1KI-6:1 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.

1KI-6:2 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.

1KI-6:3 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.

1KI-6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

1KI-6:5 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:

1KI-6:6 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.

1KI-6:7 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 ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the

house, while it was in building.

1KI-6:8 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.

1KI-6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the

house with beams and boards of cedar.

1KI-6:10 And [then] he built chambers against all the house,

five cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of

cedar.

1KI-6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

1KI-6:12 [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:

1KI-6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will

not forsake my people Israel.

1KI-6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

1KI-6:15 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.

1KI-6:16 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].

1KI-6:17 And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was

forty cubits [long].

1KI-6:18 And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with

knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.

1KI-6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set

there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

1KI-6:20 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.

1KI-6:21 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.

1KI-6:22 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.

1KI-6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive

tree, [each] ten cubits high.

1KI-6:24 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.

1KI-6:25 And the other cherub [was] ten cubits: both the

cherubims [were] of one measure and one size.

1KI-6:26 The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so

[was it] of the other cherub.

1KI-6:27 And 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.

1KI-6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

1KI-6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about

with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers,

 within and without.

1KI-6:30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold,

within and without.

1KI-6:31 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].

1KI-6:32 The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved

upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers,

and overlaid [them] with gold, and spread gold upon the

cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

1KI-6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of]

olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].

1KI-6:34 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.

1KI-6:35 And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and

open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the

carved work.

1KI-6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed

stone, and a row of cedar beams.

1KI-6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of

the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

1KI-6:38 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.

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