1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, which had been pointed out to his father David, on the spot which David had selected, the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
3 These were the specifications laid down by Solomon for building the house of God: the length was sixty cubits according to the old measure, and the width was twenty cubits;
4 the porch which lay before the nave along the width of the house was also twenty cubits, and it was twenty cubits high. He overlaid its interior with pure gold.
5 The nave he overlaid with cypress wood which he covered with fine gold, embossing on it palms and chains.
6 He also decorated the building with precious stones.
7 The house, its beams and thresholds, as well as its walls and its doors, he overlaid with gold, and he engraved cherubim upon the walls. (The gold was from Parvaim.)
8 He also made the room of the holy of holies. Its length corresponded to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width was also twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold to the amount of six hundred talents.
9 The weight of the nails was fifty gold shekels. The upper chambers he likewise covered with gold.
10 For the room of the holy of holies he made two cherubim of carved workmanship, which were then overlaid with gold.
11 The wings of the cherubim spanned twenty cubits:
12 one wing of each cherub, five cubits in length, extended to a wall of the building, while the other wing, also five cubits in length, touched the corresponding wing of the second cherub.
13 The combined wingspread of the two cherubim was thus twenty cubits. They stood upon their own feet, facing toward the nave.
14 He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and had cherubim embroidered upon it.
15 In front of the building he set two columns thirty-five cubits high; the capital topping each was of five cubits.
16 He worked out chains in the form of a collar with which he encircled the capitals of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates which he set on the chains.
17 He set up the columns to correspond with the nave, one for the right side and the other for the left, and he called the one to the right Jachin and the one to the left Boaz.
Versículos relacionados com 2 Chronicles, 3:
2 Chronicles 3 describes the construction of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. The chapter details the dimensions and materials used in the construction of the temple, including the saint of saints, the cherubim and the fine linen curtain. The chapter also mentions the labor involved in construction, including artisans and skilled sculptors.
1 Kings 6:7 - "And as she built the house, she was erected with stones already prepared in the quarry, so that neither the hammer nor the ax or any other iron tool were heard in the house while she was built." This verse describes the construction of Solomon's temple and is a direct continuation of the report in 2 chronicles 3.
2 Chronicles 3:5 - "The great figures of cherubim sculpted in gold -covered olive wood were placed in the saint of saints." This verse describes the installation of cherubim in the saint of saints, an important part of the temple of Solomon.
Exodus 25:22 - "There, above the propitiatory, between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant, I will talk to you about all that I command you about the Israelites." This verse describes how God spoke to Moses in the propitiatory among the cherubim. In 2 Chronicles 3, cherubim are also placed in the saint of saints, showing the importance of these figures.
1 Kings 7:13-14 - "King Solomon sent to fetch Hiram from shot. He was the son of a widow from the Naphtali tribe, and his father was shot, who worked with bronze. Hiram was a skilled man and capable of Do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the bronze work. " This verse describes Hiram's ability, which was a skilled artisan in the construction of Solomon's temple.
2 Chronicles 3:1 - "Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem in Mount Moriá, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place designated by David in the thin of Araúna, the Jebusu, where David had had built an altar to the Lord. " This verse establishes the place of the construction of the temple, showing that Solomon followed his father David's plan.
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