2Ch 3 | ABEn | STEP | And Solomon began to build the house of the lord in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, of which the lord appeared to David his father, in the place which David prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

‏ 2 Chronicles 3

CHAPTER 3 The LORD's House on Mount Moriah

1 And Solomon began to build the house of the lord in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, of which the lord appeared to David his father, in the place which David prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the [²month ¹second], in the [²year ¹fourth] of his kingdom. 3 And these Solomon began to build: the house of God -- the length of the [²measurement ¹first] [²cubits ¹was sixty], and the breadth [²cubits ¹twenty]. 4 And the columned porch before the face of the house -- its length upon the face of the width of the house [²cubits ¹was twenty], and the height [⁴cubits ¹was a hundred ²and ³twenty]. And he gilded it inside [²gold ¹in pure]. 5 And the [²house ¹great] he boarded with woods of cedars, and he gilded it [²gold ¹in pure]. And he carved upon it palms and chainwork. 6 And he adorned the house [²stones ¹with valuable] for glory; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 And he gilded the house, and its walls, and the gatehouses, and the roofing, and the doorways with gold; and he carved cherubim upon the walls. 8 And he made the house of the holy of the holies. Its length upon the face of the width of the house [²cubits ¹was twenty], and the breadth [²cubits ¹was twenty]. And he gilded it [²gold ¹in pure] amounting to [²talents ¹six hundred]. 9 And the scale-weight of the nails -- the scale-weight of the one was fifty shekels of gold. And the upper room he gilded in gold. 10 And he made in the house, in the holy of the holies, [²cherubim ¹two], a work of [²wood ¹incorruptible], and he gilded them in gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubim -- the length [²cubits ¹was twenty], and to the [²wing ¹one ⁴cubits ³was five] touching the wall of the house. 12 And the [²wing ¹other ⁴cubits ³was five], touching the wing of the [²cherub ¹other]. 13 And the wings of these cherubim being open and spread out [²cubits ¹was twenty]. And these stood upon their feet, and their faces were towards the house. 14 And he made the veil out of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and of linen. And he wove [²in ³it ¹cherubim]. 15 And he made in front of the house [²columns ¹two] -- [²cubits ¹thirty-five] in height, and their capitals [²cubits ¹were five]. 16 And he made chain-work in the dabir, and he put them upon the tops of the columns. And he made [²figures of pomegranates ¹a hundred], and put them upon the chainwork. 17 And he set the columns at the front of the temple, one at the right and one at the left. And he called the name of the one at the right -- Success, and the name of the one at the left -- Strength.