Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in the Mount Moriah which had been shown unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan, the Jebusite.
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Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
2 And he began to build in the second <em>day</em> of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Now these <em>are the measurements on which</em> Solomon founded the building of the house of God. The first measurement was the length of sixty cubits and the breadth of twenty cubits.
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The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard).
4 And the porch that <em>was</em> in the front of the length was of twenty cubits, according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height <em>was</em> one hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5 And the greater house he covered with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
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He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
6 And he <em>also</em> covered the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold <em>was</em> gold of Parvaim.
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He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.
7 Thus did he cover the house, its beams, its posts, its walls, and its doors, with gold and engraved cherubim on the walls.
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He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 And he made the house of the holy of holies, its length was twenty cubits, according to the breadth of the house, and its breadth was twenty cubits, and he covered it with fine gold, <em>amounting</em> to six hundred talents.
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He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
9 And the weight of the nails <em>was</em> fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10 And inside the house of the holy of holies he made two cherubim of figured work and overlaid them with gold.
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For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubim <em>were</em> twenty cubits long; one wing <em>of the one cherub was</em> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing <em>was likewise</em> five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
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The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.
12 And <em>one</em> wing of the other cherub <em>was</em> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing <em>was</em> five cubits <em>also</em>, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
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Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet, and their faces <em>were</em> inward.
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The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.
14 And he made the veil <em>of</em> blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and wrought cherubim thereon.
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He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.
15 Also he made in front of the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the chapiter that <em>was</em> on the top of each of them <em>was</em> five cubits.
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For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits long, each with a capital five cubits high.
16 And he made chains, <em>as</em> in the oracle, and put <em>them</em> on the heads of the pillars and made one hundred pomegranates and put <em>them</em> on the chains.
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He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left, and called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, {Heb. The LORD establishes}, and the name of the one on the left Boaz. {Heb. Only in Him is there strength}
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He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.
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