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New American Standard Bible 1995

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.

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 King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

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.

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.

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.

4He made framed windows for the temple.

4Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames.

5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

9So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks 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.

10He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

11The LORD said to Solomon:

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

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.

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 live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel."

13"I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."

14So Solomon finished building the temple.

14So Solomon built the house and finished it.

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.

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 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.

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 main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

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.

18There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

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 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

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 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.

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 plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside 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.

23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

23Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

24Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

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.

25The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.

25The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form.

26Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

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

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.

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.

28He plated the cherubs with gold.

28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

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 plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

30He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries.

31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.

31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts.

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.

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.

33In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

33So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood

34He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.

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.

35He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

35He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work.

36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

36He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

37In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the LORD's temple.

37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

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.

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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