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1 Kings 6
Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible
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 Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
In the four hundred and eightieth (note: Hebrew; LXX four hundred and fortieth) year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (note: Ziv was the second month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of April and May; also in verse 37.), the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
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.
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high (note: The house was approximately 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high (27.4 meters long, 9.1 meters wide, and 13.7 meters high).).
And the porch before the atemple (note: That is, the holy place.) 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.
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty (note: 10 cubits is approximately 15 feet or 4.6 meters; also in verses 23–26.)class="annot-tooltip" tabindex="0" data-tooltip="20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 16 and 20." title="20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 16 and 20.">cubits (note: 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 16 and 20.) long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
And against the wall of the house he built a side-structure round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of bthe sanctuary (note: Heb. debir, that is, the hindmost or innermost room, the most holy place.); and he made side-chambers round about;
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
the nethermost story of the side-structure was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.—
The bottom floor was five cubits wide (note: 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24.), the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.—
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
The door for the clowest (note: Heb. middle.) row of chambers was in the right side of the house and they went up by winding stairs into the middle row, and out of the middle into the third.
The entrance to the bottom (note: LXX and Targum; Hebrew middle) floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
’As for this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes, and execute Mine ordinances, and keep all My commandments to walk in them; then will I establish My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father;
“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
in that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.’
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto the joists of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress (note: Or pine or juniper or fir; also in verse 34) boards.
And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
And the house, that is, the temple before [the Sanctuary], was forty cubits long.
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
And he prepared the Sanctuary in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
And before the Sanctuary which was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof, overlaid with pure gold, he set an altar, which he covered with cedar.
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar (note: Or with cedar).
So Solomon overlaid athe house within with pure gold; and he drew chains of gold across the wall before the Sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold.
So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains (note: Or made gold chains to draw (the curtains)) across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that belonged to the Sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
And in the Sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
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.
One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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.
And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
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.
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
And for the entrance of the Sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood, the door-posts within the frame having five angles.
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square;
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
and two doors of cypress-wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
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.
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (note: Bul was the eighth month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of October and November.), the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.