| New King James Version | NET 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. | 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. |
| 2And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began building on the second day of the second month of 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. | 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. |
| 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 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 larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork 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. |
| 6And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. | 6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from 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's rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative 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. | 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 the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area 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, fashioned by carving, 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 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 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. |
| 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. | 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 spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. | 13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward. |
| 14And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. | 14He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. |
| 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 which had a combined length of 52 1/2 feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half 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 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. |
| 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. | 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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