And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel
were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel,
that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house which king Solomon built for
the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits. And the porch before the temple of the house,
twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits
was the breadth thereof before the house. And for the house he made
windows of narrow lights. And against the wall of the house he built
chambers round about five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the
third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed
rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up
with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth,
and twenty cubits in the height thereof: And within the oracle he made two cherubims
of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings
of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of
the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst
of the house. And he carved all the walls of the house round
about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house:
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree:
the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two
leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold
fitted upon the carved work. And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained
unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold,
whereupon the shewbread was, And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on
the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs of gold, And he set up the pillars in the porch of
the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he
set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all
about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did
compass it round about. It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward
the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward. And it was an hand breadth thick, and the
brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained
two thousand baths. And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits
was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof,
and three cubits the height of it. And on the borders that were between the ledges
were lions, oxen, and cherubims: And every base had four brasen wheels, And
the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and upon every one
of the ten bases one laver. And he put five bases on the right side of
the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side
of the house eastward over against the south.
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord.