2 Chronicles 3 NKJV ISV Parallel

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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.

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.

2And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

2He began construction on the second day of 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 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.

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.

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 larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork 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.

6And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

6The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.

7He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; 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 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.

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 the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area 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, fashioned by carving, 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 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 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.

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.

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 spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.

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, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.

14He constructed the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering 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.

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 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 crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of 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 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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