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| 1Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. | 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. |
| 2And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. | 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. |
| 4And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. | 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. |
| 5The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. | 5The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it. |
| 6And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. | 6He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. |
| 7He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls. |
| 8And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. | 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. |
| 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold. | 9The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. |
| 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. | 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. |
| 11The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; | 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; |
| 12one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching 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. |
| 13The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. | 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. |
| 14And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. | 14And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. |
| 15Also he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. | 15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. |
| 16He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. | 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. |
| 17Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz. | 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. |
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