Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah
at
Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where `Jehovah'
appeared unto
David
his father ,
which
he
made
ready
in
the place that David had appointed,
in
the threshing -
floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then 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.
And
he
began to
build
in
the second `
day '
of the second month ,
in the fourth year of his reign.
Solomon
began construction
on
the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Now
these
are
the foundations
which
Solomon laid for the building
of
the
house of God .
The
length
by
cubits
after
the
first
measure
was threescore
cubits ,
and the
breadth
twenty cubits.
The foundation
that
Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty
cubits long
and twenty cubits wide,
according
to
the
old
standard
.
And
the porch
that
was
before
`the
house',
the length
of
it
, according
to
the breadth
of the house
, was twenty cubits ,
and
the
height
a
hundred
and twenty ;
and
he overlaid it
within
with pure gold.
The 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.
And
the
greater
house
he ceiled
with fir-wood
, which he overlaid with fine gold ,
and wrought
thereon
palm -
trees and chains.
He paneled
the
main
room
with cypress
, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated
with
palm trees and chains.
And
he garnished
the house
with precious stones for beauty :
and the
gold was gold
of
Parvaim.
He adorned
the temple
with precious stones for beauty ,
and its
gold was from
Parvaim.
He overlaid also
the
house,
the
beams, the
thresholds, and
the
walls thereof
, and the
doors thereof,
with gold ;
and graved
cherubim on the walls.
He overlaid its
beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold ,
and he
carved
cherubim on the walls.
And
he made the most holy house:
the
length thereof,
according
to the breadth
of the house,
was
twenty cubits ,
and the
breadth
thereof
twenty cubits ;
and he overlaid it
with fine
gold,
amounting
to
six hundred talents.
Then
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
.
And
the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And
he overlaid the upper chambers
with gold.
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also
overlaid the upper area
with gold.
And
in the most holy house
he made two cherubim of image
work ;
and they
overlaid them with gold.
In the Most Holy Place
he made two cherubim of sculptured
work ,
and he
overlaid them with gold.
And
the wings
of the cherubim were
twenty cubits long:
the
wing of the one
`
cherub '
was five cubits ,
reaching
to
the wall of the house;
and the
other wing was `likewise'
five cubits ,
reaching
to
the wing of the other cherub.
The 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.
And
the wing of the other
cherub was
five cubits ,
reaching
to
the wall of the house;
and
the
other wing was
five cubits `also',
joining
to
the wing of the other
cherub.
The 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.
The wings
of these cherubim spread
themselves
forth
twenty cubits :
and
they stood on their feet, and
their
faces
were
toward
the house
.
So
the total
wingspan
of these cherubim was
twenty cubits .
They stood on their feet, facing
the main
room
.
And
he made the veil of blue, and
purple, and crimson ,
and fine linen, and
wrought
cherubim thereon
.
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn
and fine linen, with
cherubim woven
into
it
.
Also
he made before
the
house
two pillars of
thirty and
five cubits high, and
the
capital that
was
on the
top of
each
of
them
was
five cubits.
In
front
of
the
temple
he made two pillars ,
which
together
were
thirty -
five cubits high, each
with
a
capital on top measuring
five cubits.
And
he made chains in
the
oracle,
and put `
them '
on the
tops
of the pillars ;
and
he made a hundred pomegranates ,
and put
them on
the chains
.
He made interwoven
chains and put them on top
of the pillars .
He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened
them into
the chainwork
.
And
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.
Then
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.
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