1 - And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year--in the month of Zif, it <FI>is<Fi> the second month--of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.
2 - As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.
3 - As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth on the front of the house;
4 - and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.
5 - And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, <FI>even<Fi> the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.
6 - The lowest couch, five by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without--not to lay hold on the walls of the house.
7 - And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought <FI>thither<Fi> hath been built, and hammer, and the axe--any instrument of iron--was not heard in the house, in its being built.
8 - The opening of the middle side <FI>is<Fi> at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third.
9 - And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house <FI>with<Fi> beams and rows of cedars.
10 - And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits <FI>is<Fi> its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.
11 - And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,
12 - `This house that thou art building--if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,
13 - and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'
14 - And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;
15 - and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.
16 - And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
17 - And forty by the cubit was the house, it <FI>is<Fi> the temple before <FI>it<Fi> .
18 - And the cedar for the house within <FI>is<Fi> carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole <FI>is<Fi> cedar, there is not a stone seen.
19 - And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
20 - And before the oracle <FI>is<Fi> twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.
21 - And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth <FI>it<Fi> to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.
22 - And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.
23 - And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits <FI>is<Fi> their height;
24 - and five cubits <FI>is<Fi> the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;
25 - and ten by the cubit <FI>is<Fi> the second cherub, one measure and one form <FI>are<Fi> to the two cherubs,
26 - the height of the one cherub <FI>is<Fi> ten by the cubit, and so <FI>is<Fi> the second cherub;
27 - and he setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings <FI>are<Fi> unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;
28 - and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,
29 - and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.
30 - And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;
31 - as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth.
32 - And the two doors <FI>are<Fi> of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.
33 - And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth.
34 - And the two doors <FI>are<Fi> of fir-tree, the two sides of the one door are revolving, and the two hangings of the second door are revolving.
35 - And he hath carved cherubs, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with straightened gold the graved work.
36 - And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.
37 - In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,
38 - and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul--<FI> that is<Fi> the eighth month--hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.
