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3:2 He began <02490> building <01129> on the second <08145> day of the second <08145> month <02320> of the fourth <0702> year <08141> of his reign <04438>. 3:3 Solomon <08010> laid <01129> the foundation <03245> for God’s <0430> temple <01004>; its length <0753> (determined according to the old <07223> standard <04060> <0520> of measure <04060> <0520>) was 90 feet <08346> <0520>, and its width <07341> 30 feet <06242> <0520>. 3:4 The porch <0197> in front <06440> of the main hall was 30 feet <06242> <0520> long <0753>, corresponding <06440> to the width <07341> of the temple <01004>, and its height <01363> was 30 feet <06242> <03967>. He plated <06823> the inside <06441> with pure <02889> gold <02091>. 3:5 He paneled <02645> the main hall <01004> with boards <01419> made from evergreen <01265> trees <06086> and plated <02645> it with fine <02896> gold <02091>, decorated <05927> with palm trees <08561> and chains <08333>. 3:6 He decorated <06823> the temple <01004> with precious <03368> stones <068>; the gold <02091> <02091> he used came from Parvaim <06516>. 3:7 He overlaid <02645> the temple’s <01004> rafters <06982>, thresholds <05592>, walls <07023> and doors <01817> with gold <02091>; he carved <06605> decorative cherubim <03742> on <05921> the walls <07023>. 3:8 He made <06213> the most holy place <06944> <06944>; its length <0753> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>, corresponding to <06440> <05921> the width <07341> of the temple <01004>, and its width <07341> 30 feet <06242> <0520>. He plated <02645> it with 600 <03967> <08337> talents <03603> of fine <02896> gold <02091>. 3:9 The gold <02091> nails <04548> weighed <04948> 50 <02572> shekels <08255>; he also plated <02645> the upper areas <05944> with gold <02091>. 3:10 In the most holy <06944> <06944> place <01004> he made <04639> two <08147> images <06816> of cherubim <03742> and plated <06823> them with gold <02091>. 3:11 The combined wing <03671> span of the cherubs <03742> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>. One <0259> of the first cherub’s wings <03671> was seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long <0753> and touched <05060> one wall <07023> of the temple <01004>; its other <0312> wing <03671> was also seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <05060> one of the second cherub’s <03742> wings <03671>. 3:12 Likewise one <0259> of the second cherub’s <03742> wings <03671> was seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <05060> the other wall <07023> of the temple <01004>; its other <0312> wing <03671> was also seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> long and touched <01695> one of the first <0312> cherub’s <03742> wings <03671>. 3:13 The combined wingspan <06566> <03671> of these <0428> cherubim <03742> was 30 feet <06242> <0520>. They <01992> stood <05975> upright <07272>, facing <06440> inward <01004>. 3:14 He made <06213> the curtain <06532> out of violet <08504>, purple <0713>, crimson <03758>, and white fabrics <0948>, and embroidered <05927> on <05921> it decorative cherubim <03742>. 3:15 In front of <06440> the temple <01004> he made <06213> two <08147> pillars <05982> which <0834> had a combined length <0753> of 52½ feet <02568> <07970> <0520>, with each having a plated capital <06858> seven and one-half feet <02568> <0520> high. 3:16 He made <06213> ornamental chains <08333> and put <05414> them on <05921> top <07218> of the pillars <05982>. He also made <06213> one hundred <03967> pomegranate-shaped ornaments <07416> and arranged <05414> them within the chains <08333>. 3:17 He set up <06965> the <0853> pillars <05982> in <05921> front <06440> of the temple <01964>, one <0259> on the right side <03225> and the other <0259> on the left <08042>. He named <08034> <07121> the one on the right <03227> Jachin <03199>, and the one on the left <08040> Boaz <01162>.

• 2Ch 3:1--5:1 -- The Building of the Temple

• Veil, vail

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mitpahath (Ruth 3:15; marg., "sheet" or "apron;" R.V., "mantle"). In Isa. 3:22 this word is plural, rendered "wimples;" R.V., "shawls" i.e., wraps. (2.) Massekah (Isa. 25:7; in Isa. 28:20 rendered "covering"). The ...
  

• Vail

  [nave] VAIL 1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to divide the holy of holies from the holy place. Called the second veil, Heb. 6:19; 9:3. Ordinances prescribing, Ex. 26:31-33. Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab, Ex. 36:35, 36. See: Vei...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Temple

  [smith] There is perhaps no building of the ancient world which has excited so much attention since the time of its destruction as the temple which Solomon built by Herod. Its spoils were considered worthy of forming the principal il...
  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Stones, Precious

  [ebd] Frequently referred to (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chr. 3:6; 9:10; Rev. 18:16; 21:19). There are about twenty different names of such stones in the Bible. They are figuratively introduced to denote value, beauty, durability (Cant. 5:14...
  

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• LINEN

  [ebd] (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Jo...
  [isbe] LINEN - lin'-en (badh, "white linen," used chiefly for priestly robes, buts, "byssus," a fine white Egyptian linen, called in the earlier writings shesh; pesheth, "flax," cadhin; bussos, othonion, linon, sindon): Thread or c...
  

• JACHIN AND BOAZ

  [isbe] JACHIN AND BOAZ - ja'-kin (yakhin, "he shall establish"; bo`az, "in it is strength," 1 Ki 7:15-22; 2 Ki 25:16,17; 2 Ch 3:15-17; Jer 52:17): These were the names of the two bronze pillars that stood before the temple of Solom...
  

• House

  [ebd] Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The He...
  

• Holy of Holies

  [isbe] HOLY OF HOLIES - ho'-liz (qodhesh ha-qodhashim, Ex 26:33, debhir, 1 Ki 6:16, etc.; in the New Testament, hagia hagion, Heb 9:3): The name given to the innermost shrine, or adytum of the sanctuary of Yahweh. 1. In the Taberna...
  [nave] HOLY OF HOLIES Ex. 26:33, 34; Lev. 16:2, 16, 17, 20, 23, 27, 33; 1 Kin. 6:16; 7:50; 8:6; 1 Chr. 6:49; 2 Chr. 3:8, 10; 4:22; 5:7; Psa. 28:2; Ezek. 41:4, 21, 23; 45:3; Heb. 9:3, 8, 12, 25; 10:19; 13:11
  

• GARNISH

  [ebd] overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44). In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splend...
  [isbe] GARNISH - gar'-nish (tsippah, shiphrah; kosmeo): The word is used twice in the Old Testament. In 2 Ch 3:6, tsippah means "to overlay," or "to plate." Thus, he "garnished" the house or "overlaid" it, "studded" it, with precio...
  

• Fir

  [ebd] the uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., "cypress") of berosh (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kings 5:8, 10; 6:15, 34; 9:11, etc.), a lofty tree (Isa. 55:13) growing on Lebanon (37:24). Its wood was used in making musical...
  

• FINE

  [isbe] FINE - fin (adj., from Latin finire, "to finish"): Indicates superior quality. Only in a few instances does "fine" represent a separate word: (1) Tobh, "good," qualifies gold (2 Ch 3:5,8, "fine gold"; compare Gen 2:12, "good...
  

• Cherubim

  [nave] CHERUBIM Eastward of the garden of Eden, Gen. 3:24. In the tabernacle, Ex. 25:18-20; 37:7-9. Ark rested beneath the wings of, 1 Kin. 8:6, 7; 2 Chr. 5:7, 8; Heb. 9:5. Figures of, embroidered on walls of tabernacle, Ex. 26:...
  

• Chapiter

  [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...
  

• CHERUBIM (1)

  [isbe] CHERUBIM (1) - cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to s...
  

• CEILING

  [ebd] the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings...
  [smith] The descriptions of Scripture, (1 Kings 6:9,15; 7:3; 2 Chronicles 3:5,9; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4) and of Josephus, show that the ceilings of the temple and the palaces of the Jewish kings were formed of cedar planks ...
  

• BEAUTY

  [isbe] BEAUTY - bu'-ti: The space allotted to this topic allows liberty only for the statement of two problems to students of the Bible. They should give distinct attention to the interblending of aesthetics with ethics in the Scri...
  

• Amon

  [ebd] builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set...
  

• The Temple's Furnishings

  

• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

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