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King James Version
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And
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.
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites
had
come out of the land of Egypt, in the month
of
Ziv,
the
second
month
of
the
fourth year of Solomon’s
reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
And
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.
The house that
King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty
cubits long
, twenty cubits wide
, and thirty cubits high
.
And
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
.
The portico
at
the front
of the main
hall
of
the
temple
was
twenty cubits long
, extending
across
the width
of the temple
and projecting
out
ten cubits in
front
of
the temple
.
And
for
the
house
he made
windows
of
narrow lights
.
He also
had
narrow windows
framed
high
in
the
temple
.
And
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:
Against the walls of the temple and the inner
sanctuary,
Solomon
built
a
chambered
structure
around
the
temple,
in
which
he constructed
the
side
rooms.
The 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
.
The bottom
floor
was five cubits wide
, the middle floor
six cubits, and the third floor
seven cubits .
He
also
placed
offset
ledges
around
the outside
of the temple
, so
that nothing
would
be inserted
into
its
walls.
And
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
.
The temple
was constructed
using
finished
stones
cut
at
the
quarry
, so that no
hammer or
chisel
or
any other
iron tool
was
heard in the temple
while it was being
built
.
The 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.
The entrance
to
the bottom
floor
was on
the south
side of the temple.
A
stairway
led
up to
the middle level
, and from
there
to
the third floor
.
So he
built the house,
and finished it ;
and
covered
the
house
with beams and boards
of cedar.
So Solomon
built the temple
and finished it ,
roofing
it
with beams and planks
of cedar.
And
then
he built chambers against
all the house
, five cubits high :
and they
rested
on
the house
with timber
of cedar.
He built chambers all along
the temple
, each
five cubits high and attached
to
the temple
with beams
of cedar.
And
the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying ,
Then
the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying :
Concerning
this house
which
thou
art
in
building, if thou
wilt
walk in my statutes, and
execute
my judgments
, and keep all my commandments to
walk
in them ;
then
will
I
perform
my
word
with
thee
, which
I spake
unto
David
thy
father :
“As
for
this temple
you
are
building, if you
walk in My statutes, carry
out
My ordinances
, and keep all My commandments by
walking
in them, I will
fulfill
through
you
the
promise
I
made
to
your
father David.
And I will dwell among the children
of
Israel,
and will not forsake
my people Israel.
And I will dwell among the Israelites
and will not abandon
My people Israel. ”
So Solomon built the house,
and finished it.
So Solomon built the temple
and finished it.
And
he built
the walls of
the
house
within
with boards
of
cedar ,
both
the floor of the house,
and
the
walls
of
the ceiling :
and
he
covered
them
on
the
inside
with
wood
, and covered the floor of
the
house
with planks
of
fir
.
He lined
the interior
walls with cedar paneling
from
the floor of the temple
to
the ceiling, and he
covered the floor with cypress
boards
.
And
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.
He partitioned
off
the
twenty cubits at
the rear
of the temple
with cedar boards
from
floor
to
ceiling
to
form
within the temple
an
inner
sanctuary
, the Most Holy Place.
And the house,
that
is,
the
temple
before
it,
was forty cubits long.
And the main
hall
in
front
of
this
room
was forty cubits long.
And
the cedar of
the house
within
was carved with knops
and open flowers :
all
was cedar; there
was
no
stone seen.
The cedar paneling
inside
the temple
was carved with gourds
and open flowers .
Everything
was cedar; not
a
stone could
be
seen.
And
the
oracle
he
prepared in
the house
within ,
to set there
the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Solomon
also
prepared the inner
sanctuary
within the
temple
to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there
.
And
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.
The inner
sanctuary
was twenty cubits long
, twenty cubits wide
, and twenty cubits high.
He overlaid the
inside
with pure gold ,
and he
also
overlaid
the altar of cedar.
So 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.
So Solomon overlaid the inside
of
the
temple
with pure gold ,
and he extended
gold
chains across
the
front
of the inner
sanctuary,
which
was
overlaid with gold.
And
the
whole
house
he overlaid with gold, until he
had
finished all
the
house:
also the whole
altar that was
by
the oracle
he
overlaid
with
gold
.
So
he overlaid with gold the
whole
interior
of
the
temple
, until everything
was
completely
finished .
He
also overlaid
with
gold
the entire
altar that belonged
to
the inner
sanctuary
.
And
within
the oracle
he made two cherubim of
olive
tree
, each ten cubits high.
In
the inner
sanctuary
he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high ,
out
of
olive
wood
.
And
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.
One wing of the first
cherub was
five cubits long,
and
the other wing was
five
cubits
long
as
well.
So
the full
wingspan
was
ten cubits.
And
the other
cherub was
ten cubits :
both the
cherubim were
of
one
measure
and
one
size .
The second
cherub also
measured
ten cubits ;
both cherubim had
the
same
size and
shape,
The height of the
one
cherub was ten cubits ,
and
so
was
it
of
the
other
cherub
.
and
the height of each
cherub was ten cubits.
And he set
the cherubim within
the
inner
house:
and
they
stretched
forth
the wings
of the cherubim
, 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
.
And he placed
the cherubim inside
the innermost
room
of the temple.
Since
their
wings
were
spread
out
, the wing of the first
cherub
touched one wall, while
the wing of the second
cherub touched the other wall ,
and in the middle
of the room
their
wingtips
touched
.
And
he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
He also
overlaid the cherubim with gold.
And
he carved all
the walls of
the house
round
about
with carved figures
of cherubim and
palm trees and open flowers ,
within
and
without
.
Then
he carved the walls all
around
the temple,
in
both
the
inner
and
outer
sanctuaries,
with carved engravings
of cherubim ,
palm trees ,
and open flowers.
And the
floors
of
the
house
he overlaid with gold ,
within
and without
.
And he overlaid the
temple
floor
with gold in
both
the
inner
and outer
sanctuaries
.
And
for the entering
of
the oracle
he
made
doors of olive tree:
the
lintel
and
side
posts
were
a
fifth
part
of
the
wall
.
For the entrance
to
the inner
sanctuary,
Solomon
constructed
doors of olive wood
with
five-sided
doorposts
.
The two
doors also
were of olive tree;
and he carved upon
them carvings
of
cherubim and
palm trees and open flowers ,
and overlaid them
with
gold,
and
spread
gold
upon
the cherubim ,
and upon
the
palm trees.
The double
doors were made
of olive wood,
and he carved into
them cherubim ,
palm trees ,
and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with
hammered
gold
.
So
also
made
he
for
the
door
of
the temple
posts
of olive tree,
a
fourth
part
of
the wall
.
In
the same
way
he
made
four-sided
doorposts
of olive wood
for
the sanctuary
entrance
.
And
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.
The two doors were made
of cypress
wood
, and each
had
two folding panels
.
And
he carved thereon
cherubim and
palm trees and open flowers :
and covered
them with gold fitted
upon
the carved
work
.
He carved into
them
cherubim ,
palm trees ,
and open flowers ;
and he
overlaid
them with gold ,
hammered
evenly
over
the carvings
.
And
he
built the inner court
with three rows of hewed
stone ,
and a
row of cedar beams.
Solomon
built the inner courtyard
with three rows of dressed
stone and one
row of trimmed
cedar beams.
In
the fourth
year
was
the
foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
The foundation of the house of the LORD was
laid in
the
fourth
year
of
Solomon’s
reign
, in the month of
Ziv.
And
in the
eleventh year, in
the month Bul, which
is
the eighth
month,
was the
house
finished throughout
all
the
parts
thereof,
and according to all
the
fashion
of
it
. So was
he seven years in
building
it
.
In his
eleventh year and
eighth
month
, the month of
Bul, the temple
was finished in
every
detail
and according to every
specification
. So he built
the
temple
in
seven years.
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