Then Solomon began
to build
the house
of the LORD
at Jerusalem
in mount
Moriah
, where the LORD appeared
unto David
his father
, in the place
that David
had prepared
in the threshingfloor
of Ornan
the Jebusite
.
And he began to build
in the second
day of the second
month
, in the fourth
year
of his reign
.
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed
for the building
of the house
of God
. The length
by cubits
after the first
measure
was threescore
cubits
, and the breadth
twenty
cubits
.
And the porch that was in the front
of the house , the length
of it was according to the breadth
of the house
, twenty
cubits
, and the height
was an hundred
and twenty
: and he overlaid
it within
with pure
gold
.
And the greater house
he cieled
with fir
tree
, which he overlaid
with fine
gold
, and set
thereon palm trees
and chains
.
And he garnished the house
with precious
stones
for beauty
: and the gold
was gold
of Parvaim
.
He overlaid also the house
, the beams
, the posts
, and the walls
thereof, and the doors
thereof, with gold
; and graved
cherubims
on the walls
.
And he made the most
holy
house
, the length
whereof was according to
the breadth
of the house
, twenty
cubits
, and the breadth
thereof twenty
cubits
: and he overlaid
it with fine
gold
, amounting to six
hundred
talents
.
And the weight of the nails
was fifty
shekels
of gold
. And he overlaid
the upper chambers
with gold
.
And in the most holy
house
he made
two
cherubims
of image
work
, and overlaid
them with gold
.
And the wings of the cherubims
were twenty
cubits
long
: one
wing
of the one cherub was five
cubits
, reaching
to the wall
of the house
: and the other
wing
was likewise five
cubits
, reaching
to the wing
of the other
cherub
.
And one wing of the other
cherub
was five
cubits
, reaching
to the wall
of the house
: and the other
wing
was five
cubits
also , joining
to the wing
of the other
cherub
.
The wings of these cherubims
spread themselves forth
twenty
cubits
: and they stood
on their feet
, and their faces
were inward
.
And he made the vail
of blue
, and purple
, and crimson
, and fine linen
, and wrought
cherubims
thereon.
Also he made before
the house
two
pillars
of thirty
and five
cubits
high
, and the chapiter
that was on the top
of each of them was five
cubits
.
And he made chains
, as in the oracle
, and put
them on the heads
of the pillars
; and made
an hundred
pomegranates
, and put
them on the chains
.
And he reared up the pillars
before
the temple
, one
on the right hand
, and the other
on the left
; and called
the name
of that on the right hand
Jachin
, and the name
of that on the left
Boaz
.