Solomon Builds the Temple

2 Chronicles 3

1 w Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem x on Mount Moriah, where the Lord 1 had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, y on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon's z measurements 2 for building the house of God: a the length, in cubits 3 of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, 4 and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5 b The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold c and made palms and chains on it. 6 He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 So he lined the house with gold - its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors - c and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 d And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents 5 of fine gold. 9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. 6 And he overlaid e the upper chambers with gold.

10 f In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood 7 and overlaid 8 them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim 9 stood on their feet, g facing the nave. 14 h And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

15 i In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16 He made chains like a necklace 10 and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. 17 j He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:1 - 2
    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
    1 Kings 6:1
    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 22:2
    He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.
    Genesis 22:14
    So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.
  3. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 21:15
    And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
    1 Chronicles 21:18
    Now the angel of the Lord had commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
    1 Chronicles 21:28
    At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
  4. Cross References
    Ezra 3:11
    And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
  5. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:3 - 4
    These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
    1 Kings 6:2 - 3
    The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:17
    The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:29
    Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.
    1 Kings 6:32
    He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:5
    The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:16
    He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 28:11
    Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple, and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the mercy seat.
  11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:10 - 13
    In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
    1 Kings 6:23 - 28
    In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:9
    Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 26:31
    And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
  14. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:15 - 16
    In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
    1 Kings 7:15 - 20
    He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
    1 Kings 7:15
    He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.
    2 Kings 25:17
    The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.
    Jeremiah 52:21
    As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.
  15. Cross References
    1 Kings 7:21
    He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.
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