1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to bui 2And the house which king Solomon built for LORD, the length of it was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty [cubits], and the height of it thirty cubits, 3and the porch in front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, [and] ten cubits was the breadth of it in front of the house. 4And he made windows of fixed lattice-work for the house. 5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle. And he made side-chambers round about. 6The lowest story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad, for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened i 7And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready at the quarry. And there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built. 8The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house. And they went up by winding stairs into the middle [story], and out of the middle into the third. 9So he built the house, and finished it. And he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11And the word of LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12Concerning this house that thou are building, if thou will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with thee, which I spoke to David thy father. 13And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15And he built the walls of the house inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. And he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir. 16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]. He built [them] for it inside, for an oracle, even for the most holy place. 17And the house, that is, the temple in front of [the oracle], was forty cubits [long]. 18And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with knops and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD. 20And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar. 21So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold. 22And the whole house he overlaid with gold until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. 24And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub. From the outermost part of the one wing to the outermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25And the other cherub was ten cubits; both of the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so it was of the other cherub. 27And he set the cherubim inside the inner house. And the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside. 30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside. 31And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood. The lintel [and] door-posts were a fifth part [of the wall]. 32So [he made] two doors of olive-wood. And he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. And he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. 33So he also made for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood out of a fourth part [of the wall], 34and two doors of fir-wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers. And he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. 36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams. 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of LORD was laid, in the month Ziv. 38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.