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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.