| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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. | 1Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons 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, that he began to build the house of the LORD. |
| 2The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. | 2As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. |
| 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 porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. |
| 4Solomon also constructed windows in the Temple with specially designed frames. | 4Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. |
| 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. | 5Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus 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 story was five cubits wide, and 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 in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. |
| 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 house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house 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 doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, 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. | 9So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams 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 also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar. |
| 11Then this message from the LORD came to Solomon: | 11Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, |
| 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. | 12"Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. |
| 13I will reside among the Israelis and will never abandon my people Israel." | 13"I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon kept on building the Temple and finished it. | 14So Solomon built the house and finished it. |
| 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. | 15Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. |
| 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. | 16He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place. |
| 17The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long. | 17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits 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. | 18There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. |
| 19Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed. | 19Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
| 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 inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. |
| 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. | 21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he 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. | 22He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. |
| 23Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high. | 23Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. |
| 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. | 24Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. |
| 25Each cherub was ten cubits high, and both were of the same size and shape, | 25The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. |
| 26the height of one cherub being ten cubits, as was the height of the other. | 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. |
| 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. | 27He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. |
| 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. | 29Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 30He also overlaid the floor of the Temple with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. | 30He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, 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 doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. |
| 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. | 32So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. |
| 33Solomon also provided four-sided doorposts made of cypress wood for the entrance to the outer sanctuary, | 33So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood |
| 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. | 34and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots. |
| 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 on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. |
| 36He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams. | 36He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. |
| 37The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, | 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, 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 the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. |
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