1 Kings 6:1-13 ▼

1 And it came to passe, that in the foure hundred & fourescore yere, after the childre of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the fourth yere of the rayne of Solomon vpon Israel, & in the moneth Zif, which is the second moneth, he began to build the house of the Lorde.

2 And the house which king Solomon built for the Lorde, was threescore cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and thirtie cubites hie.

3 And he made a porche before the temple of the house, which was twentie cubites long, after ye breadth of the house, and ten cubites brode, euen in the fore front of the house.

4 And in the house he made windowes, broade without, and narow within.

5 And by the wall of the house he made chambers round about euen in the walles of the house round about the temple & the quier: and he made chambers round about.

6 The neathermost chamber was fiue cubites broade, & the middle was sixe cubites broade, & the third was seuen cubites broade: For without in the wall of the house he made restes round about that the beames of the chambers shoulde not be fastened in ye walles of the house.

7 And the house was built of stone, made perfect alredye before it was brought thyther: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, either any toole of iron heard in the house while it was in buylding.

8 The doore of the middle chamber was in the ryght syde of the house: and men went vp with wineding stayres into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

9 And so he built the house, and finished it: and he roofed the house vaultly with beames of Cedar tymber.

10 And then he built chambers to all the temple fiue cubites heyght, & they were ioyned to the house with beames of Cedar.

11 And the word of the Lorde came to Solomon, saying:

12 Concerning the house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walke in myne ordinaunces, and execute my lawes, and kepe all my commaundementes to walke in them: then wyll I make good vnto thee my promise which I promysed Dauid thy father:

13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.