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1. Solomon began to build the Temple four hundred eighty years after the people of Israel had left Egypt. This was during the fourth year of King Solomon's rule over Israel. It was the second month, the month of Ziv.
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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 was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet 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 main room of the Temple was fifteen feet deep and thirty feet wide. This room ran along the front of the Temple itself. Its width was equal to that 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. The Temple also had windows that opened and closed.
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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. Solomon also built some side rooms against the walls of the main room and the inner room of the Temple. He built rooms all around.
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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. The rooms on the bottom floor were seven and one-half feet wide. Those on the middle floor were nine feet wide, and the rooms above them were ten and one-half feet wide. The Temple wall that formed the side of each room was thinner than the wall in the room below. These rooms were pushed against the Temple wall, but they did not have their main beams built into this wall.
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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 stones were prepared at the same place where they were cut from the ground. Since these stones were the only ones used to build the Temple, there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools at the Temple.
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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 lower rooms beside the Temple was on the south side. From there, stairs went up to the second-floor rooms. And from there, stairs went on to the third-floor rooms.
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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. Solomon put a roof made from beams and cedar boards on the Temple. So he finished building the Temple
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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. as well as the bottom floor that was beside the Temple. This bottom floor was seven and one-half feet high and was attached to the Temple 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. The Lord said 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. "If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised 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 live among the Israelites in this Temple, and I will never leave 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. So 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. The inside walls were covered from floor to ceiling with cedar boards. The floor was made from pine boards.
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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. A room thirty feet long was built in the back part of the Temple. This room, called the Most Holy Place, was separated from the rest of the Temple by cedar boards which reached from floor to ceiling.
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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 main room, the one in front of the Most Holy Place, was sixty feet 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. Everything inside the Temple was covered with cedar, which was carved with pictures of flowers and plants. A person could not see the stones of the wall, only the cedar.
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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. Solomon prepared the inner room at the back of the Temple to keep the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord.
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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. This inner room was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high. He covered this room with pure gold, and he also covered the altar of cedar.
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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. He covered the inside of the Temple with pure gold, placing gold chains across the front of the inner room, which was also covered with gold.
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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. So all the inside of the Temple, as well as the altar of the Most Holy Place, was covered 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. Solomon made two creatures from olive wood and placed them in the Most Holy Place. Each creature was fifteen feet tall
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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. and had two wings. Each wing was seven and one-half feet long, so it was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other.
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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 creatures were the same 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. each was fifteen feet tall.
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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. These creatures were put beside each other in the Most Holy Place with their wings spread out. One creature's wing touched one wall, and the other creature's wing touched the other wall with their wings touching each other in the middle of the room.
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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. These two creatures were covered with gold.
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28. And he overlaid H6823 H853 the cherubims H3742 with gold H2091 .
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29. All the walls around the Temple were carved with pictures of creatures with wings, as well as palm trees and flowers. This was true for both the main room and the inner room.
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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 floors of both rooms were covered 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. Doors made from olive wood were placed at the entrance to the Most Holy Place. These doors had five-sided frames.
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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. Creatures with wings, as well as palm trees and flowers, were also carved on the two olive wood doors that were covered with gold. The creatures and the palm trees on the doors were covered with gold as well.
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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. At the entrance to the main room there was a square door frame made of olive wood.
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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. Two doors were made from pine. Each door had two parts so the doors folded.
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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. The doors were covered with pictures of creatures with wings, as well as palm trees and flowers. All of the carvings were covered with gold, which was evenly spread over them.
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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 courtyard was enclosed by walls, which were made of three rows of cut stones and one row of cedar boards.
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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. Work began on the Temple in Ziv, the second month, during the fourth year Solomon was king over Israel.
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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. The Temple was finished during the eleventh year he was king, in the eighth month, the month of Bul. It was built exactly as it was planned. Solomon had spent seven years building 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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