2 ChroniclesJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShare2 Chronicles 3Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹2 Chronicles 12 Chronicles 22 Chronicles 32 Chronicles 42 Chronicles 52 Chronicles 62 Chronicles 72 Chronicles 82 Chronicles 92 Chronicles 102 Chronicles 112 Chronicles 122 Chronicles 132 Chronicles 142 Chronicles 152 Chronicles 162 Chronicles 172 Chronicles 182 Chronicles 192 Chronicles 202 Chronicles 212 Chronicles 222 Chronicles 232 Chronicles 242 Chronicles 252 Chronicles 262 Chronicles 272 Chronicles 282 Chronicles 292 Chronicles 302 Chronicles 312 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 332 Chronicles 342 Chronicles 352 Chronicles 36›2 Chronicles 3ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. 4And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another. 6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty. 7And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls. 8He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents. 9He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold. 10He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold. 11The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub. 12In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub. 13So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without. 14He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims. 15He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits. 16He made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains. 17These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that on the left hand, Booz. ‹Previous chapter2 Chronicles 2Next chapter2 Chronicles 4›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions2 Chronicles 3 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain