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Solomon Builds the Temple
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 Jehovah.
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 Jehovah.
And the house that king Solomon built for Jehovah was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.
And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, [and] ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house.
And for the house he made closed windows with fixed lattices.
Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.
The Chambers
And against the wall of the house he built floors round about, [against] the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
And against the wall of the house he built floors round about, [against] the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.
The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the [thickness of the wall of] the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.
The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7 1/2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10 1/2 feet wide.e The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.
And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely 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 being built.
The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site.
The entrance to the side-chambers of the middle [floor] was in the right side of the house; and they went up by winding stairs into the middle [floor], and out of the middle into the third.
And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.
And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.
God's Promise
And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon saying,
And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon saying,
Then the LORD gave this message to Solomon:
As to this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and practise mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then will I perform my word as to thee which I spoke unto David thy father;
“Concerning this Temple you are building, if you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my commands, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father, David.
and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”
And Solomon built the house and finished it.
The Temple’s Interior
So Solomon finished building the Temple.
The Temple's Interior
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid [them] on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid [them] on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.
And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built [them] for it within, to [be] the oracle, the most holy place.
He partitioned off an inner sanctuary — the Most Holy Place — at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.
And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant would be placed.
And the oracle within 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 he overlaid the cedar-wood altar --
and Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and shut off the oracle in front with chains of gold, and overlaid it with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.
The Cherubim
And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
and one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing;
and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
The two cherubim were identical in shape and size;
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.
each was 15 feet tall.
And he set the cherubim in the midst of the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched, wing to wing, in the midst of the house.
He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.
He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold.
The Doors
And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] side posts were the fifth part [of the breadth of the house].
And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] side posts were the fifth part [of the breadth of the house].
The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.
These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.
And he also made for the doorway of the temple posts of olive-wood, of the fourth part [of the breadth of the house].
Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.
And the two folding-doors were of cypress-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself.
And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work.
These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers — all overlaid evenly with gold.
The Courtyard
And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams.
And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams.
The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;
and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.