2 Chronicles 3
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Solomon Builds the Temple
3 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 designated, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.(A) 2 He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon’s measurements[a] for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits. 4 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, across the width of the house,[b] and its height was one hundred twenty cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5 The great hall he lined with cypress, covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.(B) 6 He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 So he lined the house with gold: its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.(C)
8 He made the most holy place; its length, corresponding to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.(D) 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10 In the most holy place he made two carved cherubim and overlaid[c] them with gold.(E) 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, five cubits long, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also five cubits long, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim[d] stood on their feet facing the main hall. 14 And Solomon[e] made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen and worked cherubim into it.(F)
15 In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital of five cubits on its top.(G) 16 He made encircling[f] chains and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made one hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right, the other on the left; the one on the right he called Jachin, and the one on the left, Boaz.(H)
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2 Chronicles 3
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Temple Construction(A)
3 So Solomon began construction of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord[a] had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite’s threshing floor. 2 He began construction on the second day[b] of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
Dimensions of the Temple
3 These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God’s Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits;[c] its width: 20 cubits.[d] 4 A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits,[e] and was[f] 120 cubits[g] high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold. 5 The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains. 6 The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.[h] 7 The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. 8 With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits,[i] and its width extended 20 cubits.[j]
Materials of the Temple
Solomon[k] overlaid it with 600 talents[l] of pure gold. 9 The gold nails weighed 50 shekels.[m] He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. 10 He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. 11 The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits;[n] the wing of one, five cubits[o] long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits[p] long, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other cherub, five cubits[q] long, touched the opposite[r] wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits[s] long, touched the wing of the first[t] cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended for 20 cubits[u] as they stood on their feet and faced the front of[v] the Temple. 14 He constructed the veil from blue,[w] purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering cherubim on it. 15 He also made two pillars 35 cubits[x] high for the front of the Temple, topped by a capital that was five cubits[y] high. 16 He crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of the chains. 17 He set up the pillars at the front of the Temple, one on the south side of the entrance[z] and the other on the north side of the entrance.[aa] He named the south pillar Jachin[ab] and the north pillar Boaz.[ac]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:1 The Heb. lacks the Lord
- 2 Chronicles 3:2 The Heb. lacks day
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 I.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The Heb. lacks was
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 I.e. about 180 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:6 Lit. from Parvaim
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 Lit. He
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 45,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 I.e. about 20 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 The Heb. lacks opposite
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 Lit. other
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 The Heb. lacks the front of
- 2 Chronicles 3:14 Or violet
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 I.e. about 52 and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 The Heb. lacks of the entrance
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 The Heb. lacks of the entrance
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 The Heb. name means He will establish
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 The Heb. name means In him is strength
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