1 Kings 6
6
Solomon Builds the House of the Lord
(2 Chronicles 3.1-14)
1And 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. 2And 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. 3And 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. 4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 5And 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. 6The 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.
7And 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.
8The 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. 9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, 12Concerning 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: 13and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15And 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#Exod 26.33,34. 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. 17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20And 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. 21So 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#Exod 30.1-3. 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.
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Exod 25.18-20. And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. 24And 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. 25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27And 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. 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. 30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32The 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.
33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. 34And 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. 35And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: 38and 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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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
1 Kings 6
6
Building the Temple
1Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year # Ac 13:20 after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv. # April–May # 1Kg 6:37; 2Ch 3:1-2; Ezr 3:8 2The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord # Ezr 5:11 was 90 feet # Lit 60 cubits long, 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits wide, and 45 feet # Lit 30 cubits high. # 2Ch 3:3; Ezk 41:1 3The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits long extending across the temple’s width, and 15 feet deep # Lit 10 cubits wide in front of the temple. # 2Ch 3:4; Ezk 40:49 4He also made windows with beveled frames # Hb obscure for the temple. # Ezk 41:16
5He then built a chambered structure # Lit built the house of chamber along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. # 1Kg 6:16,19-21 And he made side chambers # Lit made ribs or sides all around. # Jr 35:2; Ezk 41:5-6 6The lowest chamber was 7 1/2 feet # Lit five cubits wide, the middle was nine feet # Lit six cubits wide, and the third was 10 1/2 feet # Lit seven cubits wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. 7The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. # 1Kg 5:17
8The door for the lowest # LXX, Tg; MT reads middle side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They # = people went up a stairway # Hb obscure to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. 9When he finished building the temple, # 1Kg 6:1,14,38 he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. 10He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; # 1Kg 5:6,8,10 each story was 7 1/2 feet # Lit five cubits high.
11The word of the Lord came to Solomon: # 1Kg 3:5,11-15; 9:2 12“As for this temple you are building — if you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep all My commands by walking in them, # 1Kg 11:10 I will fulfill My promise to you, which I made to your father David. # 2Sm 7:12-16; 1Kg 9:5 13I will live among the Israelites and not abandon My people Israel.” # Lv 26:11; Jos 1:5-6; Heb 13:5
14When Solomon finished building the temple, # LXX omits these vv. # 1Kg 6:1,38 15he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards. # 1Kg 5:8,10; 7:7; Ezk 41:16 16Then he lined 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, # LXX; MT omits of the ceiling ; 1Kg 6:15 and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place. # Ex 26:33-34; 1Kg 8:6; Heb 9:3 17The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, # Lit front of me; Hb obscure was 60 feet # Lit 40 cubits long. 18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds # 1Kg 7:24 and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; # 1Kg 5:8,10 not a stone could be seen.
19He prepared the inner sanctuary # Ezk 41:3-4 inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant # Dt 10:16; Jos 3:11 there. 20The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits long, 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits wide, and 30 feet # Lit 20 cubits high; he overlaid it with pure gold. # 2Ch 3:8-9 He also overlaid the cedar altar. 21Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung # Lit he caused to pass across gold chains # 2Ch 3:14; Mt 27:51 across the front of the inner sanctuary # 2Ch 3:16 and overlaid it with gold. 22So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar # 1Kg 7:48; Heb 9:3-4 that belongs to the inner sanctuary.
23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim # Ex 25:18-22; 2Ch 3:10-13 15 feet # Lit 10 cubits high out of olive wood. 24One wing of the first cherub was 7 1/2 feet long, # Lit five cubits and the other wing was 7 1/2 feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet # Lit 10 cubits from tip to tip. 25The second cherub also was 15 feet; # Lit 10 cubits both cherubim had the same size and shape. 26The first cherub’s height was 15 feet # Lit 10 cubits and so was the second cherub’s. 27Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one’s wing touched one wall while the second cherub’s wing touched the other # Lit the second wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing. # 2Ch 5:8 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings — cherubim, # Ezk 41:18,25 palm trees and flower blossoms — in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. 30He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. # Ezk 41:23 The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided. # Hb obscure 32The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees. 33In the same way, he made four-sided # Hb obscure olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance. 34The two doors # Ezk 41:23-25 were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels. 35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving. 36He built the inner courtyard # 2Ch 4:9; Jr 36:10 with three rows of dressed stone # 1Kg 7:12; Ezr 6:4 and a row of trimmed cedar beams.
37The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year in the month of Ziv. 38In his eleventh year in the eighth month, in the month of Bul, # = October–November the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. # 1Kg 6:1,14 So he built it in seven years. # 1Kg 7:1
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