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1. Solomon began building the Lord's Temple at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, Solomon's father. This was the place David had prepared for the Temple. It had been the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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1. Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 at Jerusalem H3389 in mount H2022 Moriah H4179 , where H834 the LORD appeared H7200 unto David H1732 his father H1 , in the place H4725 that H834 David H1732 had prepared H3559 in the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983 .
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2. Solomon started the work in the second month of his fourth year as king of Israel.
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2. And he began H2490 to build H1129 in the second H8145 day of the second H8145 month H2320 , in the fourth H702 year H8141 of his reign H4438 .
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3. These are the measurements he used for building the foundation of God's Temple, using the old cubit. The foundation was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide.
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3. Now these H428 are the things wherein Solomon H8010 was instructed H3245 for the building H1129 H853 of the house H1004 of God H430 . The length H753 by cubits H520 after the first H7223 measure H4060 was threescore H8346 cubits H520 , and the breadth H7341 twenty H6242 cubits H520 .
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4. The porch in front of the Temple was 20 cubits long and 20 cubits high. He covered the inside of the porch with pure gold.
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4. And the porch H197 that H834 was in H5921 the front H6440 of the house , the length H753 of it was according to H5921 H6440 the breadth H7341 of the house H1004 , twenty H6242 cubits H520 , and the height H1363 was a hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 : and he overlaid H6823 it within H4480 H6441 with pure H2889 gold H2091 .
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5. He put panels made of cypress wood on the walls of the larger room. Then he put pure gold over the cypress panels and then put pictures of palm trees and chains on the gold.
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5. And the greater H1419 house H1004 he ceiled H2645 with fir H1265 tree H6086 , which he overlaid H2645 with fine H2896 gold H2091 , and set H5927 thereon H5921 palm trees H8561 and chains H8333 .
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6. He put valuable stones in the Temple for beauty. The gold he used was gold from Parvaim.
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6. And he garnished H6823 H853 the house H1004 with precious H3368 stones H68 for beauty H8597 : and the gold H2091 was gold H2091 of Parvaim H6516 .
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7. He covered the inside of the Temple with the gold. He put the gold on the ceiling beams, doorposts, walls, and doors. He carved Cherub angels on the walls.
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7. He overlaid H2645 also H853 the house H1004 , the beams H6982 , the posts H5592 , and the walls H7023 thereof , and the doors H1817 thereof , with gold H2091 ; and graved H6605 cherubims H3742 on H5921 the walls H7023 .
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8. Then he made the Most Holy Place. This room was 20 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. It was as wide as the Temple was. He put pure gold on the walls of the Most Holy Place. The gold weighed about 22?tons.
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8. And he made H6213 H853 the most holy H6944 H6944 house H1004 , the length H753 whereof was according to H5921 H6440 the breadth H7341 of the house H1004 , twenty H6242 cubits H520 , and the breadth H7341 thereof twenty H6242 cubits H520 : and he overlaid H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091 , amounting to six H8337 hundred H3967 talents H3603 .
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9. The gold nails weighed 1 pounds. He covered the upper rooms with gold.
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9. And the weight H4948 of the nails H4548 was fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of gold H2091 . And he overlaid H2645 the upper chambers H5944 with gold H2091 .
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10. He made two Cherub angels to put in the Most Holy Place. The workers covered the Cherub angels with gold.
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10. And in the most holy H6944 H6944 house H1004 he made H6213 two H8147 cherubims H3742 of image H6816 work H4639 , and overlaid H6823 them with gold H2091 .
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11. Each wing of the Cherub angels was 5 cubits long. The total length of the wings was 20 cubits. One wing of the first Cherub angel touched the wall on one side of the room. The other wing touched one wing of the second Cherub angel.
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11. And the wings H3671 of the cherubims H3742 were twenty H6242 cubits H520 long H753 : one H259 wing H3671 of the one cherub was five H2568 cubits H520 , reaching H5060 to the wall H7023 of the house H1004 : and the other H312 wing H3671 was likewise five H2568 cubits H520 , reaching H5060 to the wing H3671 of the other H312 cherub H3742 .
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12. And the other wing of the second Cherub angel touched the other wall on the other side of the room.
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12. And one wing H3671 of the other H259 cherub H3742 was five H2568 cubits H520 , reaching H5060 to the wall H7023 of the house H1004 : and the other H312 wing H3671 was five H2568 cubits H520 also , joining H1695 to the wing H3671 of the other H312 cherub H3742 .
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13. The wings of the Cherub angels covered a total of 20 cubits. The Cherub angels stood facing the Holy Place.
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13. The wings H3671 of these H428 cherubims H3742 spread themselves forth H6566 twenty H6242 cubits H520 : and they H1992 stood H5975 on H5921 their feet H7272 , and their faces H6440 were inward H1004 .
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14. He made the curtain from blue, purple, and red materials and expensive linen. There were Cherub angels on the curtain.
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14. And he made H6213 H853 the veil H6532 of blue H8504 , and purple H713 , and crimson H3758 , and fine linen H948 , and wrought H5927 cherubims H3742 thereon H5921 .
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15. He put two columns in front of the Temple. The columns were 35 cubits tall. The top part of the two columns was 5 cubits long.
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15. Also he made H6213 before H6440 the house H1004 two H8147 pillars H5982 of thirty H7970 and five H2568 cubits H520 high H753 , and the chapiter H6858 that H834 was on H5921 the top H7218 of each of them was five H2568 cubits H520 .
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16. He made chains in a necklace and put them on the tops of the columns. He made 100 pomegranates and put them on the chains.
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16. And he made H6213 chains H8333 , as in the oracle H1687 , and put H5414 them on H5921 the heads H7218 of the pillars H5982 ; and made H6213 a hundred H3967 pomegranates H7416 , and put H5414 them on the chains H8333 .
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17. Then he put the columns up in front of the Temple. One column stood on the right side. The other column stood on the left side. He named the column on the right side "Jakin." And he named the column on the left side "Boaz."
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17. And he reared up H6965 H853 the pillars H5982 before H5921 H6440 the temple H1964 , one H259 on the right hand H4480 H3225 , and the other H259 on the left H4480 H8040 ; and called H7121 the name H8034 of that on the right hand H3227 Jachin H3199 , and the name H8034 of that on the left H8042 Boaz H1162 .
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