| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. | 1Now it came about 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 of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. |
| 2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. | 2As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. |
| 3The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. | 3The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. |
| 4And he made for the house windows with recessed frames. | 4Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. |
| 5He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around. | 5Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. |
| 6The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. | 6The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. |
| 7When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built. | 7The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. |
| 8The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. | 8The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third. |
| 9So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. | 9So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. |
| 10He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar. | 10He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar. |
| 11Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, | 11Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, |
| 12“Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. | 12"Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. |
| 13And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.” | 13"I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." |
| 14So Solomon built the house and finished it. | 14So Solomon built the house and finished it. |
| 15He lined the walls of the house on the 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 cypress. | 15Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. |
| 16He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place. | 16He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place. |
| 17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. | 17The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. |
| 18The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen. | 18There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. |
| 19The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. | 19Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
| 20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar. | 20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. |
| 21And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. | 21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. |
| 22And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. | 22He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. |
| 23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. | 23Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. |
| 24Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. | 24Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. |
| 25The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form. | 25The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. |
| 26The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. | 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. |
| 27He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house. | 27He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. |
| 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. | 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. |
| 29Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. | 29Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 30The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms. | 30He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries. |
| 31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. | 31For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. |
| 32He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. | 32So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. |
| 33So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, | 33So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood |
| 34and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. | 34and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots. |
| 35On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. | 35He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. |
| 36He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams. | 36He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. |
| 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv. | 37In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv. |
| 38And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it. | 38In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. |
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