| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1During the month of Ziv, which was the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 480 years after the Israelis left the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the LORD's Temple. | 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 second month, in the month of Ziv. |
| 2The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. | 2The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. |
| 3A portico extended in front of the Temple for 20 cubits outward, corresponding to the width of the Temple. Along the front of the Temple its depth was ten cubits. | 3The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple's width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple. |
| 4Solomon also constructed windows in the Temple with specially designed frames. | 4He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple. |
| 5Against the wall of the Temple he built a series of rooms that encompassed the exterior of the Temple walls around the inner sanctuary. He built these side chambers all around the building. | 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. |
| 6The lower structures were five cubits wide, the middle structures were six cubits wide and the third structures were seven cubits wide. Offsets were placed all around the Temple so that beams would not protrude through the walls of the Temple. | 6The lowest chamber was 7 1/2 feet wide, the middle was nine 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. |
| 7The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built. | 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. |
| 8A passageway to the side chamber was constructed on the south side of the Temple by which people could ascend winding stairs to the middle story, then from there to the third story. | 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. |
| 9After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar. | 9When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. |
| 10He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers. | 10He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1/2 feet high. |
| 11Then this message from the LORD came to Solomon: | 11The word of the LORD came to Solomon:" |
| 12"Concerning this Temple that you're building, if you live your life according to my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and keep all of my commands, and live according to them, then I will do what I promised to your father David. | 12As 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. |
| 13I will reside among the Israelis and will never abandon my people Israel." | 13I will live among the Israelites and not abandon My people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon kept on building the Temple and finished it. | 14When Solomon finished building the temple, |
| 15Then he built the inside walls of the Temple, lining them from floor to ceiling with cedar boards, and overlaying the Temple floor with boards made of cypress wood. | 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. |
| 16He lined 20 cubits of the rear part of the Temple from floor to ceiling with cedar boards specially constructed for the inside to serve as the Most Holy Place. | 16Then he lined 30 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. |
| 17The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long. | 17The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was 60 feet long. |
| 18Cedar carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen. | 18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen. |
| 19Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed. | 19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the LORD's covenant there. |
| 20The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold. The altar was also overlaid with cedar. | 20The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. |
| 21Solomon overlaid the inside of the Temple with pure gold, fastened gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. | 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. |
| 22He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary. | 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. |
| 23Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high. | 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood. |
| 24Each wing of one cherub was five cubits long, and each wing of the other cherub was five cubits long, so that the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was ten cubits. | 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. |
| 25Each cherub was ten cubits high, and both were of the same size and shape, | 25The second cherub also was 15 feet; both cherubim had the same size and shape. |
| 26the height of one cherub being ten cubits, as was the height of the other. | 26The first cherub's height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub's. |
| 27Solomon placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner sanctuary, with their wings spread in such a way that the wing of one was touching the one wall and the opposite wing of the other cherub was touching the opposite wall. Furthermore, their wings in the center of the wall were touching each other wing-to-wing. | 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. |
| 28Each cherub was overlaid with gold. | 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. |
| 29Solomon also inlaid all the inner walls of the Temple—both the inner and outer sanctuaries—with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. | 29He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings--cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms--in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 30He also overlaid the floor of the Temple with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. | 30He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 31Solomon also provided doors, lintels, and five-sided doorposts for the entrance to the inner sanctuary. | 31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided. |
| 32He installed two doors made of olive wood, inlaying them with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers, and overlaying them with gold. Then he added more gold to cover the cherubim and palm trees. | 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. |
| 33Solomon also provided four-sided doorposts made of cypress wood for the entrance to the outer sanctuary, | 33In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance. |
| 34along with two doors of cypress wood, one door of which had two leaves that turned on hinges, as did the other door, which also had two leaves that turned on hinges. | 34The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels. |
| 35Solomon also inlaid the doors with cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. He overlaid them with gold that was carefully applied on the engraved work. | 35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving. |
| 36He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams. | 36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams. |
| 37The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, | 37The foundation of the LORD's temple was laid in Solomon's fourth year in the month of Ziv. |
| 38and the Temple was completely finished according to its plans and specifications in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, that is, during the month of Bul. It took about seven years to build. | 38In his eleventh year in the eighth month, in the month of Bul, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years. |
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