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2 Chronicles 3:1-15

3:1

Then Solomon
<08010>

began
<02490> (8686)

to build
<01129> (8800)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

at Jerusalem
<03389>

in mount
<02022>

Moriah
<04179>_,

where [the LORD] appeared
<07200> (8738)

unto David
<01732>

his father
<01>_,

in the place
<04725>

that David
<01732>

had prepared
<03559> (8689)

in the threshingfloor
<01637>

of Ornan
<0771>

the Jebusite
<02983>_.

{where...: or, which was seen of David his father} {Ornan: also called, Araunah}

3:2

And he began
<02490> (8686)

to build
<01129> (8800)

in the second
<08145>

[day] of the second
<08145>

month
<02320>_,

in the fourth
<0702>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04438>_.

3:3

Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon
<08010>

was instructed
<03245> (8717)

for the building
<01129> (8800)

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_.

The length
<0753>

by cubits
<0520>

after the first
<07223>

measure
<04060>

[was] threescore
<08346>

cubits
<0520>_,

and the breadth
<07341>

twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>_.

{instructed: Heb. founded}

3:4

And the porch
<0197>

that [was] in the front
<06440>

[of the house], the length
<0753>

[of it was] according to the breadth
<07341>

of the house
<01004>_,

twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>_,

and the height
<01363>

[was] an hundred
<03967>

and twenty
<06242>_:

and he overlaid
<06823> (8762)

it within
<06441>

with pure
<02889>

gold
<02091>_.

3:5

And the greater
<01419>

house
<01004>

he cieled
<02645> (8765)

with fir
<01265>

tree
<06086>_,

which he overlaid
<02645> (8762)

with fine
<02896>

gold
<02091>_,

and set
<05927> (8686)

thereon palm trees
<08561>

and chains
<08333>_.

3:6

And he garnished
<06823> (8762)

the house
<01004>

with precious
<03368>

stones
<068>

for beauty
<08597>_:

and the gold
<02091>

[was] gold
<02091>

of Parvaim
<06516>_.

{garnished: Heb. covered}

3:7

He overlaid
<02645> (8762)

also the house
<01004>_,

the beams
<06982>_,

the posts
<05592>_,

and the walls
<07023>

thereof, and the doors
<01817>

thereof, with gold
<02091>_;

and graved
<06605> (8765)

cherubims
<03742>

on the walls
<07023>_.

3:8

And he made
<06213> (8799)

the most
<06944>

holy
<06944>

house
<01004>_,

the length
<0753>

whereof [was] according to
<06440>

the breadth
<07341>

of the house
<01004>_,

twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>_,

and the breadth
<07341>

thereof twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>_:

and he overlaid
<02645> (8762)

it with fine
<02896>

gold
<02091>_,

[amounting] to six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

talents
<03603>_.

3:9

And the weight
<04948>

of the nails
<04548>

[was] fifty
<02572>

shekels
<08255>

of gold
<02091>_.

And he overlaid
<02645> (8765)

the upper chambers
<05944>

with gold
<02091>_.

3:10

And in the most
<06944>

holy
<06944>

house
<01004>

he made
<06213> (8799)

two
<08147>

cherubims
<03742>

of image
<06816>

work
<04639>_,

and overlaid
<06823> (8762)

them with gold
<02091>_.

{image...: or, (as some think) of moveable work}

3:11

And the wings
<03671>

of the cherubims
<03742>

[were] twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>

long
<0753>_:

one
<0259>

wing
<03671>

[of the one cherub was] five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>_,

reaching
<05060> (8688)

to the wall
<07023>

of the house
<01004>_:

and the other
<0312>

wing
<03671>

[was likewise] five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>_,

reaching
<05060> (8688)

to the wing
<03671>

of the other
<0312>

cherub
<03742>_.

3:12

And [one] wing
<03671>

of the other
<0259>

cherub
<03742>

[was] five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>_,

reaching
<05060> (8688)

to the wall
<07023>

of the house
<01004>_:

and the other
<0312>

wing
<03671>

[was] five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>

[also], joining
<01695>

to the wing
<03671>

of the other
<0312>

cherub
<03742>_.

3:13

The wings
<03671>

of these cherubims
<03742>

spread themselves forth
<06566> (8802)

twenty
<06242>

cubits
<0520>_:

and they stood
<05975> (8802)

on their feet
<07272>_,

and their faces
<06440>

[were] inward
<01004>_.

{inward: or, toward the house}

3:14

And he made
<06213> (8799)

the vail
<06532>

[of] blue
<08504>_,

and purple
<0713>_,

and crimson
<03758>_,

and fine linen
<0948>_,

and wrought
<05927> (8686)

cherubims
<03742>

thereon. {wrought: Heb. caused to ascend}

3:15

Also he made
<06213> (8799)

before
<06440>

the house
<01004>

two
<08147>

pillars
<05982>

of thirty
<07970>

and five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>

high
<0753>_,

and the chapiter
<06858>

that [was] on the top
<07218>

of each of them [was] five
<02568>

cubits
<0520>_.

{high: Heb. long}