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1 Kings 6
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1And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomonover Israel, that the king commanded that they should take great [and] costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed [the stones], and laid them [for a foundation]. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this [is] the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.
1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build Yahweh’s house.
2And the house which the king built to the Lord [was] forty cubits in length , and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
2The house which King Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.
3And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits [was] its length according to the breadth of the housein front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
3The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.
4And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
4He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
5And against the wall of the househe set chambers round about the temple and the ark.
5Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
6The under side [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [part] six , and the third [was] seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house , that they might not touch the walls of the house.
6The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
7And the housewas built in the constructionof it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer or axe, or any iron tool.
7The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.
8And the porch of the under side [was] below the right wing of the house, and [there was] a winding ascent into the middle [chamber], and from the middle to the third story.
8The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.
9So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.
9So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
10And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
10He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.
15And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.
15He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.
16And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy place.
16He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
17And the temple was forty cubits [in extent],
17In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
19in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, [in order] to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
19He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.
20The length [was] twenty cubits , and the breadth [was] twenty cubits , and the height of it was twenty cubits . And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
20Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.
21And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished [gilding] the whole house.
21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
23And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
24Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.
25Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure .
25The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
26And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits , and so [was it] with the second cherub.
26One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
27And both the cherubs [were] in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
27He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house.
28And he covered the cherubs with gold.
28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of cherubs, and [he sculptured] palm trees within and without [the house].
29He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
30And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
30He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
31And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, [there were] porches in a four-fold way.
31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
34In both the doors [were] planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned [on hinges],
34and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35being carved with cherubs, and [there were] palm -treesand open flower-leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.
35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
36And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about, and he made the curtain of the court of the porch of the house that was in front of the temple.
36He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.