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