1And it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come 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 build the house of Yehovah. 2And the house which king Solomon built for Yehovah, its length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was its breadth before the house. 4And for the house he made windows of fixed latticework. 5And against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around. 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 all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. 7And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone prepared 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 on 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 Yehovah came to Solomon, saying, 12Concerning this house which you are building, if you 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 you, which I spoke to David your father. 13And I will dwell among the children 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 on the 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 cypress. 16And he built twenty cubits on the rear 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 inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place. 17And the house, that is, the temple before the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with gourds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19And he prepared an inner sanctuary in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yehovah. 20And within the inner sanctuary was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height; 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 inner sanctuary; 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 inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. 23And in the inner sanctuary 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 uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. 27And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house. 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. 29And he carved all the walls of the house all around 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 inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and doorposts 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 also he made for the entrance of the temple doorposts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall; 34and two doors of cypress wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35And he carved on them cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36And he built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams. 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yehovah 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 its parts, and according to all its design. So he was seven years in building it.