| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. | 1Solomon began building the LORD's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
| 2Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. | 3Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. |
| 4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. | 4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold. |
| 5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. | 5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. |
| 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. | 6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. |
| 7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls. |
| 8Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold. | 8He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold. |
| 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold. | 9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold. |
| 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold. | 10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold. |
| 11The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. | 11The combined wing span of the cherubs was 30 feet. One of the first cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub's wings. |
| 12The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. | 12Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. |
| 13So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room. | 13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward. |
| 14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it. | 14He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. |
| 15In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits. | 15In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52 1/2 feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. |
| 16He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. | 16He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. |
| 17Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz. | 17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin, and the one on the left Boaz. |
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