Dual Panel1In the four <0702> hundred <03967> and eightieth <08084> year <08141> after the Israelites <03478> <01121> left <03318> Egypt <04714>, in the fourth <07243> year <08141> of Solomon’s <08010> reign <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>, during the month <02320> Ziv <02099> (the second <08145> month <02320>), he <01931> began building <01129> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
2The temple <01004> King <04428> Solomon <08010> built <01129> for the Lord <03068> was 90 feet <0520> <08346> long <0753>, 30 feet <06242> wide <07341>, and 45 feet <0520> <07970> high <06967>.
3The porch <0197> in <05921> front <06440> of the main hall <01964> of the temple <01004> was 30 feet <0520> <06242> long <0753>, corresponding <06440> to the width <07341> of the temple <01004>. It was 15 feet <0520> <06235> wide <07341>, extending out <05921> from the front <06440> of the temple <01004>.
4He made <06213> framed <08261> windows <02474> for the temple <01004>.
5He built <01129> an extension <03326> all around <05439> the walls <07023> of the temple’s main hall <01964> and holy place <01687> and constructed <06213> side <06763> rooms <05439> in it.
6The bottom <08481> floor of the extension <03326> was seven and a half feet <0520> <02568> wide <07341>, the middle floor <08484> nine feet <0520> <08337> wide <07341>, and the third <07992> floor ten and a half feet <0520> <07651> wide <07341>. He made <05414> ledges <04052> on the temple’s <01004> outer <02351> walls so the beams would not <01115> have to be inserted <0270> into the walls <07023>.
7As the temple <01004> was being built <01129>, only stones <068> shaped <08003> at the quarry <04551> were used <01129>; the sound of hammers <04717>, pickaxes <01631>, or any other <03605> iron <01270> tool <03627> was not <03808> heard <08085> at the temple <01004> while it was being built <01129>.
8The entrance <06607> to <0413> the bottom level <08484> of side rooms <06763> was on the south <03233> side <03802> of the temple <01004>; stairs <03883> went up <05927> to the middle floor <08484> and then on <05921> up to <0413> the third floor <07992>.
9He finished <03615> building <01129> the temple <01004> and covered <05603> it <01004> with rafters <01356> and boards <07713> made of cedar <0729>.
10He built <01129> an extension <03326> all <03605> around <05921> the temple <01004>; it was seven and a half feet <0520> high <06967> and it was attached <0270> to the temple <01004> by cedar <0730> beams <06086>.
11The Lord <03069> said <0559> to <0413> Solomon <08010>:
12“As <0834> for this <02088> temple <01004> you <0859> are building <01129>, if <0518> you follow <01980> my rules <02708>, observe <06213> my regulations <04941>, and obey <08104> all <03605> my commandments <04687>, I will fulfill <06965> through <0854> you the promise <01697> I made <01696> to <0413> your father <01> David <01732>.
13I will live <07931> among <08432> the Israelites <03478> <01121> and will not <03808> abandon <05800> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.”
14So Solomon <08010> finished <03615> building <01129> the temple <01004>.
15He constructed <01129> the walls <07023> inside <01004> the temple <01004> with cedar <0730> planks <06763>; he paneled the inside with wood <06086> from the floor <07172> of the temple <01004> to <05704> the rafters <07023> of the ceiling <05604>. He covered <06823> the temple <01004> floor <07172> with boards <06763> made from the wood of evergreens <01265>.
16He built <01129> a wall 30 feet <0520> <06242> in from the rear <03411> of the temple <01004> as a partition for an inner sanctuary <01687> that would be the most holy place <06944> <06944>. He paneled <01129> the wall with cedar <0730> planks <06763> from <04480> the floor <07172> to <05704> the rafters <07023>.
17The main hall <01964> in front <06440> of the inner sanctuary <01931> was <01961> 60 feet <0520> <0705> long.
18The inside <06441> of the temple <01004> was all cedar <0730> and was adorned <04734> with carvings <06497> of round ornaments <06497> and of flowers <06731> in bloom <06358>. Everything <03605> was cedar <0730>; no <0369> stones <068> were visible <07200>.
19He prepared <03559> the inner sanctuary <01687> inside <06441> <08432> the temple <01004> so that the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> could be placed <05414> there <08033>.
20The inner sanctuary <01687> was 30 feet <0520> <06242> long <0753>, 30 feet <0520> <06242> wide <07341>, and 30 feet <0520> <06242> high <06967>. He plated <06823> it with gold <02091>, as well as the cedar <0730> altar <04196>.
21Solomon <08010> plated <06823> the inside <06441> of the temple <01004> with gold <02091>. He hung <05674> golden <02091> chains <07572> in front of <06440> the inner sanctuary <01687> and plated <06823> the inner sanctuary with gold <02091>.
22He plated <06823> the entire <03605> inside of the temple <01004> with gold <02091>, as well as <05704> the altar <04196> inside the inner sanctuary <01687>.
23In the inner sanctuary <01687> he made <06213> two <08147> cherubs <03742> of olive <08081> wood <06086>; each stood 15 feet <0520> <06235> high <06967>.
24Each of the first <0259> cherub’s <03742> wings <03671> was seven and a half feet <0520> <02568> long; its entire wingspan <03671> <07098> <05704> <03671> <07098> was 15 feet <0520> <06235>.
25The second <08145> cherub <03742> also had a wingspan of 15 feet <0520> <06235>; it was identical <0259> to the first <0259> in measurements <04060> and shape <07095>.
26Each <0259> cherub <03742> stood 15 feet <0520> <06235> high <06967>.
27He put <05414> the <0853> cherubs <03742> in <08432> the inner <06442> sanctuary of the temple <01004>. Their wings <03671> were spread out <06566>. One of the first <0259> cherub’s <03742> wings <03671> touched <05060> one wall <07023> and one of the other <08145> cherub’s <03742> wings <03671> touched <05060> the opposite <08145> wall <07023>. The first cherub’s other wing <03671> touched <05060> the second cherub’s other wing <03671> in the middle <08432> of the room <01004>.
28He plated <06823> the cherubs <03742> with gold <02091>.
29On all <03605> the walls <07023> around <04524> the temple <01004>, inside <06440> and out <02435>, he carved <04734> <06603> <07049> cherubs <03742>, palm trees <08561>, and flowers <06731> in bloom <06358>.
30He plated <06823> the floor <07172> of the temple <01004> with gold <02091>, inside <06441> and out <02435>.
31He made <06213> doors <01817> of olive <08081> wood <06086> at the entrance <06607> to the inner sanctuary <01687>; the pillar <0352> on each doorpost <04201> was five-sided <02549>.
32On the two <08147> doors <01817> made of olive <08081> wood <06086> he carved <04734> <07049> cherubs <03742>, palm trees <08561>, and flowers <06731> in bloom <06358>, and he plated <06823> them with gold <02091>. He plated <07286> the cherubs <03742> and the palm trees <08561> with hammered gold <02091>.
33In the same way <03651> he made <06213> doorposts <04201> of olive <08081> wood <06086> for the entrance <06607> to the main hall <01964>, only with four-sided <07243> pillars.
34He also made two <08147> doors <01817> out of wood <06086> from evergreens <01265>; each <0259> door <01817> had two <08147> folding <01550> leaves <07050>.
35He carved <07049> cherubs <03742>, palm trees <08561>, and flowers <06731> in bloom <06358> and plated <06823> them with gold <02091>, leveled out <03474> over <05921> the carvings <02707>.
36He built <01129> the inner <06442> courtyard <02691> with three <07969> rows <02905> of chiseled stones <01496> and a row <02905> of cedar <0730> beams <03773>.
37In the month <03391> Ziv <02099> of the fourth <07243> year <08141> of Solomon’s reign the foundation <03245> was laid for the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
38In the eleventh <06240> year <08141>, in the month <03391> Bul <0945> (the eighth <08066> month <02320>) the temple <01004> was completed <03615> in accordance with all <03605> <03605> its specifications <04941> and blueprints. It took seven <07651> years <08141> to build <01129>.