^K1/C1-2And 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 YHVH at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. ^K2/C3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God which king Solomon built for YHVH, the length thereof by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. ^K3/C4And the porch that was before the temple in the front 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, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. ^K4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. ^K5And 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: ^K6The 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. ^K7And 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. ^K8The 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. ^K9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. ^K10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. ^K11And the word of YHVH came to Solomon, saying, ^K12Concerning 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: ^K13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. ^K14So Solomon built the house, and finished it. ^K15/C5And he built the walls of the greater house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. ^C6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. ^K16And 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. ^K17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. ^K18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. ^K19/C8aAnd he made the most holy house, the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of YHVH. ^K20/C8bAnd the oracle in the forepart was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure fine gold amounting to six hundred talents; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. ^C9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. ^K21So 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. ^K22And 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. ^K23/C10And within the oracle, the most holy house, he made two cherubims of image work of olive tree, each ten cubits high and overlaid them with gold. ^K24/C11And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, reaching to the wall of the house: and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, reaching to the wing of the other cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. ^K25aAnd the other cherub was ten cubits: ^C12And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. ^K25bBoth the cherubims were of one measure and one size. ^K26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. ^C13The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. ^K27And 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. ^K28And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. ^C14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. ^K29/C7bAnd he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. ^K30/C7aHe overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, and the floor of the house with gold, within and without. ^K31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. ^K32The 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. ^K33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. ^K34And 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. ^K35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. ^K36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. ^K37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of YHVH laid, in the month Zif: ^K38And 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.