14Hb. in the place of David,
15In 2Sa 24:16, etc., Araunah
3: 2 And he began to build in 16the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
16Sept., Vg. omit the second day of
3: 3 Now 17these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by 18cubits after the first measure was 19sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
17Or, These are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God.
18Hb. amnah, forearm (from the elbow to the tip of the fingers), typically 18-20 inches. 0.4445 meter, per R.B.Y. Scott in The Biblical Archaeologist Reader 3; Anchor: 1970.
19That is, 26.7 meters (87.5 feet).
3: 4 And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height 20a hundred twenty cubits; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
20Sept., Aram. read twenty cubits; [כ = 20; כר = 120]
3: 5 And the greater house he ceiled with 21fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
21Or, cypress-wood,
3: 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
3: 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
3: 8 And he made the house of the Most Holy: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 22six hundred talents.
22That is, 20.9 metric tons (1.08 m3) of gold.
3: 9 And the weight of the nails was 23fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
23That is, 580 gram (30 cm3) of gold.
3: 10 And in the house of the Most Holy he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
3: 11 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the 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.
3: 12 And the 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.
3: 13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
3: 14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
3: 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of 24thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
24In 1Ki 7:15; 2Ki 25:17; Jr 52:21, eighteen cubits (8 m) each. Possibly the two were fabricated together, end-to-end, for a total length of 15.6 m.
3: 16 And he made chains in the Word, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
3: 17 And 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 25Jachin, and the name of that on the left 26Boaz.
25That is, He shall establish,
26That is, In it is strength.
