| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at 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. | 1Then Solomon began to build the LORD's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
| 2And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. | 3These are Solomon's foundations for building God's temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet. |
| 4And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. | 4The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet wide; its height was 30 feet; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold. |
| 5The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. | 5The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains. |
| 6And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. | 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. |
| 7He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7He overlaid the temple--the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors--with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. |
| 8And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. | 8Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with 45,000 pounds of fine gold. |
| 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold. | 9The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold. |
| 10In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. | 10He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold. |
| 11The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; | 11The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wing of the other cherub. |
| 12one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. | 12The wing of the other cherub was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 1/2 feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub. |
| 13The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. | 13The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room. |
| 14And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. | 14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it. |
| 15Also he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. | 15In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet high. The capital on top of each was 7 1/2 feet high. |
| 16He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. | 16He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made 100 pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. |
| 17Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz. | 17Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. |
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