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* And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons 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 Yahweh . * And the house which King Solomon built for Yahweh , its length was threescore cubits , and its width twenty [cubits ], and its height thirty cubits . * And the porch before the temple of the house , twenty cubits was its length , according to the width of the house ; [and ] ten cubits was its width before the house . * And for the house he made windows of fixed latticework . * 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 nethermost 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 have hold in the walls of the house . * And the house , when it was in building , was built of stone made ready at the quarry ; and there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house , while it was being built . * The entrance for the middle story 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 . * 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 Yahweh came to Solomon , saying , * Concerning 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 . * And I will stay 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 , 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 Yahweh . * And in front of the oracle was twenty cubits in length , and twenty cubits in width , and twenty cubits in its height ; 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 uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits . * And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubim were of one measure and one form . * The height of the one cherub was ten cubits , and so was it 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 one another in the midst of the house . * 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 on them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers , and overlaid them with gold ; and he spread the gold on the cherubim , and on the palm-trees . * So also he 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 [on it ] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers ; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the graven work . * And he built the inner court with three courses of cut stone , and a course of cedar beams . * In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yahweh 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 its parts , and according to all the fashion of it . So he was seven years in building it .

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