{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:57:41.351Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"2 Chronicles","bookSlug":"2-chronicles","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where <i>the LORD</i> appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he began to build in the second <i>day</i> of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Now these <i>are the things wherein</i> Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure <i>was</i> threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the porch that <i>was</i> in the front <i>of the house</i>, the length <i>of it was</i> according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height <i>was</i> an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold <i>was</i> gold of Parvaim."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he made the most holy house, the length whereof <i>was</i> according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, <i>amounting</i> to six hundred talents."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the weight of the nails <i>was</i> fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the wings of the cherubims <i>were</i> twenty cubits long: one wing <i>of the one cherub was</i> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing <i>was likewise</i> five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And <i>one</i> wing of the other cherub <i>was</i> five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing <i>was</i> five cubits <i>also</i>, joining to the wing of the other cherub."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces <i>were</i> inward."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he made the vail <i>of</i> blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that <i>was</i> on the top of each of them <i>was</i> five cubits."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he made chains, <i>as</i> in the oracle, and put <i>them</i> on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put <i>them</i> on the chains."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Chronicles 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[2 Chronicles 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/2-chronicles/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}