The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 03
1 Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David
his father, which he prepared in the place
that Davidhad appointed, onthe threshing
floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 He began to build in the second day of
the second month, in the fourth year of his
reign.
3 Now these are the foundations which
Solomon laid for the building of God’s
house: the length by cubits† after the first
measure was sixty cubits, and the width
twenty cubits.
4 The porch that was in front, its
length, across the width of the house, was
twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; andhe overlaidit within withpure
gold.
5 He made the larger room with a ceiling
of cypress wood, which he overlaid with
fine gold, and ornamented it with palm
trees and chains.
6 He decorated the house with precious
stones for beauty. The gold was gold from
Parvaim.
7 He also overlaid the house, the beams,
the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with
gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
8 Hemade themostholy place. Its length,
according to the width of the house, was
twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits;
and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.‡
9 The weight of the nails was fifty
shekels§ of gold. He overlaid the upper
rooms with gold.
10 In the most holy place he made two
cherubim by carving, and they overlaid
them with gold.
11 The wings of the cherubim were
twenty cubits long: the wing of the one
was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the
house; and the other wing was five cubits,
reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 The wing of the other cherub was five
cubits, reaching to the wall of the house;
and the other wing was five cubits, joining
to the wing of the other cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubim spread
themselves out twenty cubits. They stood
on their feet, and their faces were toward
the house.
14 He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it
with cherubim.
15 Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital
that was onthe top of eachofthemwasfive
cubits.
16 He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars;
and he made one hundred pomegranates,
and put them on the chains.
17 He set up the pillars before the temple,
one on the right hand and the other on
the left; and called the name of that on the
right hand Jachin, and the name of that on
the left Boaz.