1 Kings 6

1 And it was in eighty year and four hundred year of [the] coming out of [the] people of Israel from [the] land of Egypt in the year fourth in [the] month of Ziv that [was] the month second of [the] reigning of Solomon over Israel and he built the house for Yahweh.

So Solomon began to build the temple of Yahweh. This happened in the 480th year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.

2 And the house which he built the king Solomon for Yahweh [was] sixty cubit[s] length its and [was] twenty breadth its and [was] thirty cubit[s] height its.

The temple that King Solomon built for Yahweh was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

3 And the porch on [the] face of [the] temple of the house [was] twenty cubit[s] length its on [the] face of [the] breadth of the house [was] ten by the cubit breadth its on [the] face of the house.

The portico in front of the temple's main hall was twenty cubits in length, equal to the width of the temple, and ten cubits deep in front of the temple.

4 And he made for the house windows of frames shut.

For the house he made windows with frames that made them more narrow at the outside than on the inside.

5 And he built on [the] wall of the house (an extension *Q(K)*) all around [the] walls of the house around the temple and the innermost room and he made side-chambers all around.

Against the walls of the main chamber he built rooms around it, around both the outer room and the inner room. He built rooms all around the sides.

6 (The extension *Q(K)*) lower [was] five by the cubit breadth its and the middle [extension] [was] six by the cubit breadth its and third [extension] [was] seven by the cubit breadth its for ledges he made for the house around [the] outside towards to not to have hold in [the] walls of the house.

The lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around so that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house.

7 And the house when was built it stone perfect quarry it was built and hammers and axe any article of iron not it was heard in the house when was built it.

The house was built of stones prepared at the quarry. No hammer, ax, or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

8 [the] entrance of The side-chamber middle [was] to [the] side of the house south and by stairs people went up to the middle and from the middle to the thirty.

On the south side of the temple there was an entrance at the ground level, then one went up by stairs to the middle level, and from the middle to the third level.

9 And he built the house and he finished it and he covered the house beams and planks with cedar.

So Solomon built the temple and finished it; he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

10 And he built (the extension *Q(K)*) on all the house [was] five cubits height its and he covered the house with wood of cedar.

He built the side rooms against the inner chambers of the temple, each side five cubits high; they were joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

11 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Solomon saying.

The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

12 The house this which you [are] building if you will walk in statutes my and judgments my you will observe and you will keep all commandments my to walk in them and I will establish word my with you which I spoke to David father your.

“Concerning this temple which you are building, if you walk in my statutes and do justice, keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will confirm my promise with you that I had made to David your father.

13 And I will dwell in among [the] people of Israel and not I will abandon people my Israel.

I will live among the people of Israel and will not forsake them.”

14 And he built Solomon the house and he finished it.

So Solomon built the house and finished it.

15 And he built [the] walls of the house from inside with boards of cedar from [the] floor of the house to [the] walls of the ceiling he overlaid wood from inside and he overlaid [the] floor of the house with boards of cypresses.

Then he built the interior walls of the house with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.

16 And he built twenty cubit[s] (from [the] innermost parts of *Q(k)*) the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls and he built for it from inside to an innermost room to [the] holy place of the holy places.

He built twenty cubits onto the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this room to be the inner room, the most holy place.

17 And forty by the cubit it was the house that [is] the temple before me.

The main hall, that is, the holy place that was in front of the most holy place, was forty cubits long.

18 And cedar [was] to the house within carving of gourds and spread out [things] of flowers everything [was] cedar not stone [was] visible.

There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar inside. No stonework was visible on the inside.

19 And an innermost room in [the] middle of the house from within he prepared to put there [the] ark of [the] covenant of Yahweh.

Solomon prepared the inner room inside the house in order to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there.

20 And before the innermost room [was] twenty cubit[s] length and [was] twenty cubit[s] breadth and [was] twenty cubit[s] height its and he overlaid it gold gold plate and he overlaid an altar cedar.

The inner room was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height. Solomon overlaid the walls with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar wood.

21 And he overlaid Solomon the house from within gold gold plate and he made pass (with chains of *Q(K)*) gold before the innermost room and he overlaid it gold.

Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he placed chains of gold across the front of the inner room, and overlaid the front with gold.

22 And all the house he overlaid gold until was finished all the house and all the altar which [belonged] to the innermost room he overlaid gold.

He overlaid the entire interior with gold until all the temple was finished. He also overlaid with gold the whole altar that belonged to the inner room.

23 And he made in the innermost room two cherubim wood of olive [was] ten cubits height its.

Solomon made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high, for the inner room.

24 And [was] five cubits [the] wing of the cherub one and [was] five cubits [the] wing of the cherub second [was] ten cubits from [the] ends of wings its and to [the] ends of wings its.

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and its other wing was also five cubits long. So from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other there was a distance of ten cubits.

25 And [was] ten by the cubit the cherub second a measurement one and a shape one [belonged] to [the] two the cherubim.

The other cherub also had a wingspan ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of the same dimensions and shape.

26 [the] height of The cherub one [was] ten by the cubit and thus the cherub second.

The height of one cherub was ten cubits and the other cherub was the same.

27 And he put the cherubim in [the] middle of - the house inner and they spread out [the] wings of the cherubim and it touched [the] wing of the one [cherub] the wall and [the] wing of the cherub second [was] touching the wall second and wings their to [the] middle of the house [were] touching wing to wing.

Solomon placed the cherubim in the innermost room. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out so that the wing of one touched one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. Their wings touched one another in the middle of the most holy place.

28 And he overlaid the cherubim gold.

Solomon overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 And all [the] walls of the house round about - he carved engravings of carvings of cherubim and palm trees and spread out [things] of flowers from to faces and to the outer.

He carved all the walls of the house around about with figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, in the outer and inner rooms.

30 And [the] floor of the house he overlaid gold to within and to the outer.

Solomon overlaid the floor of the house with gold, in both the outer and inner rooms.

31 And [the] entrance of the innermost room he made doors of wood of olive the pillar doorposts of fifth.

Solomon made doors of olivewood for the entrance to the inner room. The lintel and doorposts had five indented sections.

32 And two doors of wood of olive and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and spread out [things] of flowers and he overlaid [them] gold and he hammered out on the cherubim and on the palm trees the gold.

So he made two doors of olivewood, and he made on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and he spread the gold on the cherubim and palm trees.

33 And thus he made for [the] entrance of the temple doorposts of wood of olive from with a fourth.

In this way, Solomon also made for the temple entrance doorposts of olive wood having four indented sections

34 And two doors of wood of cypresses two sides the door one [were] revolving and two curtains the door second [were] revolving.

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.

35 And he carved cherubim and palm trees and spread out [things] of flowers and he overlaid gold made smooth on the carved [work].

He carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he evenly overlaid gold on the carved work.

36 And he built the court inner three rows of hewn [stone] and a row of beams of cedar.

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the year fourth it was founded [the] house of Yahweh in [the] month of Ziv.

The foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 And in the year one [plus] ten in [the] month of Bul that [was] the month eighth it was complete the house to all parts its and to all (plans its *Q(K)*) and he built it seven years.

In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and conforming to all its specifications. Solomon took seven years to build the temple.