1 Kings 6

1 It happened in 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, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

So Solomon began to build the temple of Yahweh. This happened in the 480th year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.

2 The house which king Solomon built for the LORD, its length was one hundred three feet and four inches, and its breadth thirty-four feet and five inches, and its height fifty-one feet and eight inches.

The temple that King Solomon built for Yahweh was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

3 The porch before the temple of the house, thirty-four feet and five inches was its length, according to the breadth of the house. Seventeen feet and three inches was its breadth before the house.

The portico in front of the temple's main hall was twenty cubits in length, equal to the width of the temple, and ten cubits deep in front of the temple.

4 For the house he made windows of fixed lattice work.

For the house he made windows with frames that made them more narrow at the outside than on the inside.

5 Against the wall of the house he built stories 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.

Against the walls of the main chamber he built rooms around it, around both the outer room and the inner room. He built rooms all around the sides.

6 The lowest story was eight feet and seven inches broad, and the middle was ten feet and four inches broad, and the third was twelve feet and one inch broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

The lowest story was five cubits wide, 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 so that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house.

7 The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

The house was built of stones prepared at the quarry. No hammer, ax, or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

8 And the door for the lowest side-rooms was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.

On the south side of the temple there was an entrance at the ground level, then one went up by stairs to the middle level, and from the middle to the third level.

9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

So Solomon built the temple and finished it; he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

10 He built the stories against all the house, each eight feet and seven inches high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

He built the side rooms against the inner chambers of the temple, each side five cubits high; they were joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

11 The word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

12 "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

“Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in my statutes and do justice, keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will confirm my promise with you that I had made to David your father.

13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."

I will live among the people of Israel and will not forsake them.”

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

So Solomon built the house and finished it.

15 He 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; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

Then he built the interior walls of the house with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.

16 He built thirty-four feet and five inches on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the beams, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.

He built twenty cubits onto the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this room to be the inner room, the most holy place.

17 In front of the temple sanctuary was sixty-eight feet and eleven inches.

The main hall, that is, the holy place that was in front of the most holy place, was forty cubits long.

18 And the inside of the house was cedar, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was visible on the inside.

19 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Solomon prepared the inner room inside the house in order to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there.

20 And before the sanctuary was thirty-four feet and five inches in length, and thirty-four feet and five inches in breadth, and thirty-four feet and five inches in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold. And he made the altar of cedar.

The inner room was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height. Solomon overlaid the walls with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar wood.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.

Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he placed chains of gold across the front of the inner room, and overlaid the front with gold.

22 The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

He overlaid the entire interior with gold until all the temple was finished. He also overlaid with gold the whole altar that belonged to the inner room.

23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each seventeen feet and three inches high.

Solomon made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high, for the inner room.

24 Eight feet and seven inches was the one wing of the cherub, and eight feet and seven inches the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were seventeen feet and three inches.

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and its other wing was also five cubits long. So from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other there was a distance of ten cubits.

25 The other cherub was seventeen feet and three inches: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

The other cherub also had a wingspan ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of the same dimensions and shape.

26 The height of the one cherub was seventeen feet and three inches, and so was it of the other cherub.

The height of one cherub was ten cubits and the other cherub was the same.

27 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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.

Solomon placed the cherubim in the innermost room. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out so that the wing of one touched one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. Their wings touched one another in the middle of the most holy place.

28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Solomon overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.

He carved all the walls of the house around about with figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, in the outer and inner rooms.

30 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

Solomon overlaid the floor of the house with gold, in both the outer and inner rooms.

31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.

Solomon made doors of olivewood for the entrance to the inner room. The lintel and doorposts had five indented sections.

32 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.

So he made two doors of olivewood, and he made on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and he spread the gold on the cherubim and palm trees.

33 So also he made for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

In this way, Solomon also made for the temple entrance doorposts of olive wood having four indented sections

34 and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

35 He carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.

He carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he evenly overlaid gold on the carved work.

36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams.

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

The foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its fashion. So was he seven years in building it.

In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and conforming to all its specifications. Solomon took seven years to build the temple.