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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

He overlaid the main room with juniper wood and overlaid it with fine gold; and he ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

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

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

Then he made the room of the Most Holy Place: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the Most Holy Place and overlaid them with gold.

And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing, of five cubits, was attached to the wing of the first cherub.

And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.

And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits.

Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains.

And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.

And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.