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| 1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. | 1So Solomon began construction of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite's threshing floor. |
| 2He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began construction on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. | 3These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God's Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits; its width: 20 cubits. |
| 4The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. | 4A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits, and was 120 cubits high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold. |
| 5The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it. | 5The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains. |
| 6He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. | 6The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient. |
| 7So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. |
| 8And 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 talents of fine gold. | 8With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits, and its width extended 20 cubits. Solomon overlaid it with 600 talents of pure gold. |
| 9The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. | 9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. |
| 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. | 10He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. |
| 11The 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; | 11The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits; the wing of one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. |
| 12and 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. | 12The wing of the other cherub, five cubits long, touched the opposite wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. |
| 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. | 13The wings of these cherubim extended for 20 cubits as they stood on their feet and faced the front of the Temple. |
| 14And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. | 14He constructed the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering cherubim on it. |
| 15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. | 15He also made two pillars 35 cubits high for the front of the Temple, topped by a capital that was five cubits high. |
| 16He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. | 16He crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of the chains. |
| 17He 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. | 17He set up the pillars at the front of the Temple, one on the south side of the entrance and the other on the north side of the entrance. He named the south pillar Jachin and the north pillar Boaz. |
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