Chapter 3

Then Solomon began⁵⁵ to build² the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared⁸ unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared⁵² in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And he began⁵⁵ to build² in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed⁹⁰ for the building² of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid¹⁷ it within with pure gold.

And the greater house he cieled¹⁴ with fir tree, which he overlaid¹⁷ with fine gold, and set⁵⁵ thereon palm trees and chains.

And he garnished¹⁷ the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.

He overlaid¹⁷ also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved¹⁴ cherubims on the walls.

And he made⁴ the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid¹⁷ it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.

And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid¹⁴ the upper chambers with gold.

And in the most holy house he made⁴ two cherubims of image work, and overlaid¹⁷ them with gold.

And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching⁵⁶ to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching⁵⁶ to the wing of the other cherub.

And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching⁵⁶ to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.

The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth⁶ twenty cubits: and they stood⁶ on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.

And he made⁴ the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought⁵⁵ cherubims thereon.

Also he made⁴ before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.

And he made⁴ chains, [as] in the oracle, and put⁴ [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made⁴ an hundred pomegranates, and put⁴ [them] on the chains.

And he reared up⁵⁵ the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called⁴ the name of that on the right hand ³²²⁷ Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.