1Kings 6

The Building of the Temple

6AND 480 years after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, Ziv, he began to build the Lord's house.H702H3967H8141H8084H8141H1121H3478H3318H776H4714H7243H8141H8010H4427H3478H2320H2099H8145H2320H1129H1004H30682The length of the house Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits, its breadth twenty, and its height thirty cubits.H1004H4428H8010H1129H3068H753H8346H520H7341H6242H6967H7970H5203The length of the vestibule in front of the temple was twenty cubits, equal to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits.H197H6440H1964H1004H6242H520H753H7341H1004H6235H520H7341H10044For the house he made narrow [latticed] windows.H1004H6213H2474H331H82615Against the wall of the house he built chambers running round the walls of the house both of the Holy Place and of the Holy of Holies; and he made side chambers all around.H7023H1004H1129H3326H3326H5439H7023H1004H5439H1964H1687H6213H6763H54396The first story's side chambers were five cubits wide, those of the middle story six cubits wide, and of the third story seven cubits wide; for around the outside of the wall of the house he made offsets in order that the supporting beams should not be thrust into the walls of the house.H8481H3326H3326H2568H520H7341H8484H8337H520H7341H7992H7651H520H7341H2351H1004H5414H4052H5439H270H7023H10047When the house was being built, its stone was made ready at the quarry, and no hammer, ax, or tool of iron was heard in the house while it was in building.H1004H1129H1129H68H8003H4551H4717H1631H3627H1270H8085H1004H11298The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the right [or south] side of the house; and one went up winding stairs into the middle chamber and from the middle into the third.H6607H8484H6763H3233H3802H1004H5927H3883H8484H8484H79929So Solomon built the temple building and finished it, and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar.H1129H1004H3615H5603H1004H1356H7713H73010Then he built the stories of chambers [the lean-to] against all the house, each [story] five cubits high; and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.H1129H3326H3326H1004H2568H520H6967H270H1004H6086H73011Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,H1697H3068H8010H55912Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes, execute My precepts, and keep all My commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill to you My promises which I made to David your father.H1004H1129H3212H2708H6213H4941H8104H4687H3212H6965H1697H1696H1732H113And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not forsake My people Israel.H7931H8432H1121H3478H5800H5971H347814So Solomon built the house and finished it.H8010H1129H1004H361515He built the walls of the house (the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies) within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the inside with wood, and the floor of the house with boards of cypress.H1129H7023H1004H1004H6763H730H7172H1004H7023H5604H6823H1004H6086H6823H7172H1004H6763H126516He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters; he built it within for the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.H1129H6242H520H3411H1004H4480H7172H7023H6763H730H1129H1004H1687H6944H694417The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long.H1004H1964H3942H705H52018The cedar on the house within was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was visible.H730H1004H6441H4734H6497H6362H6731H730H68H720019And he prepared the Holy of Holies in the inner room in which to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord.H1687H3559H8432H1004H6441H5414H727H1285H306820The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, in breadth, and in height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.H1687H6440H6242H520H753H6242H520H7341H6242H520H6967H6823H5462H2091H6823H4196H73021Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across in front of the Holy of Holies and overlaid it with gold.H8010H6823H1004H6441H5462H2091H5674H7572H7572H2091H6440H1687H6823H209122And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole [incense] altar that [stood outside the door but] belonged to the Holy of Holies he overlaid with gold.H1004H6823H2091H8552H1004H4196H1687H6823H209123Within the Holy of Holies he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.H1687H6213H8147H3742H8081H6086H6235H520H696724Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub and five cubits its other wing; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.H2568H520H259H3671H3742H2568H520H8145H3671H3742H7098H3671H7098H3671H6235H52025The wings of the other cherub were also ten cubits. Both cherubim were the same,H8145H3742H6235H520H8147H3742H259H4060H259H709526The height of one cherub ten cubits, as was the other.H6967H259H3742H6235H520H8145H374227He put the cherubim within the inner sanctuary. Their wings were stretched out, so that the wing of one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall, and their inner wings touched in the midst of the room.H5414H3742H8432H6442H1004H6566H3671H3742H3671H259H5060H7023H3671H8145H3742H5060H8145H7023H3671H5060H3671H3671H8432H100428Solomon overlaid the cherubim with gold.H6823H3742H209129He carved all the walls of the house (these two holy rooms) round about with figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, within and without.H7049H7023H1004H4524H6603H4734H3742H8561H6362H6731H6441H243530The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and out.H7172H1004H6823H2091H6441H243531For the Holy of Holies he made [folding] doors of olive wood; their entire width was one-fifth that of the wall.H6607H1687H6213H1817H8081H6086H352H4201H254932On the two doors of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and palm trees.H8147H1817H8081H6086H7049H4734H3742H8561H6362H6731H6823H2091H7286H2091H3742H856133Also he made for the door of the Holy Place four-sided posts of olive wood.H6213H6607H1964H4201H8081H6086H724334The two doors were of cypress wood; the two leaves of each door were folding.H8147H1817H1265H6086H8147H6763H259H1817H1550H8147H7050H8145H1817H155035He carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, covered with gold evenly applied on the carved work.H7049H3742H8561H6362H6731H6823H2091H3474H270736He built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.H1129H6442H2691H7969H2905H1496H2905H730H377337In the fourth year the foundation of the Lord's house was laid, in the [second] month, Ziv.H7243H8141H3245H1004H3068H3245H3391H209938In the eleventh year, in Bul, the eighth month, the house was finished throughout according to all its specifications. So he was seven years in building it.H259H6240H8141H3391H945H8066H2320H1004H3615H1697H4941H7651H8141H1129