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| 1In the four hundred and eightieth 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, he began to build the house of the LORD. | 1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the LORD's temple. |
| 2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. | 2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. |
| 3The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. | 3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple. |
| 4And he made for the house windows with recessed frames. | 4He made framed windows for the temple. |
| 5He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around. | 5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. |
| 6The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. | 6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. |
| 7When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built. | 7As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. |
| 8The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. | 8The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor. |
| 9So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. | 9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar. |
| 10He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar. | 10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams. |
| 11Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, | 11The LORD said to Solomon: |
| 12“Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. | 12"As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. |
| 13And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.” | 13I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon built the house and finished it. | 14So Solomon finished building the temple. |
| 15He lined the walls of the house on the inside 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 cypress. | 15He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. |
| 16He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place. | 16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. |
| 17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. | 17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. |
| 18The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen. | 18The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. |
| 19The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. | 19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there. |
| 20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar. | 20The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. |
| 21And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. | 21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. |
| 22And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. | 22He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. |
| 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. | 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high. |
| 24Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. | 24Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. |
| 25The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form. | 25The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. |
| 26The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. | 26Each cherub stood 15 feet high. |
| 27He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house. | 27He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub's wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub's wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub's other wing touched the second cherub's other wing in the middle of the room. |
| 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. | 28He plated the cherubs with gold. |
| 29Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. | 29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. |
| 30The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms. | 30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. |
| 31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. | 31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. |
| 32He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. | 32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. |
| 33So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, | 33In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. |
| 34and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. | 34He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. |
| 35On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. | 35He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings. |
| 36He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams. | 36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams. |
| 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv. | 37In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the LORD's temple. |
| 38And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it. | 38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. |
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