2 Chronicles 3–4

¹And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, ²and he beginneth to build in the second day, in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. ³And in these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length in cubits by the former measure is sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. ⁴As to the porch that is on the front, the length is by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold. ⁵And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains, ⁶and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim, ⁷and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls. ⁸And he maketh the most holy house: its length is by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents; ⁹and the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.

¹⁰And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold; ¹¹as to the wings of the cherubs, their length is twenty cubits, the wing of the one is five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. ¹²And the wing of the other cherub is five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub. ¹³The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces are inward. ¹⁴And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it. ¹⁵And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that is on their heads five cubits. ¹⁶And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains. ¹⁷And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Chapter 4

¹And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. ²And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about. ³And the likeness of oxen is under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast. ⁴It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea is upon them above, and all their hinder parts are within. ⁵And its thickness is a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold—baths three thousand it containeth. ⁶And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea is for priests to wash with. ⁷And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. ⁸And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred. ⁹And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass. ¹⁰And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.

¹¹And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God; ¹²two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that are on the heads of the pillars; ¹³and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that are on the front of the pillars. ¹⁴And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases; ¹⁵the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it, ¹⁶and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified. ¹⁷In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah. ¹⁸And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out. ¹⁹And Solomon maketh all the vessels that are for the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them is bread of the presence; ²⁰and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined; ²¹and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold—it is the perfection of gold; ²²and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

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