1 Kings 6 NLT ISV Parallel

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1It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.

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.

2The Temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

2The Temple for the LORD that Solomon was building was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide.

3The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet from the front of the Temple.

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.

4Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.

4Solomon also constructed windows in the Temple with specially designed frames.

5He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.

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.

6The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7 1/2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10 1/2 feet wide. The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.

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.

7The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site.

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.

8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.

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.

9After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.

9After Solomon built the Temple and finished it, he covered the Temple with beams and planks made of cedar.

10As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 1/2 feet high.

10He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers.

11Then the LORD gave this message to Solomon:

11Then this message from the LORD came to Solomon:

12“Concerning this Temple you are building, if you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my commands, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father, David.

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.

13I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.” The Temple’s Interior

13I will reside among the Israelis and will never abandon my people Israel."

14So Solomon finished building the Temple.

14So Solomon kept on building the Temple and finished it.

15The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.

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.

16He partitioned off an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place—at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

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.

17The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet long.

17The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits long.

18Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.

18Cedar carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen.

19He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant would be placed.

19Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed.

20This inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with solid gold. He also overlaid the altar made of cedar.

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.

21Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple’s interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to protect the entrance to the Most Holy Place.

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.

22So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.

22He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

23He made two cherubim of wild olive wood, each 15 feet tall, and placed them in the inner sanctuary.

23Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits high.

24The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7 1/2 feet long.

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.

25The two cherubim were identical in shape and size;

25Each cherub was ten cubits high, and both were of the same size and shape,

26each was 15 feet tall.

26the height of one cherub being ten cubits, as was the height of the other.

27He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.

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.

28He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.

28Each cherub was overlaid with gold.

29He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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.

30He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold.

30He also overlaid the floor of the Temple with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.

31Solomon also provided doors, lintels, and five-sided doorposts for the entrance to the inner sanctuary.

32These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.

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.

33Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.

33Solomon also provided four-sided doorposts made of cypress wood for the entrance to the outer sanctuary,

34There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself.

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.

35These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.

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.

36The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

36He constructed the inner court with three rows of precut stone and a row of cedar beams.

37The foundation of the LORD’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

37The foundation for the LORD's Temple was laid in the month of Ziv during the fourth year of Solomon's reign,

38The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the 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.

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