3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where {the LORD} appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where {the LORD} appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

3:2 And he began to build in the second {day} of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3:2 And he began to build in the second {day} of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3:3 Now these {are the things in which} Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure {was} sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
3:3 Now these {are the things in which} Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure {was} sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

3:4 And the porch that {was} in the front {of the house}, the length {of it was} according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the hight {was} a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
3:4 And the porch that {was} in the front {of the house}, the length {of it was} according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height {was} an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.
3:5 And the greater house he panelled with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.

3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold {was} gold of Parvaim.
3:6 And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold {was} gold of Parvaim.

3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length of which {was} according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, {amounting} to six hundred talents.
3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length of which {was} according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, {amounting} to six hundred talents.

3:9 And the weight of the nails {was} fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
3:9 And the weight of the nails {was} fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

3:11 And the wings of the cherubim {were} twenty cubits long: one wing {of the one cherub was} five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing {was likewise} five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
3:11 And the wings of the cherubim {were} twenty cubits long: one wing {of the one cherub was} five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing {was likewise} five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

3:12 And {one} wing of the other cherub {was} five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing {was} five cubits {also}, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
3:12 And {one} wing of the other cherub {was} five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing {was} five cubits {also}, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

3:13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces {were} inward.
3:13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces {were} inward.

3:14 And he made the vail {of} blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim upon it.
3:14 And he made the veil {of} blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim on it.

3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that {was} on the top of each of them {was} five cubits.
3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that {was} on the top of each of them {was} five cubits.

3:16 And he made chains, {as} in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put {them} on the chains.
3:16 And he made chains, {as} in the inner sanctuary, and put {them} on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put {them} on the chains.

3:17 And he erected the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
3:17 And he erected the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.