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2 Chronicles 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Temple Construction in Jerusalem

(1Ki 6:1–22 )

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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 [fn]Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:2 - He began to build on the second day in the second month [fn]of the fourth year of his reign.

Dimensions and Materials of the Temple

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - Now these are the [fn]foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard, was [fn]sixty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, [fn]twenty cubits, and the height [fn]twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - He overlaid the [fn]main room with juniper wood and overlaid it with fine gold; and he [fn]ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:6 - Further, he overlaid the house [fn]with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:7 - He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds, and its walls and doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - The wingspan of the [fn]cherubim was twenty [fn]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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - 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 [fn]first cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet [fn]facing the main room.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:14 - He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - 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.
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NASB20 Footnotes
In 2 Sam 24:18, Araunah
Lit in
Lit founding of Solomon to build
About 90 ft. long and 30 ft. wide or 27 m long and 9 m wide
About 30 ft. or 9 m
As in ancient versions; MT 120 cubits or about 180 ft. or 55 m
Lit great house
Lit put on it palm trees
Lit for beauty
Lit house
About 30 ft. or 9 m
About 23 tons or 21 metric tons
Lit cherubim of cast work
Heb plural of cherub
About 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit other
Lit and their faces to
Lit long
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