2 Chronicles 3

Solomon builds God’s temple

Then Solomon started building the Existing One's house in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Existing One had appeared to David on Ornan (the Jebusite)'s wheat farm. He started construction in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Overall dimensions

  • Length: 90 feet

  • Width: 30 feet

Vestibule in front of the nave

  • Length: 30 feet

  • Width: 30 feet

  • Height: 180 feet

  • The interior was overlaid with pure gold

  • It was lined with cypress covered in gold, depicting palms and chains

The house was adorned with precious stones, and its gold was from Parvaim. He lined the house with gold, including the beams, doorways, walls, and doors. He also carved cherubim on the walls.

The Most Holy Place

  • Length: 30 feet

  • Width: 30 feet

  • It was overlaid with 45,000 pounds of gold

  • The gold nails weighed 1.2 pounds

  • The rooms on the second level were also overlaid with gold

The Host Holy Place had two wooden cherubim overlaid with gold. Together, their wingspan stretched 30 feet, so that they touched in the middle and touched both walls. The cherubim stood on their feet and faced the nave. He made a veil from fine linen that was blue, purple, and crimson with cherubim on it.

The 2 pillars with pomegranate chains

At the entrance he made two pillars that were 52.5 feet high with capitals on top that measured 7.5 feet each. He made chains and put them on the top of the pillars like a necklace, and made 100 pomegranates which hung from the chains. These pillars were placed at the temple entrance. The one toward the north was called Boaz and the one toward the south was called Jachin.

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