II Chronicles 3

vayyakhel shelomoh livnot et-bet-Adonai birushalai͏m behar hammoriyyah asher nirah ledavid avihu asher hekhin bimqom david begoren ornan hayevusi

Then Solomon began to build the House of GOD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [GOD] had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had designated, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

vayyakhel livnot bakhodesh hasheni basheni bishnat arba lemalkhuto

He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

ve'elleh husad shelomoh livnot et-bet ha'elohim ha'orekh ammot bammiddah harishonah ammot shishim verokhav ammot esrim

These were the dimensions Solomon established for building the House of God: its length in cubits, by the former measure, was 60, and its breadth was 20.

veha'ulam asher al-pene ha'orekh al-pene rokhav-habbayit ammot esrim vehaggovah me'ah ve'esrim vayetsappehu mippenimah zahav tahor

The length of the porch in front [was equal] to the breadth of the House—20 cubits, and its height was 120. Inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

ve'et habbayit haggadol khippah ets beroshim vayekhappehu zahav tov vayya'al alayw timorim vesharsherot

The House itself he paneled with cypress wood. He overlaid it with fine gold and embossed on it palms and chains.

vayetsaf et-habbayit even yeqarah letifaret vehazzahav zehav parvayim

He studded the House with precious stones for decoration; the gold was from Parvaim.

vayekhaf et-habbayit haqqorot hassippim veqirotayw vedaltotayw zahav ufittakh keruvim al-haqqirot

He overlaid the House with gold—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors; he carved cherubim on the walls.

vayya'as et-bet-qodesh haqqodashim orko al-pene rokhav-habbayit ammot esrim verokhbo ammot esrim vayekhappehu zahav tov lekhikkarim shesh me'ot

He made the Holy of Holies: its length was [equal to] the breadth of the house—20 cubits, and its breadth was 20 cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.

umishqal lemismerot lishqalim khamishim zahav veha'aliyyot khippah zahav

The weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold; the upper chambers he overlaid with gold.

vayya'as bevet-qodesh haqqodashim keruvim shenayim ma'aseh tsa'atsu'im vayetsappu otam zahav

He made two sculptured cherubim in the Holy of Holies, and they were overlaid with gold.

vekhanfe hakkeruvim orkam ammot esrim kenaf ha'ekhad le'ammot khamesh magga'at leqir habbayit vehakkanaf ha'akheret ammot khamesh maggia likhnaf hakkeruv ha'akher

The outspread wings of the cherubim were 20 cubits across: one wing 5 cubits long touching one wall of the House, and the other wing 5 cubits long touching the wing of the other cherub;

ukhenaf hakkeruv ha'ekhad ammot khamesh maggia leqir habbayit vehakkanaf ha'akheret ammot khamesh deveqah likhnaf hakkeruv ha'akher

one wing of the other [cherub] 5 cubits long extending to the other wall of the House, and its other wing 5 cubits long touching the wing of the first cherub.

kanfe hakkeruvim ha'elleh poresim ammot esrim vehem omedim al-raglehem ufenehem labbayit

The wingspread of these cherubim was thus 20 cubits across, and they were standing up facing the House.

vayya'as et-happarokhet tekhelet ve'argaman vekharmil uvuts vayya'al alayw keruvim

He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he worked cherubim into it.

vayya'as lifne habbayit ammudim shenayim ammot sheloshim vekhamesh orekh vehatsefet asher-al-rosho ammot khamesh

At the front of the House he made two columns 35 cubits high; the capitals on top of them were 5 cubits high.

vayya'as sharsherot baddevir vayyitten al-rosh ha'ammudim vayya'as rimmonim me'ah vayyitten basharsherot

He made chainwork in the inner Sanctuary and set it on the top of the columns; he made a hundred pomegranates and set them into the chainwork.

vayyaqem et-ha'ammudim al-pene hahekhal ekhad miyyamin ve'ekhad mehassemovl vayyiqra shem-[hayemani] (hymyny) yakhin veshem hassemali bo'az

He erected the columns in front of the Great Hall, one to its right and one to its left; the one to the right was called Jachin, and the one to the left, Boaz.