2 Chronicles, 3

1. Solomon then began building the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where David his father had had a vision -- on the site which David had prepared -- on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Mori'ah, where the LORD had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jeb'usite.

2. He began building it on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

2. He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

3. These are the dimensions which Solomon fixed for the structure of the house of God: its length in cubits, according to the old standard, was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits;

3. These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4. and the portico in front of the house was the full width of the house, that is, twenty cubits, and its height was a hundred and twenty cubits; on the inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

4. The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house; and its height was a hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.

5. The Great Hall he lined with juniper, which he overlaid with fine gold and ornamented with palm trees and festoons,

5. The nave he lined with cypress, and covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.

6. and he decorated the hall beautifully with precious stones and with gold from Parvaim,

6. He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parva'im.

7. overlaying the hall, its beams and its thresholds, its walls and its doors, with gold and engraving the walls with great winged creatures.

7. So he lined the house with gold -- its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8. He also made the Holy of Holies, the length of which corresponded to the width of the Great Hall, being twenty cubits, with a width of twenty cubits, and this he overlaid with fine gold weighing six hundred talents,

8. And he made the most holy place; its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits; he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.

9. while the weight of the gold nails was fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

9. The weight of the nails was one shekel to fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10. In the Holy of Holies he modelled two winged creatures of wrought metal work and overlaid them with gold.

10. In the most holy place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.

11. The total span of their wings was twenty cubits; one wing, being five cubits long, touched the wall of the house and the other wing, being five cubits long, touched the wing of the other winged creature;

11. The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the 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. while one wing of the other, five cubits long, touched the other wall of the house and the other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other winged creature.

12. and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.

13. The spread of these creatures' wings was twenty cubits. They stood in an upright position, with their faces towards the Hall.

13. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.

14. He also made the Curtain of violet, scarlet, crimson and fine linen, working a design of winged creatures on it.

14. And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.

15. In front of the Hall he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and on the top of each a capital measuring five cubits.

15. In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.

16. He made festoons, in the Debir, to go at the tops of the pillars, and made a hundred pomegranates to go on the festoons.

16. He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

17. He erected 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.

17. He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Bo'az.