1 Kings 6 Parallel Bible

swipe to see more →

	BLB Berean Literal Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And it came to pass in the four hundredth year and eightieth year after the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv—it is the second month of the reigning of Solomon over Israel—that he began to build the house of YHWH.	In 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.	In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD.
2	And the house that King Solomon built for YHWH, sixty cubits was its length, and twenty its width, and thirty cubits its height.	The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.	The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
3	And the portico was upon the face of the sanctuary of the house, twenty cubits was its length upon the face, the width of the house, and ten by the cubit was its width upon the face of the house.	The 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.	The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
4	And he made for the house windows with narrowed frames.	And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.	He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.
5	And he built against the wall of the house chambers all around, the walls of the house all around, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around it.	He 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.	Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
6	The lowest couch was five by the cubit wide, and the middle was six by the cubit wide, and the third was seven by the cubit wide. For ledges he gave all around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be fastened into the walls of the house.	The 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.	The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
7	And the house, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that hammer or chisel or any iron tool was not heard in the house while it was being built.	When 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.	In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
8	The doorway for the bottom story was on the right side of the house, and by stairs they went up the middle story, and from the middle to the third.	The 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.	The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
9	And he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of the cedars.	So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.	So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.
10	And he built the couch against all the house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.	He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.	And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
11	And the word of YHWH came to Solomon, saying,	Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon,	The word of the LORD came to Solomon:
12	“This house that you are building, if you walk in My statutes, and My ordinances you do, and keep all My commandments and walk in them, then I will cause to stand My word with you, which I spoke to David your father.	“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.	“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.
13	And I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”	And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.”	And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
14	And Solomon built the house and completed it.	So Solomon built the house and finished it.	So Solomon built the temple and completed it.
15	And he built the walls of the house on the inside On the inside with cedar boards from the floor of the house up to the walls of the ceiling. He overlaid with wood the inside, and he covered the floor of the house with sides of cypress.	He 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.	He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.
16	And he built the twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards from floor to ceiling, and he built it inside, as the inner sanctuary, for the Holy of Holies.	He 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.	He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
17	And forty by the cubit was the sanctuary; it is the house before it.	The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.	The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
18	And the cedar for the house inside was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; not a stone was seen.	The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.	The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.
19	And the inner sanctuary in the midst of the house on the inside, he prepared to set there the ark of the covenant of YHWH.	The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.	He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
20	And before the face of the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. And He overlaid it with pure gold, and he overlaid the altar of cedar.	The 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.	The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
21	And Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold, and He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.	And 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.	Solomon covered the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
22	And all the house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house. And all the altar that was for the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.	And 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.	So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
23	And he made inside the inner sanctuary two cherubim of olive wood, ten cubits high.	In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.	For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24	And was five cubits the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub—ten cubits from the ends of one wing and to the ends of the other.	Five 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.	One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.
25	And ten by the cubit was the second cherub, of one size and one shape were the two cherubim.	The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.	The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.
26	The height of the one cherub was ten by the cubit, and so the second cherub.	The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.	The height of each cherub was ten cubits.
27	And he set the cherubim in the midst of the inner room, and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched the second wall, and their wings in the middle of the room touched wing against wing.	He 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.	He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28	And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.	And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.	He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29	And all the walls of the house all around he carved with openings of carvings of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, from inside and to the outside.	Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.	On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.
30	And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, for inside and for the outside.	The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.	He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.
31	And for the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and doorposts were five-sided.	For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.	For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary.
32	And the two doors were of olive wood, and he carved on them figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold, and he beat out the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.	He 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.	And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
33	And also he made for the door of the sanctuary doorposts of olive wood with four sides.	So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,	In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.
34	And the two doors were of cypress wood, two panels of the one door were folding, and two panels of the second door were folding.	and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.	He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.
35	And he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work.	On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.	He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
36	And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cut beams of cedar.	He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.	And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
37	In the fourth year of the house of YHWH the foundation was laid, in the month of Ziv.	In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.	The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.
38	And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, that is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. And he built it seven years.	And 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.	In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.
	Read Berean Literal Bible Public domain.	Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles.	Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.

1 Kings 6 Parallel Bible Translations