II Chronicles

aCf. 1 Kings 6; 7.1–22. Then Solomon began to build the House of GOD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [GOD] had appeared tobappeared to Or “communicated with,” via the prophet Gad; see 1 Chron. 21.18. his father David, at the place that David had designated, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

These were the dimensions Solomon established for building the House of God: its length in cubits, by the former measure, was 60, and its breadth was 20.

The length of the porch in front [was equal] to the breadth of the House—20 cubits, and its height was 120. Inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

The House itself he paneled with cypress wood. He overlaid it with fine gold and embossed on it palms and chains.

He studded the House with precious stones for decoration; the gold was from Parvaim.

He overlaid the House with gold—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors; he carved cherubim on the walls.

He made the Holy of Holies: its length was [equal to] the breadth of the house—20 cubits, and its breadth was 20 cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.

The weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold; the upper chambers he overlaid with gold.

He made two sculptured cherubim in the Holy of Holies, and they were overlaid with gold.

The outspread wings of the cherubim were 20 cubits across: one wing 5 cubits long touching one wall of the House, and the other wing 5 cubits long touching the wing of the other cherub;

one wing of the other [cherub] 5 cubits long extending to the other wall of the House, and its other wing 5 cubits long touching the wing of the first cherub.

The wingspread of these cherubim was thus 20 cubits across, and they were standing up facing the House.

He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.

At the front of the House he made two columns 35 cubits high; the capitalsccapitals Meaning of Heb. uncertain. on top of them were 5 cubits high.

He made chainwork in the inner Sanctuary and set it on the top of the columns; he made a hundred pomegranates and set them into the chainwork.

He erected the columns in front of the Great Hall, one to its right and one to its left; the one to the right was called Jachin, and the one to the left, Boaz.