| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. | 1So Solomon began construction of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite's threshing floor. |
| 2He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began construction on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. | 3These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God's Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits; its width: 20 cubits. |
| 4The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. | 4A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits, and was 120 cubits high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold. |
| 5He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. | 5The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains. |
| 6Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. | 6The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient. |
| 7He also overlaid the house with gold-- the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. |
| 8Now he made the room of the holy of holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents. | 8With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits, and its width extended 20 cubits. Solomon overlaid it with 600 talents of pure gold. |
| 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. | 9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. |
| 10Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. | 10He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. |
| 11The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. | 11The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits; the wing of one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. |
| 12The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub. | 12The wing of the other cherub, five cubits long, touched the opposite wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. |
| 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. | 13The wings of these cherubim extended for 20 cubits as they stood on their feet and faced the front of the Temple. |
| 14He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. | 14He constructed the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering cherubim on it. |
| 15He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. | 15He also made two pillars 35 cubits high for the front of the Temple, topped by a capital that was five cubits high. |
| 16He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. | 16He crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of the chains. |
| 17He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. | 17He set up the pillars at the front of the Temple, one on the south side of the entrance and the other on the north side of the entrance. He named the south pillar Jachin and the north pillar Boaz. |
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