6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred
and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of
Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over
Israel, that the king commanded that they should take great [and] costly
stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. And the men of
Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed [the stones], and laid them [for a
foundation]. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the
Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. In the eleventh year, in
the month Baal, this [is] the eighth month, the house was completed
according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.
6:2 And the house which the king built t Yehovah [was] forty cubits in
length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
6:3 And the porch in front of the temple-- twenty cubits [was] its length
according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built
the house, and finished it.
6:4 And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
6:5 And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple
and the ark.
6:6 The under side [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [part] six, and
the third [was] seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house
round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the
house.
6:7 And the house was built in the construction of it with rough hewn
stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer or
axe, or any iron tool.
6:8 And the porch of the under side [was] below the right wing of the house,
and [there was] a winding ascent into the middle [chamber], and from the
middle to the third story.
6:9 So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the
house with cedars.
6:10 And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits
high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
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6:15 And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the
floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the
parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the
house with planks of fir.
6:16 And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from
the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy
place.
6:17 And the temple was forty cubits [in extent],
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6:19 in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, [in order] to
put there the ark of the covenant of Yehovah.
6:20 The length [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth [was] twenty cubits,
and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold,
and he made an altar in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
6:21 And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished
[gilding] the whole house.
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6:23 And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
6:24 And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five
cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
6:25 Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one
measure.
6:26 And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] with
the second cherub.
6:27 And both the cherubs [were] in the midst of the innermost part of the
house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and
the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the
midst of the house touched each other.
6:28 And he covered the cherubs with gold.
6:29 He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of
cherubs, and [he sculptured] palm trees within and without [the house].
6:30 And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
6:31 And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood,
[there were] porches in a four-fold way.
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6:34 In both the doors [were] planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and
their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned [on hinges],
6:35 being carved with cherubs, and [there were] palm-trees and open
flower-leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.
6:36 And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of
wrought cedar round about, and he made the curtain of the court of the porch
of the house that was in front of the temple. |
6:1 And 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 Yehovah.
6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for Yehovah, the length thereof
was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height
thereof thirty cubits.
6:3 And 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.
6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
6:5 And 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:
6:6 The 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.
6:7 And 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.
6:8 The 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.
6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams
and boards of cedar.
6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and
they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
6:11 And the word of Yehovah came to Solomon, saying,
6:12 Concerning 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:
6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my
people Israel.
6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both
the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on
the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
6:16 And 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.
6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of
the covenant of Yehovah.
6:20 And 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.
6:21 So 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.
6:22 And 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.
6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten
cubits high.
6:24 And 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.
6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one
measure and one size.
6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other
cherub.
6:27 And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched
forth the wings of the cherubim, 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.
6:28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings
of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold,
and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.
6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.
6:34 And 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.
6:35 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and
covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row
of cedar beams.
6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yehovah laid, in
the month Zif:
6:38 And 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. |