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* And 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 * And 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 , * and 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 . * And he made windows of fixed lattice-work for the house . * And 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 . * The 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 * And 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 . * The 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 . * So he built the house , and finished it . And he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar . * And he built the stories against all the house , each five cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of cedar . * And the word of LORD came to Solomon , saying , * Concerning 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 . * And I will dwell among the sons of Israel , and will not forsake my people Israel . * So Solomon built the house , and finished it . * And 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 . * And 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 . * And the house , that is , the temple in front of [the oracle ], was forty cubits [long ]. * And there was cedar on the house inside , carved with knops and open flowers . All was cedar ; there was no stone seen . * And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside , to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD . * And 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 . * So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold . And he drew chains of gold across before the oracle , and he overlaid it with gold . * And 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 . * And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood , each ten cubits high . * And 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 . * And the other cherub was ten cubits ; both of the cherubim were of one measure and one form . * The height of the one cherub was ten cubits , and so it was of the other cherub . * And 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 * And he overlaid the cherubim with gold . * And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers , inside and outside . * And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold , inside and outside . * And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood . The lintel [and ] door-posts were a fifth part [of the wall ]. * So [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 . * So he also made for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood out of a fourth part [of the wall ], * and two doors of fir-wood . The two leaves of the one door were folding , and the two leaves of the other door were folding . * And he carved [thereon ] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers . And he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work . * And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone , and a course of cedar beams . * In the fourth year the foundation of the house of LORD was laid , in the month Ziv . * And 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 .

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