2 Chronicles 3:1-8

1 King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction 1
2 in the second month of the fourth year that he was king.
3 The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.
4 The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, 30 feet, and was 180 feet high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold.
5 The main room was paneled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns.
6 The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim.
7 He used the gold to overlay the Temple walls, the rafters, the entryways, and the doors. On the walls the workers carved designs of winged creatures.
8 The inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was 30 feet long and 30 feet wide, which was the full width of the Temple. Twenty-five tons of gold were used to cover the walls of the Most Holy Place; 2

Cross References 2

  • 1. 3.1Genesis 22.22.
  • 2. 3.8Exodus 26.33, 34.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. winged creatures: [See Word List.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.