{"book":"2 Chronicles","slug":"2-chronicles","ch":3,"genre":"prose","sub":"2 Chronicles","prev":"2-chronicles/2","next":"2-chronicles/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [the LORD] had appeared to his father David. [This was] the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.","f":["See LXX; Hebrew where He had appeared","Ornan is a variant of Araunah; see 2 Samuel 24:16."],"h":"Temple Construction Begins","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[Solomon] began construction on the second [day] of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God [was] sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.","f":["The foundation was approximately 90 feet long and 30 feet wide (27.4 meters long and 9.1 meters wide).","The old standard of measurement was a cubit equal to 18 inches or 45.7 centimeters. The new standard, a cubit of approximately 21 inches or 53.3 centimeters (the long cubit) is the basic unit of length throughout Ezekiel 40 to 48."],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, [was] twenty cubits [long] [and] twenty [cubits] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.","f":["20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 8, 11, and 13.","Some LXX and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew 120 cubits high (approximately 180 feet or 54.9 meters)"]},{"v":5,"t":"He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.","f":["Or pine or juniper or fir"],"h":"The Temple’s Interior","style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold [was] from Parvaim.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"He overlaid [its] beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple — twenty cubits [long] and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid [the inside] with six hundred talents of fine gold.","f":["Or the Holy of Holies; also in verse 10","600 talents is approximately 22.6 tons or 20.5 metric tons of gold."],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.","f":["50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of gold."]},{"v":10,"t":"In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.","f":[],"h":"The Cherubim","style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"The total wingspan of the cherubim [was] twenty cubits. One wing of the first [cherub] [was] five cubits [long] and touched the wall of the temple, and [its] other wing [was] five cubits [long] and touched the wing of the other cherub.","f":["5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters; also in verse 15."]},{"v":12,"t":"The wing of the second cherub [also measured] five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while [its] other wing [measured] five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"So the total wingspan of these cherubim [was] twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the [main] room.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.","f":[],"h":"The Veil and Pillars","style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"In front of the temple he made two pillars, which [together] were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top [measuring] five cubits.","f":["35 cubits is approximately 52.5 feet or 16 meters."],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.","f":["Or He made chains in the inner sanctuary"],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. [The pillar] on the south he named Jachin, [and the pillar] on the north he named Boaz.","f":["Jachin probably means He establishes.","Boaz probably means in Him is strength."]}]}