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1. In the four hundred and eightieth year from the departure of the Israelites from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, the construction of the temple of the LORD was begun.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were come out H3318 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon H8010 's reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 , in the month H2320 Zif H2099 , which H1931 is the second H8145 month H2320 , that he began to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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2. The temple which King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty-five high.
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2. And the house H1004 which H834 king H4428 Solomon H8010 built H1129 for the LORD H3068 , the length H753 thereof was threescore H8346 cubits H520 , and the breadth H7341 thereof twenty H6242 cubits , and the height H6967 thereof thirty H7970 cubits H520 .
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3. The porch in front of the temple was twenty cubits from side to side, along the width of the nave, and ten cubits deep in front of the temple.
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3. And the porch H197 before H5921 H6440 the temple H1964 of the house H1004 , twenty H6242 cubits H520 was the length H753 thereof, according H5921 H6440 to the breadth H7341 of the house H1004 ; and ten H6235 cubits H520 was the breadth H7341 thereof before H5921 H6440 the house H1004 .
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4. Splayed windows with trellises were made for the temple,
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4. And for the house H1004 he made H6213 windows H2474 of narrow H331 lights H8261 .
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5. and adjoining the wall of the temple, which enclosed the nave and the sanctuary, an annex of several stories was built.
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5. And against H5921 the wall H7023 of the house H1004 he built H1129 chambers H3326 round about H5439 , against H853 the walls H7023 of the house H1004 round about H5439 , both of the temple H1964 and of the oracle H1687 : and he made H6213 chambers H6763 round about H5439 :
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6. Its lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle one six cubits wide, the third seven cubits wide, because there were offsets along the outside of the temple so that the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple.
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6. The nethermost H8481 chamber H3326 was five H2568 cubits H520 broad H7341 , and the middle H8484 was six H8337 cubits H520 broad H7341 , and the third H7992 was seven H7651 cubits H520 broad H7341 : for H3588 without H2351 in the wall of the house H1004 he made H5414 narrowed rests H4052 round about H5439 , that the beams should not H1115 be fastened H270 in the walls H7023 of the house H1004 .
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7. (The temple was built of stone dressed at the quarry, so that no hammer, axe, or iron tool was to be heard in the temple during its construction.)
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7. And the house H1004 , when it was in building H1129 , was built H1129 of stone H68 made ready H8003 before it was brought H4551 thither : so that there was neither H3808 hammer H4718 nor axe H1631 nor any H3605 tool H3627 of iron H1270 heard H8085 in the house H1004 , while it was in building H1129 .
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8. The entrance to the lowest floor of the annex was at the right side of the temple, and stairs with intermediate landings led up to the middle story and from the middle story to the third.
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8. The door H6607 for the middle H8484 chamber H6763 was in H413 the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004 : and they went up H5927 with winding stairs H3883 into H5921 the middle H8484 chamber , and out of H4480 the middle H8484 into H413 the third H7992 .
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9. When the temple was built to its full height, it was roofed in with rafters and boards of cedar.
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9. So he built H1129 H853 the house H1004 , and finished H3615 it ; and covered H5603 H853 the house H1004 with beams H1356 and boards H7713 of cedar H730 .
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10. The annex, with its lowest story five cubits high, was built all along the outside of the temple, to which it was joined by cedar beams.
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10. And then he built H1129 H853 chambers H3326 against H5921 all H3605 the house H1004 , five H2568 cubits H520 high H6967 : and they rested on H270 H853 the house H1004 with timber H6086 of cedar H730 .
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11. This word of the LORD came to Solomon:
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11. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Solomon H8010 , saying H559 ,
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12. "As to this temple you are building-- if you observe my statutes, carry out my ordinances, keep and obey all my commands, I will fulfill toward you the promise I made to your father David.
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12. Concerning this H2088 house H1004 which H834 thou H859 art in building H1129 , if H518 thou wilt walk H1980 in my statutes H2708 , and execute H6213 my judgments H4941 , and keep H8104 H853 all H3605 my commandments H4687 to walk H1980 in them ; then will I perform H6965 H853 my word H1697 with thee H854 , which H834 I spoke H1696 unto H413 David H1732 thy father H1 :
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13. I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites and will not forsake my people Israel."
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13. And I will dwell H7931 among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and will not H3808 forsake H5800 H853 my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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14. When Solomon finished building the temple,
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14. So Solomon H8010 built H1129 H853 the house H1004 , and finished H3615 it.
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15. its walls were lined from floor to ceiling beams with cedar paneling, and its floor was laid with fir planking.
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15. And he built H1129 H853 the walls H7023 of the house H1004 within H4480 H1004 with boards H6763 of cedar H730 , both the floor H4480 H7172 of the house H1004 , and the walls H7023 of the ceiling H5604 : and he covered H6823 them on the inside H4480 H1004 with wood H6086 , and covered H6823 H853 the floor H7172 of the house H1004 with planks H6763 of fir H1265 .
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16. At the rear of the temple a space of twenty cubits was set off by cedar partitions from the floor to the rafters, enclosing the sanctuary, the holy of holies.
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16. And he built H1129 H853 twenty H6242 cubits H520 on the sides H4480 H3411 of the house H1004 , both H4480 the floor H7172 and the walls H7023 with boards H6763 of cedar H730 : he even built H1129 them for it within H4480 H1004 , even for the oracle H1687 , even for the most holy H6944 H6944 place .
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17. The nave, or part of the temple in front of the sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
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17. And the house H1004 , that H1931 is , the temple H1964 before H3942 it, was H1961 forty H705 cubits H520 long .
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18. The cedar in the interior of the temple was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was of cedar, and no stone was to be seen.
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18. And the cedar H730 of H413 the house H1004 within H6441 was carved H4734 with knops H6497 and open H6358 flowers H6731 : all H3605 was cedar H730 ; there was no H369 stone H68 seen H7200 .
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19. In the innermost part of the temple was located the sanctuary to house the ark of the LORD'S covenant,
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19. And the oracle H1687 he prepared H3559 in the house H8432 H1004 within H4480 H6441 , to set H5414 there H8033 H853 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 .
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20. twenty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty high.
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20. And the oracle H1687 in the forepart H6440 was twenty H6242 cubits H520 in length H753 , and twenty H6242 cubits H520 in breadth H7341 , and twenty H6242 cubits H520 in the height H6967 thereof : and he overlaid H6823 it with pure H5462 gold H2091 ; and so covered H6823 the altar H4196 which was of cedar H730 .
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21. Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold. He made in front of the sanctuary a cedar altar, overlaid it with gold, and looped it with golden chains.
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21. So Solomon H8010 overlaid H6823 H853 the house H1004 within H4480 H6441 with pure H5462 gold H2091 : and he made a partition H5674 by the chains H7569 of gold H2091 before H6440 the oracle H1687 ; and he overlaid H6823 it with gold H2091 .
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22. The entire temple was overlaid with gold so that it was completely covered with it; the whole altar before the sanctuary was also overlaid with gold.
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22. And the whole H3605 house H1004 he overlaid H6823 with gold H2091 , until H5704 he had finished H8552 all H3605 the house H1004 : also the whole H3605 altar H4196 that H834 was by the oracle H1687 he overlaid H6823 with gold H2091 .
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23. In the sanctuary were two cherubim, each ten cubits high, made of olive wood.
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23. And within the oracle H1687 he made H6213 two H8147 cherubims H3742 of olive H8081 tree H6086 , each ten H6235 cubits H520 high H6967 .
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24. Each wing of a cherub measured five cubits so that the space from wing tip to wing tip of each was ten cubits.
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24. And five H2568 cubits H520 was the one H259 wing H3671 of the cherub H3742 , and five H2568 cubits H520 the other H8145 wing H3671 of the cherub H3742 : from the uttermost part H4480 H7098 of the one wing H3671 unto H5704 the uttermost part H7098 of the other H3671 were ten H6235 cubits H520 .
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25. The cherubim were identical in size and shape,
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25. And the other H8145 cherub H3742 was ten H6235 cubits H520 : both H8147 the cherubims H3742 were of one H259 measure H4060 and one H259 size H7095 .
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26. and each was exactly ten cubits high.
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26. The height H6967 of the one H259 cherub H3742 was ten H6235 cubits H520 , and so H3651 was it of the other H8145 cherub H3742 .
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27. The cherubim were placed in the inmost part of the temple, with their wings spread wide, so that one wing of each cherub touched a side wall while the other wing, pointing toward the middle of the room, touched the corresponding wing of the second cherub.
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27. And he set H5414 H853 the cherubims H3742 within H8432 the inner H6442 house H1004 : and they stretched forth H6566 H853 the wings H3671 of the cherubims H3742 , so that the wing H3671 of the one H259 touched H5060 the one wall H7023 , and the wing H3671 of the other H8145 cherub H3742 touched H5060 the other H8145 wall H7023 ; and their wings H3671 touched H5060 one H3671 another H413 H3671 in H413 the midst H8432 of the house H1004 .
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28. The cherubim, too, were overlaid with gold.
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28. And he overlaid H6823 H853 the cherubims H3742 with gold H2091 .
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29. The walls on all sides of both the inner and the outer rooms had carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
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29. And he carved H7049 all H3605 the walls H7023 of the house H1004 round about H4524 with carved H6603 figures H4734 of cherubims H3742 and palm trees H8561 and open H6358 flowers H6731 , within H4480 H6440 and without H2435 .
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30. The floor of both the inner and the outer rooms was overlaid with gold.
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30. And the floor H7172 of the house H1004 he overlaid H6823 with gold H2091 , within H6441 and without H2435 .
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31. At the entrance of the sanctuary, doors of olive wood were made; the doorframes had beveled posts.
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31. And for the entering H6607 of the oracle H1687 he made H6213 doors H1817 of olive H8081 tree H6086 : the lintel H352 and side posts H4201 were a fifth part H2549 of the wall .
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32. The two doors were of olive wood, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors were overlaid with gold, which was also molded to the cherubim and the palm trees.
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32. The two H8147 doors H1817 also were of olive H8081 tree H6086 ; and he carved H7049 upon H5921 them carvings H4734 of cherubims H3742 and palm trees H8561 and open H6358 flowers H6731 , and overlaid H6823 them with gold H2091 , and spread H7286 H853 gold H2091 upon H5921 the cherubims H3742 , and upon H5921 the palm trees H8561 .
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33. The same was done at the entrance to the nave, where the doorposts of olive wood were rectangular.
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33. So H3651 also made H6213 he for the door H6607 of the temple H1964 posts H4201 of olive H8081 tree H6086 , a fourth part H4480 H854 H7243 of the wall .
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34. The two doors were of fir wood; each door was banded by a metal strap, front and back,
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34. And the two H8147 doors H1817 were of fir H1265 tree H6086 : the two H8147 leaves H6763 of the one H259 door H1817 were folding H1550 , and the two H8147 leaves H7050 of the other H8145 door H1817 were folding H1550 .
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35. and had carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, over which gold was evenly applied.
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35. And he carved H7049 thereon cherubims H3742 and palm trees H8561 and open H6358 flowers H6731 : and covered H6823 them with gold H2091 fitted H3474 upon H5921 the carved work H2707 .
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36. The inner court was walled off by means of three courses of hewn stones and one course of cedar beams.
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36. And he built H1129 the inner H6442 H853 court H2691 with three H7969 rows H2905 of hewed stone H1496 , and a row H2905 of cedar H730 beams H3773 .
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37. The foundations of the LORD'S temple were laid in the month of Ziv
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37. In the fourth H7243 year H8141 was the foundation H3245 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 laid , in the month H3391 Zif H2099 :
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38. in the fourth year, and it was completed in all particulars, exactly according to plan, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, in the eleventh year. Thus it took Solomon seven years to build it.
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38. And in the eleventh H259 H6240 year H8141 , in the month H3391 Bul H945 , which H1931 is the eighth H8066 month H2320 , was the house H1004 finished H3615 throughout all H3605 the parts H1697 thereof , and according to all H3605 the fashion H4941 of it . So was he seven H7651 years H8141 in building H1129 it.
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