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The First Book of Kings 6

6 And it happened in year 480 of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, in the month of Ziv (that is the second month), that he began to build the house of Yahweh. 2 As for the house that the king Solomon built for Yahweh, 60 cubits was its length, and 20 its width, and 30 cubits its height. 3 As for the porch on the face of the temple of the house, 20 cubits was its length, in accordance with the face of the width of the house; ten by the cubit was its width in accordance with the face of the house. 4 And he made for the house windows with narrowed frames. 5 And he built against the wall of the house a spread out place all around, the walls of the house all around, for the temple and for the inner room. And he made side rooms all around. 6 The spread out place of the lowest level, five by the cubit was its width, and the middle level, six by the cubit was its width, and the third level, seven by the cubit was its width. For he gave ledges for the house all around the outside, so not to hold on to the walls of the house. 7 As for the house while it was being built, it was built of finished stone of a quarry. And a hammer or the ax, any implement of iron, was not heard in the house while it was being built. 8 The opening of the middle side room was to the shoulder of the house at the south, and by stairs they went up on the middle level, and from the middle level to the third level. 9 And he built the house and he finished it. And he covered the house with beams and rows with the cedars. 10 And he built the spread out place against all the house, five cubits was its height, and it held on to the house with the wood of cedar.

11 And the word of Yahweh was to Solomon, saying, 12 “This house that you are building, if you walk in my statutes and you do my judgments, and you keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will cause my word to stand with you that I spoke to David your father. 13 And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel and I will not forsake my people Israel.”

14 And Solomon built the house and he finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house on the inside with sides of cedar. From the floor of the house up to the walls of the ceiling, he overlaid wood on the inside, and he overlaid the floor of the house with sides of cypress. 16 And he built 20 cubits from the rear of the house with sides of cedar from the floor up to the walls. And he built for it on the inside as an inner room, as the holiest holy place. 17 And 40 by the cubit was the house (that is the temple) before the face of it. 18 And cedar was into inside the house, carving of gourds and opened ones of flowers. The whole was cedar, there was no stone seen. 19 And he set up the inner room in the midst of the house on the inside for giving there the box of the covenant of Yahweh. 20 And before the face of the inner room, it was 20 cubits in length, and 20 cubits in width, and 20 cubits its height. And he overlaid it with pure gold and he overlaid an altar with cedar. 21 And Solomon overlaid the house on the inside with pure gold. And he crossed chains of gold over the face of the inner room, and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And he overlaid all the house with gold until finishing all the house. And the whole of the altar that was for the inner room he overlaid with gold.

23 And he made in the inner room two cherubs of wood of oil; ten cubits was its height. 24 And five cubits was the wing of the one cherub and five cubits was the wing of the second cherub. It was ten cubits from the ends of its wings and as far as the ends of its wings. 25 And ten by the cubit was the second cherub, one size and one shape were for the two cherubs. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten by the cubit and so was the second cherub. 27 And he gave the cherubs in the midst of the inner house. And they spread out the wings of the cherubs and the wing of the one touched against the wall and the wing of the second cherub was touching against the second wall. And their wings were toward the middle of the house, touching wing to wing. 28 And he overlaid the cherubs with gold.

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with engravings of carvings of cherubs and palm trees and opened ones of flowers, from inside and to the outside. 30 And he overlaid the floor of the house with gold, for inside and for the outside. 31 Also he made the opening of the inner room with doors of wood of oil; the pillar, doorposts, were a fifth part. 32 And the two of the doors were wood of oil, and he carved on them carvings of cherubs and palm trees and opened ones of flowers, and he overlaid them with gold. And he beat out the gold on the cherubs and on the palm trees. 33 And so he made for the opening of the temple doorposts of wood of oil from a fourth part. 34 And the two of the doors were wood of cypress, the two of the one door leaves were folding and the two of the second door curtains were folding. 35 And he carved cherubs and palm trees and opened ones of flowers. And he overlaid with gold made smooth on the engraving. 36 And he built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cut beams of cedar.

37 In the fourth year the house of Yahweh was founded, in the month of Ziv. 38 And in the year 11, in the month of Bul (it is the eighth month), the house was finished according to all his words and according to all his requirements. And he built it seven years.

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