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1 AND IT WAS IN EIGHTY YEAR AND FOUR HUNDRED<S> YEAR OF [THE] COMING OUT OF [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FROM [THE] LAND OF EGYPT IN THE YEAR <THE> FOURTH IN [THE] MONTH OF ZIV THAT [WAS] THE MONTH <THE> SECOND OF [THE] REIGNING OF SOLOMON OVER ISRAEL AND HE BUILT THE HOUSE FOR YAHWEH
Temple Construction Begins
(2 Chronicles 3:1–2 )
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land 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 house of the LORD.
2 AND THE HOUSE WHICH HE BUILT THE KING SOLOMON FOR YAHWEH [WAS] SIXTY CUBIT[S] LENGTH ITS AND [WAS] TWENTY BREADTH ITS AND [WAS] THIRTY CUBIT[S] HEIGHT ITS
2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
3 AND THE PORCH ON [THE] FACE OF [THE] TEMPLE OF THE HOUSE [WAS] TWENTY CUBIT[S] LENGTH ITS ON [THE] FACE OF [THE] BREADTH OF THE HOUSE [WAS] TEN BY THE CUBIT BREADTH ITS ON [THE] FACE OF THE HOUSE
3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
4 AND HE MADE FOR THE HOUSE WINDOWS OF FRAMES SHUT
4 He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
5 AND HE BUILT ON [THE] WALL OF THE HOUSE AN EXTENSION ALL AROUND <OBJ.> [THE] WALLS OF THE HOUSE AROUND <TO> THE TEMPLE AND <TO> THE INNERMOST ROOM AND HE MADE SIDE-CHAMBERS ALL AROUND
The Chambers
5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
6 THE EXTENSION <THE> LOWER [WAS] FIVE BY THE CUBIT BREADTH ITS AND THE MIDDLE [EXTENSION] [WAS] SIX BY THE CUBIT BREADTH ITS AND <THE> THIRD [EXTENSION] [WAS] SEVEN BY THE CUBIT BREADTH ITS FOR LEDGES HE MADE FOR THE HOUSE AROUND [THE] OUTSIDE TOWARDS TO NOT TO HAVE HOLD IN [THE] WALLS OF THE HOUSE
6 The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
7 AND THE HOUSE WHEN WAS BUILT IT STONE PERFECT QUARRY IT WAS BUILT AND HAMMERS AND <THE> AXE ANY ARTICLE OF IRON NOT IT WAS HEARD IN THE HOUSE WHEN WAS BUILT IT
7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
8 [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE SIDE-CHAMBER <THE> MIDDLE [WAS] TO [THE] SIDE OF THE HOUSE <THE> SOUTH AND BY STAIRS PEOPLE WENT UP TO THE MIDDLE AND FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE THIRTY
8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
9 AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> THE HOUSE AND HE FINISHED IT AND HE COVERED <OBJ.> THE HOUSE BEAMS AND PLANKS WITH <THE> CEDAR<S>
9 So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
10 AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> THE EXTENSION ON ALL THE HOUSE [WAS] FIVE CUBITS HEIGHT ITS AND HE COVERED <OBJ.> THE HOUSE WITH WOOD<S> OF CEDAR<S>
10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
11 AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO SOLOMON <TO> SAYING
God’s Promise to Solomon
11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
12 THE HOUSE <THE> THIS WHICH YOU [ARE] BUILDING IF YOU WILL WALK IN STATUTES MY AND <OBJ.> JUDGMENTS MY YOU WILL OBSERVE AND YOU WILL KEEP <OBJ.> ALL COMMANDMENTS MY TO WALK IN <THE> THEM AND I WILL ESTABLISH <OBJ.> WORD MY WITH YOU WHICH I SPOKE TO DAVID FATHER YOUR
12 “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
13 AND I WILL DWELL IN AMONG [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND NOT I WILL ABANDON <OBJ.> PEOPLE MY ISRAEL
13 And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
14 AND HE BUILT SOLOMON <OBJ.> THE HOUSE AND HE FINISHED IT
15 AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> [THE] WALLS OF THE HOUSE FROM INSIDE <TOWARDS> WITH BOARDS OF CEDAR<S> FROM [THE] FLOOR OF THE HOUSE TO [THE] WALLS OF THE CEILING HE OVERLAID WOOD FROM INSIDE AND HE OVERLAID <OBJ.> [THE] FLOOR OF THE HOUSE WITH BOARDS OF CYPRESSES
15 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.
16 AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> TWENTY CUBIT[S] FROM [THE] INNERMOST PARTS OF THE HOUSE WITH BOARDS OF CEDAR<S> FROM THE FLOOR TO THE WALLS AND HE BUILT FOR <THE> IT FROM INSIDE TO AN INNERMOST ROOM TO [THE] HOLY PLACE OF THE HOLY PLACES
16 He partitioned off the 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 IT WAS THE HOUSE THAT [IS] THE TEMPLE <TO> BEFORE ME
17 And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
18 AND CEDAR [WAS] TO THE HOUSE WITHIN CARVING OF GOURDS AND SPREAD OUT [THINGS] OF FLOWERS <THE> EVERYTHING [WAS] CEDAR NOT STONE [WAS] VISIBLE
18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
19 AND AN INNERMOST ROOM IN [THE] MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE FROM WITHIN HE PREPARED TO PUT THERE <OBJ.> [THE] ARK OF [THE] COVENANT OF YAHWEH
19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
20 AND <TO> BEFORE THE INNERMOST ROOM [WAS] TWENTY CUBIT[S] LENGTH AND [WAS] TWENTY CUBIT[S] BREADTH AND [WAS] TWENTY CUBIT[S] HEIGHT ITS AND HE OVERLAID IT GOLD GOLD PLATE AND HE OVERLAID AN ALTAR CEDAR
20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
21 AND HE OVERLAID SOLOMON <OBJ.> THE HOUSE FROM WITHIN GOLD GOLD PLATE AND HE MADE PASS WITH CHAINS OF GOLD <TO> BEFORE THE INNERMOST ROOM AND HE OVERLAID IT GOLD
21 So Solomon overlaid 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 <OBJ.> ALL THE HOUSE HE OVERLAID GOLD UNTIL WAS FINISHED ALL THE HOUSE AND ALL THE ALTAR WHICH [BELONGED] TO THE INNERMOST ROOM HE OVERLAID GOLD
22 So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
23 AND HE MADE IN THE INNERMOST ROOM TWO CHERUBIM WOOD<S> OF OLIVE [WAS] TEN CUBITS HEIGHT ITS
The Cherubim
(2 Chronicles 3:10–13 )
23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
24 AND [WAS] FIVE CUBITS [THE] WING OF THE CHERUB <THE> ONE AND [WAS] FIVE CUBITS [THE] WING OF THE CHERUB <THE> SECOND [WAS] TEN CUBITS FROM [THE] ENDS OF WINGS ITS AND TO [THE] ENDS OF WINGS ITS
24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
25 AND [WAS] TEN BY THE CUBIT THE CHERUB <THE> SECOND A MEASUREMENT ONE AND A SHAPE ONE [BELONGED] TO [THE] TWO THE CHERUBIM
25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
26 [THE] HEIGHT OF THE CHERUB <THE> ONE [WAS] TEN BY THE CUBIT AND THUS THE CHERUB <THE> SECOND
26 and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
27 AND HE PUT <OBJ.> THE CHERUBIM IN [THE] MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE <THE> INNER AND THEY SPREAD OUT <OBJ.> [THE] WINGS OF THE CHERUBIM AND IT TOUCHED [THE] WING OF THE ONE [CHERUB] <IN> THE WALL AND [THE] WING OF THE CHERUB <THE> SECOND [WAS] TOUCHING <IN> THE WALL <THE> SECOND AND WINGS THEIR TO [THE] MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE [WERE] TOUCHING WING TO WING
27 And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched
28 AND HE OVERLAID <OBJ.> THE CHERUBIM GOLD
28 He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 AND <OBJ.> ALL [THE] WALLS OF THE HOUSE ROUND ABOUT HE CARVED ENGRAVINGS OF CARVINGS OF CHERUBIM AND PALM TREES AND SPREAD OUT [THINGS] OF FLOWERS FROM TO FACES AND TO THE OUTER
29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
30 AND <OBJ.> [THE] FLOOR OF THE HOUSE HE OVERLAID GOLD TO WITHIN AND TO THE OUTER
30 And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31 AND <OBJ.> [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE INNERMOST ROOM HE MADE DOORS OF WOOD<S> OF OLIVE THE PILLAR DOORPOSTS OF FIFTH
The Doors
31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
32 AND TWO DOORS OF WOOD<S> OF OLIVE AND HE CARVED ON THEM CARVINGS OF CHERUBIM AND PALM TREES AND SPREAD OUT [THINGS] OF FLOWERS AND HE OVERLAID [THEM] GOLD AND HE HAMMERED OUT ON THE CHERUBIM AND ON THE PALM TREES <OBJ.> THE GOLD
32 The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold
33 AND THUS HE MADE FOR [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLE DOORPOSTS OF WOOD<S> OF OLIVE FROM WITH A FOURTH
33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
34 AND TWO DOORS OF WOOD<S> OF CYPRESSES TWO SIDES THE DOOR <THE> ONE [WERE] REVOLVING AND TWO CURTAINS THE DOOR <THE> SECOND [WERE] REVOLVING
34 The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
35 AND HE CARVED CHERUBIM AND PALM TREES AND SPREAD OUT [THINGS] OF FLOWERS AND HE OVERLAID GOLD MADE SMOOTH ON THE CARVED [WORK]
35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
36 AND HE BUILT <OBJ.> THE COURT <THE> INNER THREE ROWS OF HEWN [STONE] AND A ROW OF BEAMS OF CEDAR<S>
The Courtyard
36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
37 IN THE YEAR <THE> FOURTH IT WAS FOUNDED [THE] HOUSE OF YAHWEH IN [THE] MONTH OF ZIV
37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
38 AND IN THE YEAR <THE> ONE [PLUS] TEN IN [THE] MONTH OF BUL THAT [WAS] THE MONTH <THE> EIGHTH IT WAS COMPLETE THE HOUSE TO ALL PARTS ITS AND TO ALL PLANS ITS AND HE BUILT IT SEVEN YEARS
38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
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