Christian Standard Bible

King James Bible

1Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.

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.

2The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

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.

3The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple's width, and fifteen feet deep in front of the temple.

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.

4He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple.

4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

5He then built a chambered structure along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.

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 lowest chamber was 7 1/2 feet wide, the middle was 9 feet wide, and the third was 10 1/2 feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

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.

7The temple's construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

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.

8The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.

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.

9When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

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

10He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1/2 feet high.

10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11The word of the LORD came to Solomon:

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

12"As for this temple you are building--if you walk in my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep all my commands by walking in them, I will fulfill my promise to you, which I made to your father David.

12Concerning 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:

13I will dwell among the Israelites and not abandon my people Israel."

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

14When Solomon finished building the temple,

14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

15he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards.

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.

16Then he lined thirty feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, 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.

17The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was sixty feet long.

17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

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

19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the LORD's covenant there.

19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

20The interior of the sanctuary was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.

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.

21Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold.

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.

22So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary.

22And 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.

23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood.

23And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

24One wing of the first cherub was 7 1/2 feet long, and the other wing was 7 1/2 feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip.

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.

25The second cherub also was 15 feet; both cherubim had the same size and shape.

25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

26The first cherub's height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub's.

26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

27Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one's wing touched one wall while the second cherub's wing touched the other wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing.

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.

28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

28And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

29He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings--cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms--in the inner and outer sanctuaries.

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.

30He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and the outer sanctuaries.

30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided.

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.

32The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.

32The 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.

33In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance.

33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

34The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels.

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.

35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.

35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

37The foundation of the LORD's temple was laid in Solomon's fourth year in the month of Ziv.

37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

38In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.

38And 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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