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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.
1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
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.
2And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
3And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits [was] its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
4And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5And against the wall of the house he set chambers round aboutthe temple and the ark.
5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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 nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
7And the housewas built in the construction of it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the housein the building of it hammer or axe, or any iron tool.
7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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 chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
9So he built the houseand finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.
9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
15And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards , from the floor of the houseand 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.
15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
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.
16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17And the temple was forty cubits [in extent],
17And the house, that is, the temple before it, 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.
19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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.
20And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of 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: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
23And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
23And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, 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.
24And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure .
25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] with the second cherub.
26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of 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.
27And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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 midst of the house.
28And he covered the cherubs with gold.
28And he overlaid the cherubims 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].
29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
30And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, [there were] porches in a four-fold way.
31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side 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 the two doors were of fir tree: 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 -trees and open flower-leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.
35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved 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.
36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.