Melaḵim Aleph (1 Kings) 6
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1And it came to be, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Yisra’ĕl had come out of the land of Mitsrayim, in the fourth year of the reign of Shelomoh over Yisra’ĕl, in the new moon of Ziw, which is the second new moon, that he began to build the House of יהוה.
2And the house which Sovereign Shelomoh built for יהוה was sixty cubits long, and twenty wide, and thirty cubits high.
3And the porch at the front of the Hĕḵal of the House was twenty cubits long, according to the breadth of the House, and its width ten cubits, from the front of the House.
4And he made for the House windows with narrowed frames.
5And against the wall of the House he built rooms all around, against the walls of the House, all around the Hĕḵal and the Speaking Place. Thus he made side rooms all around.
6The lowest side room was five cubits wide, and the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third one was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the House, so as not to lay hold on the walls of the House.
7And the House, when it was being built, was built with finished stone made ready beforehand, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the House while it was being built.
8The doorway for the middle side room was on the right side of the House. And they went up by stairs to the middle side rooms, and from the middle to the third.
9So he built the House and completed it, and he panelled the House with beams and boards of cedar.
10And he built the side rooms of the structure against all the House, each five cubits high, and they were fastened to the House with cedar beams.
11And the word of יהוה came to Shelomoh, saying,
12“This House which you are building – if you walk in My laws, and do My right-rulings, and shall guard all My commands and walk in them, then I shall confirm My word with you, which I spoke to your father Dawiḏ,
13and shall dwell in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and not forsake My people Yisra’ĕl.”
14So Shelomoh built the House and completed it.
15And he built the walls of the House inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the House to the ceiling he panelled them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the House with planks of cypress.
16And he built twenty cubits at the rear of the House, from floor to the walls, with cedar boards. And he built it inside as the Speaking Place, as the Most Set-apart Place.
17And the House was forty cubits, it is the Hĕḵal before it.
18And the cedar for the House inside was carved with ornaments and open flowers; all was cedar, not a stone was seen.
19And he prepared the Speaking Place in the midst of the House, to place the ark of the covenant of יהוה there.
20And the front of the Speaking Place was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. And he overlaid it with refined gold, and overlaid the slaughter-place of cedar.
21And Shelomoh overlaid the inside of the House with refined gold, and made gold chains pass over the front of the Speaking Place, and overlaid it with gold.
22Thus he overlaid the entire House with gold, until the entire House was completed. And the entire slaughter-place that was by the Speaking Place he overlaid with gold.
23And inside the Speaking Place he made two keruḇim of olive wood, ten cubits high.
24And one wing of the keruḇ was five cubits, and the other wing of the keruḇ five cubits – ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
25And the other keruḇ was ten cubits. Both keruḇim were of the same size and shape.
26The height of one keruḇ was ten cubits, and so was the other keruḇ.
27And he placed the keruḇim in the midst of the inner house. And they stretched out the wings of the keruḇim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other keruḇ touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28And he overlaid the keruḇim with gold.
29And he carved all the walls of the House all around, both inside and outside, with carved figures of keruḇim, and palm trees, and open flowers.
30And he overlaid the floor of the House with gold, inside and outside.
31And for the entrance of the Speaking Place he made doors of olive wood: the lintel, doorposts, a fifth.
32And the two doors were of olive wood. And he carved on them figures of keruḇim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. And he spread the gold on the keruḇim and on the palm trees.
33And so he made doorposts for the door of the Hĕḵal of olive wood – a fourth part.
34And the two doors were of cypress wood, the two leaves of the one folded, and two leaves of the other door folded.
35And he carved keruḇim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold laid smoothly on the carved work.
36And he built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
37In the fourth year the foundation of the House of יהוה was laid, in the month Ziw.
38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, the eighth new moon, the house was completed in all its matters and according to all its plans. Thus he built it for seven years.
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1 Kings 6
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Solomon builds the temple
1In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month,#6.1 April–May, Iyar; Ziv is a month from a Canaanite calendar. in the fourth year of Solomon’s rule over Israel, he built the LORD’s temple. 2The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. 3The porch in front of the temple’s main hall was thirty feet long. It ran across the whole width of the temple and extended fifteen feet in front of the temple. 4He made recessed and latticed windows#6.4 Heb architectural and decorative terminology in 6:4-6 and elsewhere in chaps 6–7 is often uncertain. for the temple 5and built side rooms against the temple walls around both the main hall and the most holy place. 6The lower walls were seven and a half feet wide. At the second floor the walls were nine feet wide, and at the third floor they were ten and a half feet wide. He made niches around the outside of the temple so the beams wouldn’t be inserted into the temple walls.#6.6 Heb uncertain; Heb lacks the beams. 7When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction. 8The door to the stairs was at the south side of the temple. Winding stairs went up to the second floor and from there to the third floor. 9He completed the temple with a roof of cedar beams and cross-planks.#6.9 Heb uncertain 10Then he built the side rooms all around the temple. They were seven and a half feet high. He attached them to the temple with cedarwood.
11The LORD’s word came to Solomon, 12Regarding this temple that you are building: If you follow my laws, enact my regulations, and keep all my commands faithfully, then I will fulfill for you my promise that I made to your father David. 13I will live among the Israelites. I won’t abandon my people Israel.
14So Solomon constructed the temple and completed it. 15He built the walls within the temple with cedar planks, paneled from the floor to the ceiling. He overlaid the floor of the temple with pine planks. 16At the back of the temple he built thirty feet of cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling. Solomon built the inner sanctuary, the most holy place. 17In front of this, the main hall was sixty feet. 18The cedar inside the temple was carved with gourds and blossoming flowers. The whole thing was cedar. No stone was seen. 19He set up the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that he could put the chest containing the LORD’s covenant there. 20The inner sanctuary was thirty feet in length, width, and height. Solomon overlaid it with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar.#6.20 Heb uncertain 21Solomon covered the temple’s interior with pure gold. He placed gold chains in front of the inner sanctuary and covered it with gold. 22He overlaid the whole temple inside with gold until the temple was completely covered. He covered the whole altar that was in the inner sanctuary with gold. 23He made two winged creatures of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each fifteen feet high. 24The wings of the first winged creature were each seven and a half feet long. It was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other. 25The second winged creature also measured fifteen feet. Both winged creatures had identical measurements and form. 26The height of both winged creatures was fifteen feet. 27Solomon placed the winged creatures inside the temple. Their wings spread out so that the wing of the one touched one wall and the wing of the other touched the other wall. In the middle of the temple, the wings of the two winged creatures touched each other. 28He covered the winged creatures with gold.
29Solomon carved all the walls of the temple—inner and outer rooms—with engravings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers. 30He also covered the floor of the temple with gold, in both the inner and the outer rooms. 31He made the doors of the inner sanctuary from olive wood and carved the doorframes with five recesses.#6.31 Heb uncertain 32He overlaid the two olive-wood doors with gold-plated carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers. 33He made the door of the main hall with doorframes of olive wood with four recesses.#6.33 Heb uncertain 34The two doors of pinewood each pivoted on a socket. 35Solomon carved winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers, and covered them with gold. 36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone followed by one row of trimmed cedar.
37Solomon laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple in the fourth year in the month of Ziv.#6.37 April–May, Iyar; Ziv is a month in the Canaanite calendar. 38He finished the temple in all its details and measurements in the eleventh year during the eighth month, the month of Bul.#6.38 October–November, Heshvan; Bul is a month in the Canaanite calendar. He built it in seven years.
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