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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 the Lord.
02 And the house which king Solomon built for the
Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits.
03 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.
04 And for the house he made windows of narrow
lights.
05 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:
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 So he built the house, and finished it; and
covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the
house, five cubits high: and they rested on the
house with timber of cedar.
11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,
saying,
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:
13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel,
and will not forsake my people Israel.
14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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.
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.
17 And the house, that is, the temple before it,
was forty cubits long.
18 And the cedar of the house within was carved
with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there
was no stone seen.
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19 And the oracle he prepared in the house
within, to set there the ark of the covenant of
the Lord.
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.
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.
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.
23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of
olive tree, each ten cubits high.
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.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the
cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits,
and so was it of the other cherub.
27 And he set the cherubims within the inner
house: and they stretched forth the wings of the
cherubims, 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.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
29 And he carved all the walls of the house round
about with carved figures of cherubims and palm
trees and open flowers, within and without.
30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with
gold, within and without.
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.
32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he
carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm
trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with
gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and
upon the palm trees.
33 So also made he for the door of the temple
posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
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.
35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees
and open flowers: and covered them with gold
fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows
of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the
house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
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.
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