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2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 3

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    Solomon Builds the Temple

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lorda had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  • 1
    Solomon Builds the Temple

    Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [a]the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan[b] the Jebusite.
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    He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
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    And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
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    These are Solomon’s measurementsb for building the house of God: the length, in cubitsc of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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    This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits.
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    The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,d and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
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    And the vestibule that was in front of [c]the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was [d]one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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    The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
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    The larger [e]room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.
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    He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
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    And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
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    So he lined the house with gold — its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors — and he carved cherubim on the walls.
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    He also overlaid the house — the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors — with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
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    And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talentse of fine gold.
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    And he made the 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.
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    The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.f And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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    The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold.
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    In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of woodg and overlaidh them with gold.
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    In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold.
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    The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
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    The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub;
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    and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
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    one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
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    The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubimi stood on their feet, facing the nave.
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    The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.
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    And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
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    And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.
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    In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
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    Also he made in front of the [f]temple two pillars [g]thirty-five cubits [h]high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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    He made chains like a necklacej and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.
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    He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork.
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    He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
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    Then he 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.
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