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| 1During the month of Ziv, which was the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 480 years after the Israelis left the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the LORD's Temple. | 1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the LORD's temple. |
| 2The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. | 2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. |
| 3A portico extended in front of the Temple for 20 cubits outward, corresponding to the width of the Temple. Along the front of the Temple its depth was ten cubits. | 3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple. |
| 4Solomon also constructed windows in the Temple with specially designed frames. | 4He made framed windows for the temple. |
| 5Against the wall of the Temple he built a series of rooms that encompassed the exterior of the Temple walls around the inner sanctuary. He built these side chambers all around the building. | 5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. |
| 6The lower structures were five cubits wide, the middle structures were six cubits wide and the third structures were seven cubits wide. Offsets were placed all around the Temple so that beams would not protrude through the walls of the Temple. | 6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. |
| 7The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built. | 7As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. |
| 8A passageway to the side chamber was constructed on the south side of the Temple by which people could ascend winding stairs to the middle story, then from there to the third story. | 8The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor. |
| 9After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar. | 9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar. |
| 10He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers. | 10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams. |
| 11Then this message from the LORD came to Solomon: | 11The LORD said to Solomon: |
| 12"Concerning this Temple that you're building, if you live your life according to my statutes, carry out my ordinances, and keep all of my commands, and live according to them, then I will do what I promised to your father David. | 12"As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. |
| 13I will reside among the Israelis and will never abandon my people Israel." | 13I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon kept on building the Temple and finished it. | 14So Solomon finished building the temple. |
| 15Then he built the inside walls of the Temple, lining them from floor to ceiling with cedar boards, and overlaying the Temple floor with boards made of cypress wood. | 15He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. |
| 16He lined 20 cubits of the rear part of the Temple from floor to ceiling with cedar boards specially constructed for the inside to serve as the Most Holy Place. | 16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. |
| 17The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long. | 17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. |
| 18Cedar carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen. | 18The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. |
| 19Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed. | 19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there. |
| 20The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold. The altar was also overlaid with cedar. | 20The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. |
| 21Solomon overlaid the inside of the Temple with pure gold, fastened gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. | 21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. |
| 22He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary. | 22He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. |
| 23Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high. | 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high. |
| 24Each wing of one cherub was five cubits long, and each wing of the other cherub was five cubits long, so that the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was ten cubits. | 24Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. |
| 25Each cherub was ten cubits high, and both were of the same size and shape, | 25The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. |
| 26the height of one cherub being ten cubits, as was the height of the other. | 26Each cherub stood 15 feet high. |
| 27Solomon placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner sanctuary, with their wings spread in such a way that the wing of one was touching the one wall and the opposite wing of the other cherub was touching the opposite wall. Furthermore, their wings in the center of the wall were touching each other wing-to-wing. | 27He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub's wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub's wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub's other wing touched the second cherub's other wing in the middle of the room. |
| 28Each cherub was overlaid with gold. | 28He plated the cherubs with gold. |
| 29Solomon also inlaid all the inner walls of the Temple—both the inner and outer sanctuaries—with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. | 29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. |
| 30He also overlaid the floor of the Temple with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries. | 30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. |
| 31Solomon also provided doors, lintels, and five-sided doorposts for the entrance to the inner sanctuary. | 31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. |
| 32He installed two doors made of olive wood, inlaying them with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers, and overlaying them with gold. Then he added more gold to cover the cherubim and palm trees. | 32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. |
| 33Solomon also provided four-sided doorposts made of cypress wood for the entrance to the outer sanctuary, | 33In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. |
| 34along with two doors of cypress wood, one door of which had two leaves that turned on hinges, as did the other door, which also had two leaves that turned on hinges. | 34He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. |
| 35Solomon also inlaid the doors with cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. He overlaid them with gold that was carefully applied on the engraved work. | 35He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings. |
| 36He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams. | 36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams. |
| 37The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, | 37In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the LORD's temple. |
| 38and the Temple was completely finished according to its plans and specifications in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, that is, during the month of Bul. It took about seven years to build. | 38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. |
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