| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Solomon began to build the LORD's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. | 1So Solomon began construction of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, that is, where David had prepared Ornan the Jebusite's threshing floor. |
| 2He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. | 2He began construction on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. |
| 3These are Solomon's foundations for building God's temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet. | 3These are the foundations that Solomon set in place for God's Temple. The length in terms of the former standard measurements: 60 cubits; its width: 20 cubits. |
| 4The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet wide; its height was 30 feet; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold. | 4A portico extended in front of the Temple for its entire width of 20 cubits, and was 120 cubits high. Inside he had it overlaid with pure gold. |
| 5The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains. | 5The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains. |
| 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. | 6The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient. |
| 7He overlaid the temple--the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors--with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. | 7The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. |
| 8Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with 45,000 pounds of fine gold. | 8With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits, and its width extended 20 cubits. Solomon overlaid it with 600 talents of pure gold. |
| 9The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold. | 9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. |
| 10He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold. | 10He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. |
| 11The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wing of the other cherub. | 11The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits; the wing of one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. |
| 12The wing of the other cherub was 7 1/2 feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7 1/2 feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub. | 12The wing of the other cherub, five cubits long, touched the opposite wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. |
| 13The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room. | 13The wings of these cherubim extended for 20 cubits as they stood on their feet and faced the front of the Temple. |
| 14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it. | 14He constructed the veil from blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, embroidering cherubim on it. |
| 15In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet high. The capital on top of each was 7 1/2 feet high. | 15He also made two pillars 35 cubits high for the front of the Temple, topped by a capital that was five cubits high. |
| 16He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars. He made 100 pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. | 16He crafted chains for the inner sanctuary and placed them on top of the pillars, attaching 100 pomegranates to each of the chains. |
| 17Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. | 17He set up the pillars at the front of the Temple, one on the south side of the entrance and the other on the north side of the entrance. He named the south pillar Jachin and the north pillar Boaz. |
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