1 Kings 6

1 and to be in/on/with eighty year and four hundred year to/for to come out: come son: descendant/people Israel from land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with year [the] fourth in/on/with month Ziv he/she/it [the] month [the] second to/for to reign Solomon upon Israel and to build [the] house: temple to/for LORD

480 years after the Israeli people left Egypt, during the fourth year that Solomon ruled Israel, early in May, Solomon’s workers began to build the temple.

2 and [the] house: home which to build [the] king Solomon to/for LORD sixty cubit length his and twenty width his and thirty cubit height his

Inside, [the main part of] the temple was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

3 and [the] Portico upon face: before temple: nave [the] house: home twenty cubit length his upon face: before width [the] house: home ten in/on/with cubit width his upon face: before [the] house: home

The entrance room was 15 feet long and 30 feet wide, just as wide as the main part of the temple.

4 and to make to/for house: home window frame to shutter

There were windows in [the walls of] the temple. The windows were narrower on the outside than on the inside.

5 and to build upon wall [the] house: home (floor *Q(K)*) around [obj] wall [the] house: home around to/for temple: nave and to/for sanctuary and to make side around

Against the two sides and against the back of the temple walls, they built a structure/building that had rooms in it. [This structure had three levels/stories and each was 7-1/2 feet high].

6 ([the] floor *Q(K)*) [the] lower five in/on/with cubit width her and [the] middle six in/on/with cubit width her and [the] third seven in/on/with cubit width her for recess to give: make to/for house: home around outside [to] to/for lest to grasp in/on/with wall [the] house: home

[Each room in] the lowest level/story was 7-1/2 feet wide. [Each room in] the middle level/story was nine feet wide. [The rooms in] the top level/story were 10-1/2 feet wide. The wall of the temple at the top level/story was thinner than the wall at the middle level/story, and the wall of the middle level/story was thinner than the wall at the bottom level/story. The result was that the rooms could be supported by the wall underneath them, and did not require wooden beams to support them.

7 and [the] house: home in/on/with to build he stone complete quarry to build and hammer and [the] axe all article/utensil iron not to hear: hear in/on/with house: home in/on/with to build he

The huge stones for [the foundation of] the temple were cut and shaped at the quarry [to become very smooth]. The result was that while the workers were building the temple there was no noise, because they did not use hammers or chisels or any other iron tools there.

8 entrance [the] side [the] middle to(wards) shoulder [the] house: home [the] right: south and in/on/with stairs to ascend: rise upon [the] middle and from [the] middle to(wards) [the] third

The entrance to the bottom level/story [of that attached structure] was on the south side of the temple. There were stairs from the bottom level/story to the middle and top level/story.

9 and to build [obj] [the] house: home and to end: finish him and to cover [obj] [the] house: home beam and rank in/on/with cedar

So Solomon’s [workers] finished building the [framework of the] temple. They made the ceiling from cedar beams and boards.

10 and to build [obj] ([the] floor *Q(K)*) upon all [the] house: home five cubit height his and to grasp [obj] [the] house: home in/on/with tree: wood cedar

They built the structure that had three levels/stories, that was against the walls of the temple. Each level/story was 7-1/2 feet high, and was joined to the temple with cedar beams.

11 and to be word LORD to(wards) Solomon to/for to say

Then Yahweh said this to Solomon:

12 [the] house: home [the] this which you(m. s.) to build if to go: walk in/on/with statute my and [obj] justice: judgement my to make: do and to keep: obey [obj] all commandment my to/for to go: walk in/on/with them and to arise: establish [obj] word my with you which to speak: speak to(wards) David father your

“[I want to tell you] about this temple that you are building. If you continually obey all my statutes and laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised to your father David.

13 and to dwell in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel and not to leave: forsake [obj] people my Israel

I will live among the Israeli people, [in this temple, ] and I will never abandon them.”

14 and to build Solomon [obj] [the] house: home and to end: finish him

Solomon’s [workers] finished building the temple.

15 and to build [obj] wall [the] house: home from house: home [to] in/on/with side cedar from floor [the] house: home till wall [the] ceiling to overlay tree: wood from house: home and to overlay [obj] floor [the] house: home in/on/with side cypress

On the inside, they lined/covered the walls with cedar boards. They lined/covered them from the floor to the ceiling. They made the floor from cypress boards.

16 and to build [obj] twenty cubit (from flank *Q(k)*) [the] house: home in/on/with side cedar from [the] floor till [the] wall and to build to/for him from house: home to/for sanctuary to/for Most Holy Place [the] Most Holy Place

Inside the back part of the temple they built an inner room, called the Very Holy Place. It was 30 feet long. All the walls of this room were lined with cedar boards.

17 and forty in/on/with cubit to be [the] house: home he/she/it [the] temple: nave to/for face: before my

In front of the Very Holy Place there was a room that was 60 feet long.

18 and cedar to(wards) [the] house: home within engraving gourd and to separate flower [the] all cedar nothing stone to see: see

The cedar [boards on the walls] inside the temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. [The walls were] completely covered with cedar boards, with the result that the stones [of the walls behind them] could not be seen.

19 and sanctuary in/on/with midst [the] house: home from within to establish: prepare to/for to give: put there [obj] ark covenant LORD

At the back of the temple they made the Very Holy Place, where the Sacred Chest would be put.

20 and to/for face: before [the] sanctuary twenty cubit length and twenty cubit width and twenty cubit height his and to overlay him gold to shut and to overlay altar cedar

That room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. They covered the walls with [very thin sheets of] pure gold. [For burning incense] they also made an altar of cedar [boards].

21 and to overlay Solomon [obj] [the] house: home from within gold to shut and to pass (in/on/with chain *Q(K)*) gold to/for face: before [the] sanctuary and to overlay him gold

Solomon told them to cover the other walls inside the temple with [very thin sheets of] pure gold and to fasten gold chains across the entrance to the Very Holy Place.

22 and [obj] all [the] house: home to overlay gold till to finish all [the] house: home and all [the] altar which to/for sanctuary to overlay gold

They covered all the walls of the temple and the altar that was outside the Very Holy Place with [very thin sheets of] gold.

23 and to make in/on/with sanctuary two cherub tree: wood oil ten cubit height his

Inside the Very Holy Place, they made from olive tree wood [large statues of] two creatures with wings. Each one was 15 feet tall.

24 and five cubit wing [the] cherub [the] one and five cubit wing [the] cherub [the] second ten cubit from end wing his and till end wing his

They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings [which were spread out]. Each wing was 7-1/2 feet long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was 15 feet.

25 and ten in/on/with cubit [the] cherub [the] second measure one and shape one to/for two [the] cherub

26 height [the] cherub [the] one ten in/on/with cubit and so [the] cherub [the] second

27 and to give: put [obj] [the] cherub in/on/with midst [the] house: home [the] inner and to spread [obj] wing [the] cherub and to touch wing [the] one in/on/with wall and wing [the] cherub [the] second to touch in/on/with wall [the] second and wing their to(wards) midst [the] house: home to touch wing to(wards) wing

They put those statues next to each other in the Very Holy Place so that the wing of the one touched the one wing of the other in the center of the room, and the outer wings touched the walls.

28 and to overlay [obj] [the] cherub gold

They covered the statues with [very thin sheets of] gold.

29 and [obj] all wall [the] house: home surrounds to carve engraving engraving cherub and palm and to separate flower from to/for face: before and to/for outer

[Solomon told them to] decorate the walls of the main room and the Very Holy Place by carving representations of winged creatures and palm trees and flowers.

30 and [obj] floor [the] house: temple to overlay gold to/for within and to/for outer

They also covered the floor of both rooms with [very thin sheets of] gold.

31 and [obj] entrance [the] sanctuary to make door tree: wood oil [the] pillar doorpost fifth

They made a set of doors from olive tree wood, and placed them at the entrance to the Very Holy Place. The doorposts joined at the top to form a pointed arch.

32 and two door tree: wood oil and to carve upon them engraving cherub and palm and to separate flower and to overlay gold and to subdue upon [the] cherub and upon [the] palm [obj] [the] gold

The doors were decorated by carving on them representations of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. All of these things were covered with [very thin sheets of] gold.

33 and so to make to/for entrance [the] temple: nave doorpost tree: wood oil from with fourth

They made a rectangular door frame from olive tree wood, and put it [between the entrance room and] the main room.

34 and two door tree: wood cypress two side [the] door [the] one turned and two curtain [the] door [the] second turned

They made two folding doors from cypress wood [and fastened them to the door frame].

35 and to carve cherub and palm and to separate flower and to overlay gold to smooth upon [the] to engrave

The doors were also decorated with wood carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, and they were also covered evenly with [very thin sheets of] gold.

36 and to build [obj] [the] court [the] inner three row cutting and row beam cedar

They built a courtyard in front of the temple. The walls around the courtyard were made of cedar and stone; to make the walls, between each layer of cedar beams they put down two layers of stone.

37 in/on/with year [the] fourth to found house: temple LORD in/on/with month Ziv

They laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh in early May, in the fourth year [that Solomon ruled].

38 and in/on/with year [the] one ten in/on/with month Bul he/she/it [the] month [the] eighth to end: finish [the] house: temple to/for all word: thing his and to/for all (justice: custom his *Q(K)*) and to build him seven year

In the eleventh year [that he ruled], in the middle of October, they finished building the temple and all of its parts, doing exactly what Solomon told them to do. It required seven years to build it.