2 Chronicles 3

New King James Version

Solomon Builds the Temple^(A)

3 Now^(B)Solomon began to build the house of theLordat^(C)Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where^[a]theLordhad 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 seconddayof 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 lengthwassixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits.⁴ And the^(F)vestibule thatwasin frontof^[c]the sanctuarywas twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the heightwas^[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 goldwasgold 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 nailswasfifty 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 cherubimweretwenty cubits inoveralllength: one wingof the one cherub wasfive cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wingwasfive cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub;¹² onewing of the other cherubwasfive cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wingalso wasfive 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 thatwason the top of each ofthemwas five cubits.¹⁶ He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and putthemon top of the pillars; and he made^(N)one hundred pomegranates, and putthemon 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.