11:006:001 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.
11:006:002 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.
11:006:003 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.
11:006:004 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
11:006:005 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:
11:006:006 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.
11:006:007 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.
11:006:008 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.
11:006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house
with beams and boards of cedar.
11:006:010 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits
high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11:006:011 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
11:006:012 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:
11:006:013 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not
forsake my people Israel.
11:006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
11:006:015 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.
11:006:016 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.
11:006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits
long.
11:006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and
open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
11:006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there
the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
11:006:020 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.
11:006:021 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.
11:006:022 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.
11:006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree,
each ten cubits high.
11:006:024 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.
11:006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were
of one measure and one size.
11:006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of
the other cherub.
11:006:027 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.
11:006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
11:006:029 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.
11:006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
without.
11:006:031 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.
11:006:032 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.
11:006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive
tree, a fourth part of the wall.
11:006:034 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.
11:006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved
work.
11:006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone,
and a row of cedar beams.
11:006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
laid, in the month Zif:
11:006:038 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.