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The Second Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 3 -

(1 Kings 6:1–4)
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And Solomon begins to build the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, on the mount of Moriah where He appeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
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and he begins to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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And [in] these Solomon has been instructed to build the house of God: the length [in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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As for the porch that [is] on the front, the length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house—twenty cubits, and the height one hundred and twenty [[ or twenty ]], and he overlays it within with pure gold.

The Temple’s Interior

(1 Kings 6:14–22)
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And he has covered the large house with fir-trees, and he covers it with fine gold, and causes palms and chains to ascend on it,
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and he overlays the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
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and he covers the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and has engraved cherubim on the walls.
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And he makes the most holy house: its length by the front of the breadth of the house—twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covers it with six hundred talents of fine gold;
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and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and he has covered the upper chambers with gold.

The Cherubim

(1 Kings 6:23–30)
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And he makes two cherubim in the most holy house, image work, and he overlays them with gold;
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as for the wings of the cherubim, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
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And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub.
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The wings of these cherubim are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.

The Veil and Pillars

(1 Kings 7:13–22)
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And he makes the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causes cherubim to go up on it.
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And he makes two pillars at the front of the house, thirty-five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads [is] five cubits.
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And he makes chains in the oracle, and puts [them] on the heads of the pillars, and makes one hundred pomegranates, and puts [them] on the chains.
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And he raises up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left, and calls the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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(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.
2
He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3
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.
4
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.
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
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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.
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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.
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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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