1 Kings 6
1 And it came to pass in the
four hundred and eightieth year after the
children of
Israel were come
out of the
land of
Egypt, in the
fourth year of
Solomon's reign over
Israel, in the
month Zif, which is the
second month, that he began to
build the
house of the
LORD. 2 And the
house which
king Solomon built for the
LORD, the
length thereof was
threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof
twenty cubits, and the
height thereof
thirty cubits. 3 And the
porch before the
temple of the
house, twenty cubits was the
length thereof, according to the
breadth of the
house; and
ten cubits was the
breadth thereof before the
house. 4 And for the
house he
made windows of
narrow lights. 5 And against the
wall of the
house he
built chambers round
about, against the
walls of the
house round
about, both of the
temple and of the
oracle: and he
made chambers round
about: 6 The
nethermost chamber was
five cubits broad, and the
middle was
six cubits broad, and the
third was
seven cubits broad: for without in the wall
of the
house he
made narrowed
rests round
about, that the beams should not be
fastened in the
walls of the
house. 7 And the
house, when it was in
building, was
built of
stone made
ready before it was
brought thither: so that there was neither
hammer nor
axe nor any
tool of
iron heard in the
house, while it was in
building.
8 The
door for the
middle chamber was in the
right side of the
house: and they went
up with winding
stairs into the
middle chamber, and out of the
middle into the
third. 9 So he
built the
house, and
finished it; and
covered the
house with
beams and
boards of
cedar. 10 And then he
built chambers against all the
house, five cubits high: and they
rested on the
house with
timber of
cedar. 11 And the
word of the
LORD came to
Solomon, saying,
12 Concerning this
house which thou art in
building, if thou wilt
walk in my
statutes, and
execute my
judgments, and
keep all my
commandments to
walk in them; then will I
perform my
word with thee, which I
spake unto
David thy
father: 13 And I will
dwell among the
children of
Israel, and will not
forsake my
people Israel. 14 So
Solomon built the
house, and
finished it.
15 And he
built the
walls of the
house within with
boards of
cedar, both the
floor of the
house, and the
walls of the
cieling: and he
covered them on the
inside with
wood, and
covered the
floor of the
house with
planks of
fir. 16 And he
built twenty cubits on the
sides of the
house, both the
floor and the
walls with
boards of
cedar: he even
built them for it
within, even for the
oracle, even for the
most holy place.
17 And the
house, that is, the
temple before it, was
forty cubits long.
18 And the
cedar of the
house within was
carved with
knops and
open flowers: all was
cedar; there was no
stone seen.
19 And the
oracle he
prepared in the
house within, to
set there the
ark of the
covenant of the
LORD. 20 And the
oracle in the
forepart was
twenty cubits in
length, and
twenty cubits in
breadth, and
twenty cubits in the
height thereof: and he
overlaid it with
pure gold; and so
covered the
altar which was of
cedar. 21 So
Solomon overlaid the
house within with
pure gold: and he made a
partition by the
chains of
gold before the
oracle; and he
overlaid it with
gold. 22 And the whole
house he
overlaid with
gold, until he had
finished all the
house: also the whole
altar that was by the
oracle he
overlaid with
gold. 23 And within the
oracle he
made two cherubims of
olive tree, each
ten cubits high. 24 And
five cubits was the
one wing of the
cherub, and
five cubits the
other wing of the
cherub: from the uttermost
part of the one
wing unto the uttermost
part of the
other were
ten cubits. 25 And the
other cherub was
ten cubits: both the
cherubims were of
one measure and
one size. 26 The
height of the
one cherub was
ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub. 27 And he
set the
cherubims within the
inner house: and they stretched
forth the
wings of the
cherubims, so that the
wing of the
one touched the one
wall, and the
wing of the
other cherub touched the
other wall; and their
wings touched one another in the
midst of the
house. 28 And he
overlaid the
cherubims with
gold. 29 And he
carved all the
walls of the
house round
about with
carved figures of
cherubims and palm
trees and
open flowers, within and
without. 30 And the
floor of the
house he
overlaid with
gold, within and
without. 31 And for the
entering of the
oracle he
made doors of
olive tree: the
lintel and side
posts were a fifth
part of the wall.
32 The
two doors also were of
olive tree; and he
carved upon them
carvings of
cherubims and palm
trees and
open flowers, and
overlaid them with
gold, and
spread gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm
trees. 33 So also
made he for the
door of the
temple posts of
olive tree, a fourth
part of the wall.
34 And the
two doors were of
fir tree: the
two leaves of the
one door were
folding, and the
two leaves of the
other door were
folding. 35 And he
carved thereon
cherubims and palm
trees and
open flowers: and
covered them with
gold fitted upon the carved
work.
36 And he
built the
inner court with
three rows of hewed
stone, and a
row of
cedar beams. 37 In the
fourth year was the
foundation of the
house of the
LORD laid, in the
month Zif: 38 And in the
eleventh year, in the
month Bul, which is the
eighth month, was the
house finished throughout all the
parts thereof, and according to all the
fashion of it. So was he
seven years in
building it.