2Ch 3 | EngLXX | STEP | And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, wherethe Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing floor ofOrna the Jebusite.

‏ 2 Chronicles 3

1 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, wherethe Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing floor ofOrna the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the firstmeasurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the housewas twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within withpure gold. 5 And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carvedupon it palm-trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with goldof the gold from Pharuim. 7 And he gilded the house, and itsinner walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubson the walls. 8 And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the frontof the other house, the breadth of the housewas twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gildedit with pure gold for cherubs, tothe amount of six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails,even the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold. 10 And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubitstouched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub. 13 And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and theystood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubsin it. 15 Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and theirchapters of five cubits. 16 And he made chains,as in the oracle, and putthem on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the otheron the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand 'Stability,' and the name of the oneon the left 'Strength.'