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1 Kings 6

6 Now in the four hundred and eightieth year after the departure of the Israelites from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, that is the second month, he built the temple of Jehovah. 2 And the length of the temple which King Solomon built for Jehovah was sixty and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the large room of the temple was twenty cubits wide, corresponding to the breadth of the temple, ten cubits deep before the temple. 4 And for the temple he made windows with narrowed frames.

Where Kent reads "wings", the Masoretic Text reads "wings around the walls of the temple". 5 And around against the wall of the temple he built wings, both around the larger room and the inner room, and made side chambers round about.Where Kent reads "side-chamber", the Masoretic Text reads "wing". 6 The lower side-chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle six cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets around about the temple in order not to make an inset into the walls of the temple.Verse 7 will need special attention. 7 In building the temple it was built with stone which had been made ready at the quarry; neither hammer nor chisel nor any iron tool was heard while the temple was building.Where Kent reads "lower", the Masoretic Text reads "middle". 8 The entrance into the lower side-chambers was on the south side of the temple. And one could go up by winding stairs into the middle story, and from the middle into the third.Verse 9 will need special attention. 9 So he built the temple and finished it; and he covered the temple with cedar. 10 And he built the wings against all the temple, each story five cubits high; and they rested on the temple with timbers of cedar.

11 And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying, 12 ‘Concerning this temple which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments by walking in accordance with them, then will I redeem with thee my promise, which I gave to David thy father. 13 And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not forsake my people Israel.’ 14 So Solomon completed the building of the temple.

15 And he built the walls of the temple within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling, overlaying them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the temple with boards of cypress.Where Kent reads "rafters", the Masoretic Text reads "walls". 16 And he built off the back twenty cubits from the innermost part of the temple with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters: he built it within for an inner room, even for the most holy place. 17 And the temple, that is the large room before the inner room was forty cubits long. 18 And there was cedar in the interior of the temple, carving in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen. 19 And he prepared an inner room in the interior of the temple in order to place there the ark of the covenants of Jehovah.Where the Kent reads "the inner room", the Masoretic Text reads "before the inner room". Where Kent reads "made", the Masoretic Text reads "covered". 20 And the inner room was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits broad and twenty cubits high. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he made an altar of cedar woodThis verse will need special attention. 21 before the inner room, and he overlaid it with gold.At the end of verse 22, the Masoretic Text adds, "And the whole altar which was in the inner room he overlaid with gold". 22 And the whole temple he overlaid with gold, until all the temple was finished.

23 And in the inner room he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 And one wing of the cherub measured five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub also five cubits--ten cubits from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other. 25 And the other cherub also measured ten cubits: both the cherubim were of the same measurement and form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other-- 27 And he set up the cherubim in the inner room of the temple, and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, while the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the temple; 28 and he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Where Kent reads "both in the inner and outer rooms", the Masoretic Text reads "within and without". 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and opening flowers, both in the inner and outer rooms.At the end of verse 30, the Masoretic Text adds, "within and without". 30 And the floor of the temple he overlaid with gold.

This verse will need special attention. 31 And the door of the inner room he made with folding doors of olive wood: the pilasters formed a pentagonal. 32 And on the two doors of olive wood he carved carvings of cherubim and palm trees and opening flowers, and he spread the gold over the cherubim and the palm trees.

33 So also he made for the door of the large room posts of olive wood, four square, 34 and two folding leaves of cypress-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved cherubim and palm trees and opening flowers, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly to the carving. 36 And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone and a course of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the temple of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (that is the eight month), was the temple completed in all its parts, and according to all the specifications. Thus he was seven years in building it.

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