Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 And 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,
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Then Solomon began to build the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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He began to build on the second [day] of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 And [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.
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These are Solomon's foundations for building God's temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet.
4 As 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.
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The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet wide; its height was 30 feet; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.
5 And 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,
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The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6 and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
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He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
7 and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.
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He overlaid the temple-the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors-with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 And 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;
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Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with 45,000 pounds of fine gold.
9 and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.
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The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.
10 And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold;
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He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold.
11 as 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.
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The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was seven and a half feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was seven and a half feet, touching the wing of the other cherub.
12 And 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.
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The wing of the other cherub was seven and a half feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was seven and a half feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
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The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.
14 And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.
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He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.
15 And 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.
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In front of the temple he made two pillars, [each] 27 feethigh. The capital on top of each was seven and half feet high.
16 And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains.
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He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made 100 pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
17 And 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.
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Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz.
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