| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then 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. | 1Solomon began building the LORD's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
| 2He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3These 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. | 3Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. |
| 4The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. | 4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold. |
| 5The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it. | 5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. |
| 6He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. | 6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. |
| 7So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls. |
| 8And 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 of fine gold. | 8He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold. |
| 9The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. | 9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold. |
| 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. | 10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold. |
| 11The 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; | 11The combined wing span of the cherubs was 30 feet. One of the first cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub's wings. |
| 12and 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. | 12Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. |
| 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. | 13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward. |
| 14And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. | 14He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. |
| 15In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. | 15In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52 1/2 feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. |
| 16He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. | 16He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. |
| 17He 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. | 17He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin, and the one on the left Boaz. |
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