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World English Bible

2 Chronicles 3 (WEBP)

[1] Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
[2] He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
[3] Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house: the length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
[4] The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
[5] He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
[6] He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
[7] He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
[8] He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
[9] The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
[10] In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold.
[11] The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
[12] The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
[13] The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
[14] He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
[15] Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
[16] He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
[17] He set 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.

2 Chronicles 3:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons
2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Chronicles 3 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
[3] 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.
[4] 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.
[5] And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
[6] And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
[10] And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13] The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
[14] And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17] 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.

2 Chronicles 3:1a Or, which was seen of David his father
2 Chronicles 3:1b Or, Araunah
2 Chronicles 3:3 Heb. founded
2 Chronicles 3:6 Heb. covered
2 Chronicles 3:10 Or, (as some think) of moveable work
2 Chronicles 3:13 Or, toward the house
2 Chronicles 3:14 Heb. caused to ascend
2 Chronicles 3:15 Heb. long
2 Chronicles 3:17a That is, he shall establish
2 Chronicles 3:17b That is, in it is strengh

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Chronicles 3 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἤρξατο () Σαλωμων τοῦ () οἰκοδομεῖν () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐν () ὄρει () τοῦ () Αμορια, οὗ () ὤφθη () κύριος () τῷ () Δαυιδ () πατρὶ () αὐτοῦ, () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ, () ᾧ () ἡτοίμασεν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () ἅλῳ () Ορνα τοῦ () Ιεβουσαίου.
[2] Καὶ () ἤρξατο () οἰκοδομῆσαι () ἐν () τῷ () μηνὶ () τῷ () δευτέρῳ () ἐν () τῷ () ἔτει () τῷ () τετάρτῳ () τῆς () βασιλείας () αὐτοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ταῦτα () ἤρξατο () Σαλωμων τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () μῆκος () πήχεων () ἡ () διαμέτρησις ἡ () πρώτη () πήχεων () ἑξήκοντα () καὶ () εὖρος πήχεων () εἴκοσι. ()
[4] Καὶ () αιλαμ κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () οἴκου, () μῆκος () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πλάτους () τοῦ () οἴκου () πήχεων () εἴκοσι () καὶ () ὕψος () πήχεων () ἑκατὸν () εἴκοσι· () καὶ () κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν () ἔσωθεν () χρυσίῳ () καθαρῷ. ()
[5] Καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () μέγαν () ἐξύλωσεν ξύλοις () κεδρίνοις καὶ () κατεχρύσωσεν χρυσίῳ () καθαρῷ () καὶ () ἔγλυψεν ἐπ’ () αὐτοῦ () φοίνικας () καὶ () χαλαστά.
[6] Καὶ () ἐκόσμησεν () τὸν () οἶκον () λίθοις () τιμίοις () εἰς () δόξαν () καὶ () χρυσίῳ () χρυσίου () τοῦ () ἐκ () Φαρουαιμ
[7] καὶ () ἐχρύσωσεν () τὸν () οἶκον () καὶ () τοὺς () τοίχους () καὶ () τοὺς () πυλῶνας () καὶ () τὰ () ὀροφώματα καὶ () τὰ () θυρώματα χρυσίῳ () καὶ () ἔγλυψεν χερουβιν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () τοίχων. ()—
[8] καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () ἁγίου () τῶν () ἁγίων, () μῆκος () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πλάτους () πήχεων () εἴκοσι () καὶ () τὸ () εὖρος πήχεων () εἴκοσι, () καὶ () κατεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν () χρυσίῳ () καθαρῷ () εἰς () χερουβιν () εἰς () τάλαντα () ἑξακόσια. ()
[9] Καὶ () ὁλκὴ τῶν () ἥλων, () ὁλκὴ τοῦ () ἑνὸς () πεντήκοντα () σίκλοι χρυσίου. () Καὶ () τὸ () ὑπερῷον () ἐχρύσωσεν () χρυσίῳ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τῷ () ἁγίῳ () τῶν () ἁγίων () χερουβιν () δύο () ἔργον () ἐκ () ξύλων () καὶ () ἐχρύσωσεν () αὐτὰ () χρυσίῳ. ()
[11] Καὶ () αἱ () πτέρυγες () τῶν () χερουβιν () τὸ () μῆκος () πήχεων () εἴκοσι, () καὶ () ἡ () πτέρυξ () ἡ () μία () πήχεων () πέντε () ἁπτομένη () τοῦ () τοίχου () τοῦ () οἴκου, () καὶ () ἡ () πτέρυξ () ἡ () ἑτέρα () πήχεων () πέντε () ἁπτομένη () τῆς () πτέρυγος () τοῦ () χερουβ () τοῦ () ἑτέρου· ()
[12] καὶ () ἡ () πτέρυξ () τοῦ () χερουβ () τοῦ () ἑνὸς () πήχεων () πέντε () ἁπτομένη () τοῦ () τοίχου () τοῦ () οἴκου, () καὶ () ἡ () πτέρυξ () ἡ () ἑτέρα () πήχεων () πέντε () ἁπτομένη () τοῦ () πτέρυγος () τοῦ () χερουβ () τοῦ () ἑτέρου· ()
[13] καὶ () αἱ () πτέρυγες () τῶν () χερουβιν () διαπεπετασμέναι πήχεων () εἴκοσι· () καὶ () αὐτὰ () ἑστηκότα () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () τὰ () πρόσωπα () αὐτῶν () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () καταπέτασμα () ἐξ () ὑακίνθου () καὶ () πορφύρας () καὶ () κοκκίνου () καὶ () βύσσου () καὶ () ὕφανεν ἐν () αὐτῷ () χερουβιν. ()—
[15] καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἔμπροσθεν () τοῦ () οἴκου () στύλους () δύο, () πήχεων () τριάκοντα () πέντε () τὸ () ὕψος () καὶ () τὰς () κεφαλὰς () αὐτῶν () πήχεων () πέντε. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () σερσερωθ ἐν () τῷ () δαβιρ καὶ () ἔδωκεν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () κεφαλῶν () τῶν () στύλων () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ῥοίσκους ἑκατὸν () καὶ () ἐπέθηκεν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () χαλαστῶν.
[17] Καὶ () ἔστησεν () τοὺς () στύλους () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () ναοῦ, () ἕνα () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () καὶ () τὸν () ἕνα () ἐξ () εὐωνύμων, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () Κατόρθωσις καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () ἐξ () ἀριστερῶν () Ἰσχύς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.