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2 Chronicles 3

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Solomon Start to Build di House of our Papa

Di building start for Mount Moriah, for di threshing floor wey David buy, where we Papa show himself to am. Measurements, gold covering, carved cherubim, di woven curtain, and two pillars wey dem name Jachin and Boaz — di place matter here as much as di fineness.

Chapter 3.

Den Solomon start to build di house of our Papa for Jerusalem, for Mount Moriah, wia our Papa don show imsef to David im papa, for di place wey David don prepare for Ornan di Jebusite im threshing floor. E start to build for di second month, second day, for di fourth year wey e dey rule. Na dis be di foundation wey Solomon lay to build di house of our Papa: di length na about ninety feet by di old measurement, di width na about thirty feet. Di portico wey dey for di front of di house, along di width of di house, na about thirty feet wide; im height na 120 feet. E cover di inside with pure gold.

E line di big room with cypress wood, cover am with fine gold, and add palm tree and chain dem. E decorate di house with precious stone dem make e fine, and di gold na from Parvaim. E cover di house—di beam dem, di doorstep dem, di wall dem, di door dem—with gold, and e carve cherubim for di wall dem.

E make di Most Holy Place, im length match di width of di house—about thirty feet—and im width sef na thirty feet. E cover am with about twenty-three ton of fine gold. Di nail dem weigh about twenty ounce of gold; e cover di upstairs room dem with gold.

For di Most Holy Place e make two cherubim wey dem carve, and e cover dem with gold. Togeda di wing of di cherubim dem stretch reach about thirty feet: one wing of di first cherub, about seven and a half feet, touch di wall of di house; im oda wing, wey sef be about seven and a half feet, touch di wing of di second cherub. Di wing of di second cherub, about seven and a half feet, touch di wall of di house; im oda wing, wey sef be about seven and a half feet, join di wing of di first cherub. Di wing of dis cherubim dem spread reach about thirty feet; dem stand for dia leg, dey face di main hall.

E make di curtain with blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and e weave cherubim inside am.

For di front of di house e make two pillar, each one na about fifty-three feet tall, with capital wey be about seven and a half feet high for dia top. E make chain dem like necklace, put dem for di top of di pillar dem, make one hundred pomegranate, and tie dem for di chain dem. E set up di pillar dem for di front of di temple, one for di right, one for di left, and e call di one for di right Jachin and di one for di left Boaz.

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