1 Kings 6
1 and to be in/on/with eighty year and four hundred year to/for to come out: come son: descendant/people Israel from land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with year [the] fourth in/on/with month Ziv he/she/it [the] month [the] second to/for to reign Solomon upon Israel and to build [the] house: temple to/for LORD
Four hundred and eighty years after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of King Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv, Solomon began building the Temple of the Lord.
2 and [the] house: home which to build [the] king Solomon to/for LORD sixty cubit length his and twenty width his and thirty cubit height his
The Temple King Solomon built for the Lord measured sixty cubits long by twenty cubits wide by thirty cubits high.
3 and [the] Portico upon face: before temple: nave [the] house: home twenty cubit length his upon face: before width [the] house: home ten in/on/with cubit width his upon face: before [the] house: home
The entrance room at the front of the Temple was twenty cubits wide. It ran the whole width of the Temple and projected out ten cubits in front of the Temple.
4 and to make to/for house: home window frame to shutter
He had latticed windows made to be placed high up in the Temple.
5 and to build upon wall [the] house: home (floor *QK) around [obj] wall [the] house: home around to/for temple: nave and to/for sanctuary and to make side around
He also had a structure built against the outer wall of the Temple, both the outer and the inner sanctuary, to provide a series of side rooms.
6 ([the] floor *QK) [the] lower five in/on/with cubit width her and [the] middle six in/on/with cubit width her and [the] third seven in/on/with cubit width her for recess to give: make to/for house: home around outside [to] to/for lest to grasp in/on/with wall [the] house: home
The ground floor measured five cubits wide, the first floor six cubits, and the second floor seven cubits. In addition he had offset ledges placed all the way around the outside, so that beams would not have to be inserted into the Temple walls.
7 and [the] house: home in/on/with to build he stone complete quarry to build and hammer and [the] axe all article/utensil iron not to hear: hear in/on/with house: home in/on/with to build he
When the Temple was built the stones were finished at the quarry so that no noise from any hammer, ax, or any iron tool was heard in the Temple during construction.
8 entrance [the] side [the] middle to(wards) shoulder [the] house: home [the] right: south and in/on/with stairs to ascend: rise upon [the] middle and from [the] middle to(wards) [the] third
The entrance to the ground floor was on the south side of the Temple. Stairs led to the first floor, and then on to the second floor.
9 and to build [obj] [the] house: home and to end: finish him and to cover [obj] [the] house: home beam and rank in/on/with cedar
So Solomon finished building the Temple, covering it with a roof made of cedar rafters and planks.
10 and to build [obj] ([the] floor *QK) upon all [the] house: home five cubit height his and to grasp [obj] [the] house: home in/on/with tree: wood cedar
He built the external structure along the whole of the Temple. It was five cubits high, joined to the Temple with cedar joists.
11 and to be word LORD to(wards) Solomon to/for to say
The Lord sent this message to Solomon, telling him,
12 [the] house: home [the] this which you(m. s.) to build if to go: walk in/on/with statute my and [obj] justice: judgement my to make: do and to keep: obey [obj] all commandment my to/for to go: walk in/on/with them and to arise: establish [obj] word my with you which to speak: speak to(wards) David father your
“About this Temple you are building: if you follow what I have said, fulfilling my requirements and keeping my commandments in what you do, I will keep the promise I made to your father David through you.
13 and to dwell in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel and not to leave: forsake [obj] people my Israel
I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon Israel, my people.”
14 and to build Solomon [obj] [the] house: home and to end: finish him
Solomon finished building the Temple.
15 and to build [obj] wall [the] house: home from house: home [to] in/on/with side cedar from floor [the] house: home till wall [the] ceiling to overlay tree: wood from house: home and to overlay [obj] floor [the] house: home in/on/with side cypress
He lined the walls with cedar panels from floor to ceiling and he covered the floor of the Temple with cypress boards.
16 and to build [obj] twenty cubit (from flank *Qk) [the] house: home in/on/with side cedar from [the] floor till [the] wall and to build to/for him from house: home to/for sanctuary to/for Most Holy Place [the] Most Holy Place
He sectioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the Temple with boards of cedar from floor to ceiling, making an inner sanctuary as the Most Holy Place.
17 and forty in/on/with cubit to be [the] house: home he/she/it [the] temple: nave to/for face: before my
The main Temple in front of this room measured forty cubits long.
18 and cedar to(wards) [the] house: home within engraving gourd and to separate flower [the] all cedar nothing stone to see: see
The cedar panels inside the Temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers. Everything was lined with cedar—none of the stone was visible.
19 and sanctuary in/on/with midst [the] house: home from within to establish: prepare to/for to give: put there [obj] ark covenant LORD
He also had the inner sanctuary made within the Temple where the Ark of the Lord's Agreement would be placed.
20 and to/for face: before [the] sanctuary twenty cubit length and twenty cubit width and twenty cubit height his and to overlay him gold to shut and to overlay altar cedar
The inner sanctuary measured twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He had the interior covered with a coating with pure gold, as well as the altar of cedar.
21 and to overlay Solomon [obj] [the] house: home from within gold to shut and to pass (in/on/with chain *QK) gold to/for face: before [the] sanctuary and to overlay him gold
Solomon had the whole of the inside of the Temple covered with pure gold, He had gold chains stretched across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was also covered with gold.
22 and [obj] all [the] house: home to overlay gold till to finish all [the] house: home and all [the] altar which to/for sanctuary to overlay gold
He covered the whole inside of the Temple with a coating of gold until it was all finished. He also covered with gold the entire altar for the inner sanctuary.
23 and to make in/on/with sanctuary two cherub tree: wood oil ten cubit height his
He had two cherubim made out of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each one ten cubits tall.
24 and five cubit wing [the] cherub [the] one and five cubit wing [the] cherub [the] second ten cubit from end wing his and till end wing his
Both wings of the cherub measured five cubits, making a total wingspan of ten cubits.
25 and ten in/on/with cubit [the] cherub [the] second measure one and shape one to/for two [the] cherub
The other cherub was also ten cubits tall, since they were identical both in size and shape.
26 height [the] cherub [the] one ten in/on/with cubit and so [the] cherub [the] second
Both cherubs were ten cubits tall.
27 and to give: put [obj] [the] cherub in/on/with midst [the] house: home [the] inner and to spread [obj] wing [the] cherub and to touch wing [the] one in/on/with wall and wing [the] cherub [the] second to touch in/on/with wall [the] second and wing their to(wards) midst [the] house: home to touch wing to(wards) wing
He had the cherubim placed inside the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Since their wings were fully spread, a wing of the first cherub touched one wall, a wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the Temple their wings touched.
28 and to overlay [obj] [the] cherub gold
The cherubim were also covered with a gold coating.
29 and [obj] all wall [the] house: home surrounds to carve engraving engraving cherub and palm and to separate flower from to/for face: before and to/for outer
He had all the Temple walls, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, carved with designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
30 and [obj] floor [the] house: temple to overlay gold to/for within and to/for outer
He also had the floor of the Temple floor covered with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31 and [obj] entrance [the] sanctuary to make door tree: wood oil [the] pillar doorpost fifth
He had doors of olive wood made for the entrance to the inner sanctuary, together with a lintel and doorposts that had five sides.
32 and two door tree: wood oil and to carve upon them engraving cherub and palm and to separate flower and to overlay gold and to subdue upon [the] cherub and upon [the] palm [obj] [the] gold
These olive wood double doors had carved into them designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The cherubim and palm trees carvings were covered with beaten gold.
33 and so to make to/for entrance [the] temple: nave doorpost tree: wood oil from with fourth
Similarly he had four-sided doorposts of olive wood made for the entrance to the sanctuary.
34 and two door tree: wood cypress two side [the] door [the] one turned and two curtain [the] door [the] second turned
Its doors were made of cypress wood, each with two hinged panels.
35 and to carve cherub and palm and to separate flower and to overlay gold to smooth upon [the] to engrave
He had them carved with designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and covered them with gold beaten evenly over the carvings.
36 and to build [obj] [the] court [the] inner three row cutting and row beam cedar
Solomon had the inner courtyard built with three courses of dressed stone and one of cedar beams.
37 in/on/with year [the] fourth to found house: temple LORD in/on/with month Ziv
The foundation of the Lord's Temple was laid in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv.
38 and in/on/with year [the] one ten in/on/with month Bul he/she/it [the] month [the] eighth to end: finish [the] house: temple to/for all word: thing his and to/for all (justice: custom his *QK) and to build him seven year
The Temple was finished exactly as specified and planned in Solomon's eleventh year, in the eighth month, the month of Bul. So it took him seven years to build the Temple.
