Solomon Begins Building the Lord’s House in Jerusalem |
2 Chronicles 3:1-17 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
Then, Solomon began to build the [Lord’s] house [in] Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah. Where the Lord appeared to his father, David, & the place [where] David had prepared the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite. |
[1 Chronicles 21:17-18 And David said to God, Isn’t it I, [who] commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I, [who] sinned, & [have] indeed done evil. But as for these sheep, [Israelites,] what have they done? |
I pray You, O Lord God, let Your hand be on me, & on my father’s house, & not on Your people, that they should be plagued. Then, the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, & [put] up an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite.] |
And [Solomon] began to build [on] the 2nd day of the 2nd month, in the 4th year [he ruled.] Now, Solomon instructed these things for building the house, [a.k.a. temple,] of God. The length was 60 cubits, & 20 cubits [wide.] |
And the length & [width] of the [covered] porch in front of the [temple were:] 20 cubits [by] 20 cubits, & [its] height was 120 [cubits.] He overlaid it [inside] with pure gold. The [larger room,] he [paneled] with fir [trees,] which he overlaid with fine gold, & [decorated them with:] palm trees, & chains. |
And [Solomon decorated] the [temple] with precious stones for beauty, & the gold was [from] Parvaim. He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, the walls, & doors [of it,] & the [carved] cherubim, [a.k.a. angelic figures,] on the walls with gold. |
And he made the Most Holy [Place, in the] [temple] 20 cubits [long by] 20 cubits [wide,] & he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents. And the weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper [rooms] with gold. |
And in the Most Holy [Place, in the Lord's] house, he made 2 cherubim [images,] & overlaid them with gold. And the wings of the cherubims, [a.k.a. cherubs,] were 20 cubits long [total for the 2 angelic figures, as they stood side by side.] |
[Each] wing of the [2 cherubs was] 5 cubits. [The 2 cherub's wings touched each other in the middle, & touched a temple wall with their outer wing, as] they stood on their feet, & were [faced] inward. The wings of [both] cherubs spread 20 cubits, [wing tip to wing tip.] |
And he made the [veil] of: blue, purple, & crimson, & fine linen, & [formed the] cherubims [in there.] [For the front of] the [temple,] he made two 35 cubit high pillars. The [capitals] on the top of each of them was 5 cubits. |
And he made chains [like] [what was] in the oracle, & put them on the [tops] of the pillars. [He] made 100 pomegranates, & put them on the chains. He [put] up the pillars [in front of] the temple, 1 on the right [side & named it:] Jachin, & put the other [pillar] on the left, & [named it:] Boaz. |