aThen Solomon began
to build
the house
of the LORD
in Jerusalem
on Mount
Moriah
, where
the L{ORD} had appeared
to his father
David
, at the place
that David
had prepared
bon the threshing
floor
of 1Ornan
the Jebusite
.
He began to build
on the second
day in the second
month
1of the fourth
year
of his reign
.
Now these are the 1foundations
which aSolomon
laid
for building
the house
of God
. The length
in 2cubits
, according to the old
standard
was sixty
cubits
, and the width
twenty
cubits
.
The porch which
was in front
of the house awas as long
as the width
of the house
, twenty
cubits
, and the height
120
; and inside
he overlaid
it with pure
gold
.
He overlaid athe 1main
room
with cypress
wood
and overlaid
it with fine
gold
, and 2ornamented
it with palm
trees
and chains
.
Further, he 1adorned the house
with precious
stones
; and the gold
was gold
from 2Parvaim
.
aHe also overlaid the house
with gold
--the beams
, the thresholds
and its walls
and its doors
; and he bcarved
cherubim
on the walls
.
Now he made athe 1room
of the holy
of holies
: its length
across
the width
of the house
was twenty
cubits
, and its width
was twenty
cubits
; and he overlaid
it with fine
gold
, amounting to 600
talents
.
The weight of the nails
was fifty
shekels
of gold
. He also overlaid
athe upper
rooms
with gold
.
aThen he made two
1sculptured
cherubim
in the room
of the holy
of holies
and overlaid
them with gold
.
The wingspan of the cherubim
was twenty
cubits
; the wing
of one
, of five
cubits
, touched
the wall
of the house
, and its other
wing
, of five
cubits
, touched
the wing
of the other
cherub
.
The wing of the other
cherub
, of five
cubits
, touched
the wall
of the house
; and its other
wing
of five
cubits
was attached
to the wing
of the 1first
cherub
.
The wings of these
cherubim
extended
twenty
cubits
, and they stood
on their feet
1facing
the main room
.
aHe made the veil
of violet
, purple
, crimson
and fine
linen
, and he worked
cherubim
on it.
aHe also made two
pillars
for the front
of the house
, thirty-five
cubits
1high
, and the capital
on the top
of each was five
cubits
.
He made chains
in the inner
sanctuary
and placed
them on the tops
of the pillars
; and he made
one hundred
pomegranates
and placed
them on the chains
.
aHe erected the pillars
in front
of the temple
, one
on the right
and the other
on the left
, and named
the one on the right
Jachin
and the one on the left
Boaz
.