1And it was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year in the month Eyar, which is the second month that Solomon reigned over Israel, he began to build the house of LORD JEHOVAH. 2And the house that Solomon built for LORD JEHOVAH was sixty cubits in its length and twenty cubits in its width and thirty cubits in its height. 3And the porch that was before the door of the house was twenty cubits in its length, next to the width of the house, and ten cubits in its width next to the length of the house. 4And he made narrow glass windows for the house.

5And he built against the walls of the house surrounding corridors as a circle. The walls of the house enclosed the temple and the place of the Mercy Seat. 6And he made a lower circular corridor five cubits in its width, and a middle one six cubits in its width, and a third, seven cubits in its width, because a jutting out part was made for the house as a circle from outside that would shut the walls within walls.

7And the house, when being built, was built with whole stones that were transported, and a hammer or a saw or any instrument of iron was not heard in the house as it was built.

8And the door of the surrounding corridor at the middle to the south side of the house, and with a staircase going up to the middle one, and from the middle one going up to the third. 9And he built the house and he finished it and he roofed the house with planks of cedar. 10And he built surrounding corridors against the whole house, five cubits in their height and enclosed the house in wood of cedar.

11And the response of LORD JEHOVAH was to Solomon saying: 12“This house that you have built, if you will walk in my covenant and you will keep my judgments, and you will do all my commands and you will walk in them, I shall establish my words with you which I spoke to David your father. 13And I shall dwell within the children of Israel, and I shall not forsake my people Israel.”

14And Solomon built the house and he finished it.

15And he built the walls of the house from within with boards of cedar, from its foundation and unto its ceilings, a layer of wood from within, and overlaid the foundation of the house with boards of cypress trees. 16And Solomon built twenty cubits from the outer sides of the house with boards of cedar, from its foundation and unto its roof, and he built it from within the Holy of Holies. 17The house was forty cubits, that is, the inner temple. 18And cedar was covering the house from within, and it was lattice work and carved ornaments, and lilies and all was of cedar, and a stone was not seen in it. 19And The Holy Place within the house from the center was constructed to set up there the ark of the covenant of LORD JEHOVAH. 20And he overlaid the Holy place, twenty cubits its length and twenty cubits its width, and twenty cubits its height, and he overlaid it with refined gold and overlaid the altar in cedar. 21And Solomon overlaid the house from within with refined gold, and he made a porch before the Holy Place, and he overlaid it with gold. 22And the entire house he covered with gold until he had finished the entire house and all the altar of the Holy Place in a layer of gold.

23And he made in the place of Holiness two Cherubim of wood, its length a measure of ten cubits. 24And five cubits the width of one Cherub, and five cubits the wing of the other Cherub, and ten cubits from the top of his wing and unto the tip of his wing. 25And the other Cherub was ten cubits, the measure was one height for both Cherubim. 26And the height of one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other Cherub. 27And he made the Cherubim within the inner house and the wings of the Cherubim spread out and touched the wing of one on the wall and the wing of the other Cherub touched on the other wall, and their wings which were in the midst of the house joined one another. 28And he overlaid the Cherubim with refined gold.

29And for all the walls of the house he made revolving ornaments and he carved ornaments and Cherubim and palm trees and lilies from within and from outside. 30And the foundation of the house he covered with gold from within and from outside.

31And for the door of the Holy Place he made a door of wood, its door posts of firm size, and they were strong. 32And two doors of a large tree, and engravings of Cherubim and carved ornaments and palm trees and lilies were carved upon them and overlaid in gold, and he put more gold on the Cherubim and on the palm trees.

33And thus he made for the door of the temple, its gate posts of large wood, plain and square. 34And the two doors of wood of two cypresses, the sides of one door were carved and the two sides of the other door were carved. 35And he carved Cherubim and ornaments and palm trees and lilies and overlaid them in beautiful gold engraving.

36And he built the inner courtyard three rows of cut stone and a row of saplings of cedar.

37And in the fourth year the foundation of the house of LORD JEHOVAH was laid in the month Eyar. 38And in year eleven in the month Teshrithe latter half, which is the eighth month, he finished the house with all its possessions and with all its works, and he built it in seven years.