2 Chronicles · Chapter 3

[ edit] And Salomon beganne to bilden up an hous of þe Lord in Jeruſalem, in þe hill of Moria, þe whiche was ſchewed to Dauid, his fader, in þe place þat Dauid hadde maad redy in þe corne flor of Ornam Jebuſei. He beganne forſoþe to bilden up þe ſecounde moneþ, in þe ferþ ȝeer of his regne. And þes ben þe foundementis, þe whiche Salomon leide, þat he bilde up þe hous of God; of lengþe cubitis in þe firſt meſure ſexty, of brede cubitis twenty. Þe ȝate hous forſoþe beforne þe frount, þe whiche was ſtrauȝt out in to leyngþe aftir meſure of brede of þe hous, of cubitis twenty, bot þe heiȝte was of an hundriþ and twenty cubitis; and he gildide it wiþ in forþ wiþ moſt cleen gold.

Alſo þe more hous he couerede wiþ firre tablis, and he fitchide platis of briȝt gold þoruȝ out; and he graued in it hondis, and as cheynes catchynge hem ſilf to gydre. And he couerde þe pawment of þe temple wiþ moſt preciouſe marble, in myche feyrneſſe. Forſoþe þe gold was moſt fyne, of whos platis he couerde þe hous, and his bemys, and poſtis, and wallis, and dores; and he graued cherubyn in þe wallis. Alſo he maad an hous to þe holies of halowes, in leyngþe aftir þe brede of þe hous, of cubitis twenty, and þe breed lijc maner of cubitis twenty; and wiþ golden platis couerde it, as wiþ ſixe hundriþ talentis.

Bot and golden naylis he maad, ſo þat eche naylis peyſeden fyfty ounces; alſo þe ſoupynge place he couerde wiþ gold. And he maad in þe hous of holies of halowis two cherubyn in ymage werke, and couerde hem wiþ gold. Þe weengis of cherubyn in twenty cubitis weren ſtrauȝt out, ſo þat oo wenge hadde cubitis fyue, and ſchulde touchen þe wall of þe hous; and þe toþer wenge hauynge fyue cubitis touche þe wenge of þe toþer cherub. Lijc maner of þe toþer cherub þe wenge hadde fyue cubitis, and touchid þe wall, and his oþere weeng of fyue cubitis touched þe weeng of þe toþer cherub.

Þanne þe weengis of eiþer cherub weren ſprad and ſtrauȝt out bi cubitis twenty; þei forſoþe ſtoden riȝt up þe feet, and þe faces of hem weren turned to þe vttirmore hous. And he maad a veyl of iacinct, and purpur, and cocko, and bijs; and þei weueden to it cherubyn. Before þe ȝatis alſo of þe temple two pylers, þe whiche þritty and fyue cubitis hadden of heiȝt; forſoþe þe heuedis of hem of fyue cubitis. Alſo and as litil cheynes in Goddis anſwerynge place, and he putte hem vpon þe heuedes of þe pilers; alſo an hundriþ powngarnettis, þe whiche he putte among to þe litil cheynes.

And þilk pilers he putte in þe veſtiarye of þe temple, oon fro þe riȝt, an oþer fro þe left; it þat was fro þe riȝt he clepide Jachym, and þat to þe lift he clepid Booz.