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 1 Then 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.**

 2 And he began to build in the second *day* of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

 3 ¶ Now 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.*

 4 And 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.

 5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold *was* gold of Parvaim.*

 7 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.

 8 And 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.

 9 And the weight of the nails *was* fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.*

 11 ¶ And 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.

 12 And *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.

 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces *were* inward.*

 14 ¶ And he made the vail *of* blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.*

 15 Also 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.*

 16 And 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.

 17 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.**
 
[2 Chronicles 2](/study/2-chronicles/2) [2 Chronicles 4](/study/2-chronicles/4)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
**1. Mount Moriah, where the Lord
appeared unto David**—These words seem to intimate that the
region where the temple was built was *previously* known by the
name of Moriah ([Genesis 22:2](/kjv/genesis/22/2)), and do
not afford sufficient evidence for affirming, as has been done
[STANLEY], that the name
was *first* given to the mount, *in consequence* of the
vision seen by David. Mount Moriah was one summit of a range of hills
which went under the general name of Zion. The platform of the temple
is now, and has long been, occupied by the haram, or sacred
enclosure, within which stand the three mosques of Omar (the
smallest), of El Aksa, which in early times was a Christian church,
and of Kubbet el Sakhara, "The dome of the rock," so called
from a huge block of limestone rock in the center of the floor,
which, it is supposed, formed the elevated threshing-floor of
Araunah, and on which the great brazen altar stood. The site of the
temple, then, is so far established for an almost universal belief is
entertained in the authenticity of the tradition regarding the rock
El Sakhara; and it has also been conclusively proved that the area of
the temple was identical on its western, eastern, and southern sides
with the present enclosure of the haram [ROBINSON].
"That the temple was situated *somewhere* within the oblong
enclosure on Mount Moriah, all topographers are agreed, although
there is not the slightest vestige of the sacred fane now remaining;
and the greatest diversity of sentiment prevails as to its exact
position within that large area, whether in the center of the haram,
or in its southwest corner" [BARCLAY].
Moreover, the full extent of the temple area is a problem that
remains to be solved, for the platform of Mount Moriah being too
narrow for the extensive buildings and courts attached to the sacred
edifice, Solomon resorted to artificial means of enlarging and
levelling it, by erecting vaults, which, as JOSEPHUS
states, rested on immense earthen mounds raised from the slope of the
hill. It should be borne in mind at the outset that the grandeur of
the temple did not consist in its colossal structure so much as in
its internal splendor, and the vast courts and buildings attached to
it. It was not intended for the reception of a worshipping assembly,
for the people always stood in the outer courts of the sanctuary. 

[Genesis 22:2](/kjv/genesis/22/2)- :. MEASURES AND
ORNAMENTS OF THE HOUSE.

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