1 T hen Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

2 H e began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. Dimensions and Materials of the Temple

and he beginneth to build in the second, in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 N ow these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

And these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length cubits by the former measure sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 T he porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

As to the porch that on the front, the length by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold.

5 H e overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,

6 F urther, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold gold of Parvaim,

7 H e also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.

8 N ow he made the room 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.

And he maketh the most holy house: its length by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents;

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

and the weight of the nails fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.

10 T hen he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold.

And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold;

11 T he 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.

as to the wings of the cherubs, their length twenty cubits, the wing of the one five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

12 T he 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 first cherub.

And the wing of the other cherub five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.

13 T he wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces inward.

14 H e made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.

15 H e also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits.

And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that on their heads five cubits.

16 H e 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.

And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains.

17 H e 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.

And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.