2Chronicles 3 - Prayer Tents

3King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the constructionH8010H2490H1129H1004H3068H3389H2022H4179H7200H1732H1H4725H1732H3559H1637H771H2983 2in the second month of the fourth year that he was king.H2490H1129H8145H8145H2320H702H8141H4438 3The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.H8010H3245H1129H1004H430H753H520H7223H4060H8346H520H7341H6242H520 4The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, 30 feet, and was 180 feet high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold.H197H6440H753H7341H1004H6242H520H1363H3967H6242H6823H6441H2889H2091 5The main room was paneled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns.H1419H1004H2645H1265H6086H2645H2896H2091H5927H8561H8333 6The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim.H6823H1004H3368H68H8597H2091H2091H6516 7He used the gold to overlay the Temple walls, the rafters, the entryways, and the doors. On the walls the workers carved designs of winged creatures.H2645H1004H6982H5592H7023H1817H2091H6605H3742H7023 8The inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was 30 feet long and 30 feet wide, which was the full width of the Temple. Twenty-five tons of gold were used to cover the walls of the Most Holy Place;H6213H6944H6944H1004H753H6440H7341H1004H6242H520H7341H6242H520H2645H2896H2091H8337H3967H3603 9twenty ounces of gold were used for making nails, and the walls of the upper rooms were also covered with gold.H4948H4548H2572H8255H2091H2645H5944H2091 10The king also had his workers make two winged creatures out of metal, cover them with gold, and place them in the Most Holy Place,H6944H6944H1004H6213H8147H3742H6816H4639H6823H2091 11where they stood side by side facing the entrance.H3671H3742H6242H520H753H259H3671H2568H520H5060H7023H1004H312H3671H2568H520H5060H3671H312H3742 12Each had two wings, each wing 7 1/2 feet long,H3671H259H3742H2568H520H5060H7023H1004H312H3671H2568H520H1695H3671H312H3742 13which were spread out so that they touched each other in the center of the room and reached to the wall on either side of the room, stretching across the full width of 30 feet.H3671H3742H6566H6242H520H5975H7272H6440H1004 14A curtain for the Most Holy Place was made of linen and of other material, which was dyed blue, purple, and red, with designs of the winged creatures worked into it.H6213H6532H8504H713H3758H948H5927H3742

The Two Bronze Columns

15The king had two columns made, each one 52 feet tall, and placed them in front of the Temple. Each one had a capital 7 1/2 feet tall.H6213H6440H1004H8147H5982H7970H2568H520H753H6858H7218H2568H520 16The tops of the columns were decorated with a design of interwoven chains and one hundred bronze pomegranates.H6213H8333H1687H5414H7218H5982H6213H3967H7416H5414H8333 17The columns were set at the sides of the Temple entrance: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north side was named Boaz.H6965H5982H6440H1964H259H3225H259H8040H7121H8034H3233H3227H3199H8034H8042H1162