2 Chronicles Chapter 3
So Solomon got the ball rolling on building the Lord's pad in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord popped up to his pops, David, at the spot David set up on Ornan's threshing floor.
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where {the LORD} appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. {where...: or, which was seen of David his father} {Ornan: also called, Araunah}
This all kicked off on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
And he began to build in the second {day} of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Here’s the scoop on how Solomon was prepped for constructing God's crib. The length was sixty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits.
Now these {are the things wherein} Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure {was} threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. {instructed: Heb. founded}
The entrance in front had the same width as the house, stretching twenty cubits long, and it stood at a solid hundred and twenty tall; he decked it out with pure gold on the inside.
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.
The larger house was lined with fir trees, all decked out in fine gold, featuring palm trees and chains chillin' there.
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
He adorned the house with some sick stones for aesthetics, and the gold was straight from Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold {was} gold of Parvaim. {garnished: Heb. covered}
He also covered the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls in gold; plus, there were cherubim etched on the walls.
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
He made the most holy area, measuring twenty cubits long and wide, and decked it out in fine gold, totaling six hundred talents.
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof {was} according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, {amounting} to six hundred talents.
The nails tipped the scales at fifty shekels of gold, and he gold-plated the upper rooms too.
And the weight of the nails {was} fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
In the inner sanctum, he crafted two cherubim with intricate work and covered them in gold.
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. {image...: or, (as some think) of moveable work}
The wings of the cherubim stretched twenty cubits; one wing reached five cubits, hitting the wall, while the other wing did the same, touching the other cherub's wing.
And the wings of the cherubims {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.
The other cherub's wing also reached five cubits to the wall, and the opposite wing was another five cubits, connecting to the other cherub's wing.
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.
These cherubim had their wings spread out to twenty cubits, standing on their feet, facing each other.
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces {were} inward. {inward: or, toward the house}
He crafted the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
And he made the vail {of} blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. {wrought: Heb. caused to ascend}
He also set up two pillars at the entrance, standing thirty-five cubits tall, with five-cubit chapiters on each.
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that {was} on the top of each of them {was} five cubits. {high: Heb. long}
He fashioned chains like in the oracle and hung them on the pillars; then he made a hundred pomegranates and added them to the chains.
And he made chains, {as} in the oracle, and put {them} on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put {them} on the chains.
He placed the pillars at the temple's entrance, one on the right and one on the left; he named the right pillar Jachin and the left one Boaz.
And he reared up 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. {Jachin: that is, He shall establish} {Boaz: that is, In it is strength}