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The Second Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 3 -

(1 Kings 6:1–4)
1
So Salomon began to buyld the house of the Lord in Ierusalem, in mount Moriah which had bene declared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.
2
And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
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And these are the measures, whereon Salomon grounded to buylde the house of God: the length of cubites after the first measure was threescore cubites, and the breadth twenty cubites:
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And the porch, that was before the length in the front of the breadth was twentie cubits, and the height was an hundreth and twentie, and he ouerlayd it within with pure golde.

The Temple’s Interior

(1 Kings 6:14–22)
5
And the greater house he sieled with firre tree which he ouerlayd with good golde, and graued thereon palme trees and chaines.
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And hee ouerlayde the house with precious stone for beautie: and the golde was gold of Paruaim.
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The house, I say, the beames, postes, and walles thereof and the doores thereof ouerlayde he with gold, and graued Cherubims vpon the walles.
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He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof was in the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubites: and he ouerlayde it with the best golde, of sixe hundreth talents.
9
And the weight of the nayles was fiftie shekels of golde, and hee ouerlayde the chambers with golde.

The Cherubim

(1 Kings 6:23–30)
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And in the house of the most holy place he made two Cherubims wrought like children, and ouerlayd them with golde.
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And the winges of the Cherubims were twentie cubites long: the one wing was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, and the other wing fiue cubites, reaching to the wing of the other Cherub.
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Likewise the wing of ye other Cherub was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house, and the other wing fiue cubites ioyning to the wing of the other Cherub.
13
The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.

The Veil and Pillars

(1 Kings 7:13–22)
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He made also the vaile of blew silke and purple, and crimosin, and fine linen, and wrought Cherubims thereon.
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And he made before the house two pillars of fiue and thirtie cubites hie: and the chapiter that was vpon the top of eche of them, was fiue cubites.
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He made also chaines for the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars, and made an hundreth pomegranates, and put them among the chaines.
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And he set vp the pillars before the Temple, one on the right hande and the other on the left, and called that on the right hand Iachin, and that on the left hand Boaz.
(1 Kings 6:1–4)
1
Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house: the length by cubits(a) after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
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The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

The Temple’s Interior

(1 Kings 6:14–22)
5
He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
6
He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
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He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
8
He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.(b)
9
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels (c) of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

The Cherubim

(1 Kings 6:23–30)
10
In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold.
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The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12
The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The Veil and Pillars

(1 Kings 7:13–22)
14
He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
15
Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
16
He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
17
He set 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.

Footnotes

(a)3:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
(b)3:8 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons
(c)3:9 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces.
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