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¹ Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[11] the Jebusite, the place provided by David.

² He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

³ The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[12] (using the cubit of the old standard).

⁴ The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[13] long across the width of the building and twenty[14] cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

⁵ He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.

⁶ He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.

⁷ He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

⁸ He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[15] of fine gold.

⁹ The gold nails weighed fifty shekels.[16] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.

¹⁰ For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.

¹¹ The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[17] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

¹² Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

¹³ The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[18]

¹⁴ He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.

¹⁵ For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits[19] long, each with a capital five cubits high.

¹⁶ He made interwoven chains[20] and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

¹⁷ He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[21] and the one to the north Boaz.[22]

#	NIV 11
1	Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[11] the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
2	He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3	The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[12] (using the cubit of the old standard).
4	The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[13] long across the width of the building and twenty[14] cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5	He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
6	He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.
7	He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8	He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[15] of fine gold.
9	The gold nails weighed fifty shekels.[16] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10	For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
11	The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[17] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.
12	Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.
13	The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[18]
14	He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.
15	For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits[19] long, each with a capital five cubits high.
16	He made interwoven chains[20] and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
17	He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[21] and the one to the north Boaz.[22]

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^{2 Chronicles 3:1 [32]} In 2 Sam 24:18, Araunah

^{2 Chronicles 3:2 [33]} Lit in

^{2 Chronicles 3:3 [34]} Lit founding of Solomon to build

^{2 Chronicles 3:3 [35]} About 90 ft. long and 30 ft. wide or 27 m long and 9 m wide

^{2 Chronicles 3:4 [36]} About 30 ft. or 9 m

^{2 Chronicles 3:4 [37]} As in ancient versions; MT 120 cubits or about 180 ft. or 55 m

^{2 Chronicles 3:5 [38]} Lit great house

^{2 Chronicles 3:5 [39]} Lit put on it palm trees

^{2 Chronicles 3:6 [40]} Lit for beauty

^{2 Chronicles 3:8 [41]} Lit house

^{2 Chronicles 3:8 [42]} About 30 ft. or 9 m

^{2 Chronicles 3:8 [43]} About 23 tons or 21 metric tons

^{2 Chronicles 3:10 [44]} Lit cherubim of cast work

^{2 Chronicles 3:11 [45]} Heb plural of cherub

^{2 Chronicles 3:11 [46]} About 18 in. or 45 cm

^{2 Chronicles 3:12 [47]} Lit other

^{2 Chronicles 3:13 [48]} Lit and their faces to

^{2 Chronicles 3:15 [49]} Lit long

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