) de alto, y el capitel encima de cada una era de 5 codos (2.25 metros). 16 Hizo asimismo cadenillas en el santuario interior, y las puso encima de las columnas; e hizo 100 granadas y las puso en las cadenillas. 17 Y erigió las columnas delante del templo, una a la derecha y otra a la izquierda, y llamó a la de la derecha Jaquín[d] y a la de la izquierda Boaz[e](M).
2 Chronicles 3
New International Version
Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
3 Then Solomon began to build(B) the temple of the Lord(C) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a](D) the Jebusite, the place provided by David. 2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.(E)
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[b](F) (using the cubit of the old standard). 4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[c] long across the width of the building and twenty[d] cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(G) and chain designs. 6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim(H) on the walls.
8 He built the Most Holy Place,(I) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[e] of fine gold. 9 The gold nails(J) weighed fifty shekels.[f] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair(K) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. 11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[g] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12 Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim(L) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[h]
14 He made the curtain(M) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(N) worked into it.
15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(O) which together were thirty-five cubits[i] long, each with a capital(P) five cubits high. 16 He made interwoven chains[j](Q) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates(R) and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[k] and the one to the north Boaz.[l]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 Or facing inward
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
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