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And Salomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on the mountain of Amoria, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
And these are the things Salomon began in building the house of God: the length in cubits — the first measurement — sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
And the ailam in front of the house: its length across the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty cubits; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
And he made the house of the holy of holies: its length across the front of the breadth, twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with pure gold, for the cherubim, six hundred talents.
And the wings of the cherubim: their length was twenty cubits; the one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.
And the wing of the one cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.
And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left; and he called the name of the one on the right Establishment, and the name of the one on the left Strength.