2 Chronicles 3:1–9

Solomon Builds the Temple

3^wThen Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem ^xon Mount Moriah, where the Lord¹ had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, ^yon the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ²He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. ³These are Solomon’s ^zmeasurements² for building the house of God: ^athe length, in cubits³ of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. ⁴The 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. ^5bThe nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold ^cand made palms and chains on it. ⁶He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. ⁷So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—^cand he carved cherubim on the walls.

^8dAnd 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 talents⁵ of fine gold. ⁹The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.⁶ And he overlaid ^ethe upper chambers with gold.