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And it came to pass in the four[H702]hundred[H3967] and eightieth[H8084]year[H8141] after the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were come out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], in the fourth[H7243]year[H8141] of Solomon's reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478], in the month[H2320]Zif[H2099], which is the second[H8145]month[H2320], that he began to build[H1129] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the house[H1004] which king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]built[H1129] for the LORD[H3068], the length[H753] thereof was threescore[H8346]cubits[H520], and the breadth[H7341] thereof twenty[H6242]cubits[H520], and the height[H6967] thereof thirty[H7970]cubits[H520].
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And the porch[H197]before[H6440] the temple[H1964] of the house[H1004], twenty[H6242]cubits[H520] was the length[H753] thereof, according to the breadth[H7341] of the house[H1004]; and ten[H6235]cubits[H520] was the breadth[H7341] thereof before[H6440] the house[H1004].
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And for the house[H1004] he made[H6213]windows[H2474] of narrow[H331]lights[H8261].
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And against the wall[H7023] of the house[H1004] he built[H1129]chambers[H3326] round about[H5439], against the walls[H7023] of the house[H1004] round about[H5439], both of the temple[H1964] and of the oracle[H1687]: and he made[H6213]chambers[H6763] round about[H5439]:
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The nethermost[H8481]chamber[H3326] was five[H2568]cubits[H520]broad[H7341], and the middle[H8484] was six[H8337]cubits[H520]broad[H7341], and the third[H7992] was seven[H7651]cubits[H520]broad[H7341]: for without in the wall of[H2351] the house[H1004] he made[H5414] narrowed rests[H4052] round about[H5439], that the beams should not be fastened[H270] in the walls[H7023]of[H2351] the house[H1004].
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And the house[H1004], when it was in building[H1129], was built[H1129] of stone[H68] made ready[H8003] before it was brought[H4551] thither: so that there was neither hammer[H4717] nor axe[H1631] nor any tool[H3627] of iron[H1270]heard[H8085] in the house[H1004], while it was in building[H1129].
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The door[H6607] for the middle[H8484]chamber[H6763] was in the right[H3233]side[H3802] of the house[H1004]: and they went up[H5927] with winding stairs[H3883] into the middle[H8484]chamber[H6763], and out of the middle[H8484] into the third[H7992].
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So he built[H1129] the house[H1004], and finished[H3615] it; and covered[H5603] the house[H1004] with beams[H1356] and boards[H7713] of cedar[H730].
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And then he built[H1129]chambers[H3326] against all the house[H1004], five[H2568]cubits[H520]high[H6967]: and they rested[H270] on the house[H1004] with timber[H6086] of cedar[H730].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to Solomon[H8010], saying[H559],
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Concerning this house[H1004] which thou art in building[H1129], if thou wilt walk[H3212] in my statutes[H2708], and execute[H6213] my judgments[H4941], and keep[H8104] all my commandments[H4687] to walk[H3212] in them; then will I perform[H6965] my word[H1697] with thee, which I spake[H1696] unto David[H1732] thy father[H1]:
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And I will dwell[H7931]among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and will not forsake[H5800] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478].
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So Solomon[H8010]built[H1129] the house[H1004], and finished[H3615] it.
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And he built[H1129] the walls[H7023] of the house[H1004]within[H1004] with boards[H6763] of cedar[H730], both the floor[H7172] of the house[H1004], and the walls[H7023] of the cieling[H5604]: and he covered[H6823] them on the inside[H1004] with wood[H6086], and covered[H6823] the floor[H7172] of the house[H1004] with planks[H6763] of fir[H1265].
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And he built[H1129]twenty[H6242]cubits[H520] on the sides[H3411] of the house[H1004], both[H4480] the floor[H7172] and the walls[H7023] with boards[H6763] of cedar[H730]: he even built[H1129] them for it within[H1004], even for the oracle[H1687], even for the most[H6944]holy[H6944] place.
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And the house[H1004], that is, the temple[H1964]before[H3942] it, was forty[H705]cubits[H520] long.
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And the cedar[H730] of the house[H1004]within[H6441] was carved[H4734] with knops[H6497] and open[H6362]flowers[H6731]: all was cedar[H730]; there was no stone[H68]seen[H7200].
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And the oracle[H1687] he prepared[H3559]in[H8432] the house[H1004]within[H6441], to set[H5414] there the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the oracle[H1687] in the forepart[H6440] was twenty[H6242]cubits[H520] in length[H753], and twenty[H6242]cubits[H520] in breadth[H7341], and twenty[H6242]cubits[H520] in the height[H6967] thereof: and he overlaid[H6823] it with pure[H5462]gold[H2091]; and so covered[H6823] the altar[H4196] which was of cedar[H730].
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So Solomon[H8010]overlaid[H6823] the house[H1004]within[H6441] with pure[H5462]gold[H2091]: and he made a partition[H5674] by the chains[H7572] of gold[H2091]before[H6440] the oracle[H1687]; and he overlaid[H6823] it with gold[H2091].
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And the whole house[H1004] he overlaid[H6823] with gold[H2091], until he had finished[H8552] all the house[H1004]: also the whole altar[H4196] that was by the oracle[H1687] he overlaid[H6823] with gold[H2091].
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And within the oracle[H1687] he made[H6213]two[H8147]cherubims[H3742] of olive[H8081]tree[H6086], each ten[H6235]cubits[H520]high[H6967].
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And five[H2568]cubits[H520] was the one[H259]wing[H3671] of the cherub[H3742], and five[H2568]cubits[H520] the other[H8145]wing[H3671] of the cherub[H3742]: from the uttermost part[H7098] of the one[H259]wing[H3671] unto the uttermost part[H7098] of the other[H3671] were ten[H6235]cubits[H520].
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And the other[H8145]cherub[H3742] was ten[H6235]cubits[H520]: both[H8147] the cherubims[H3742] were of one[H259]measure[H4060] and one[H259]size[H7095].
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The height[H6967] of the one[H259]cherub[H3742] was ten[H6235]cubits[H520], and so was it of the other[H8145]cherub[H3742].
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And he set[H5414] the cherubims[H3742]within[H8432] the inner[H6442]house[H1004]: and they stretched forth[H6566] the wings[H3671] of the cherubims[H3742], so that the wing[H3671] of the one[H259]touched[H5060] the one[H3671]wall[H7023], and the wing[H3671] of the other[H8145]cherub[H3742]touched[H5060] the other[H8145]wall[H7023]; and their wings[H3671]touched[H5060]one[H3671]another[H3671] in the midst[H8432] of the house[H1004].
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And he overlaid[H6823] the cherubims[H3742] with gold[H2091].
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And he carved[H7049] all the walls[H7023] of the house[H1004] round about[H4524] with carved[H6603]figures[H4734] of cherubims[H3742] and palm trees[H8561] and open[H6362]flowers[H6731], within[H6441] and without[H2435].
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And the floor[H7172] of the house[H1004] he overlaid[H6823] with gold[H2091], within[H6441] and without[H2435].
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And for the entering[H6607] of the oracle[H1687] he made[H6213]doors[H1817] of olive[H8081]tree[H6086]: the lintel[H352] and side posts[H4201] were a fifth part[H2549] of the wall.
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The two[H8147]doors[H1817] also were of olive[H8081]tree[H6086]; and he carved[H7049] upon them carvings[H4734] of cherubims[H3742] and palm trees[H8561] and open[H6362]flowers[H6731], and overlaid[H6823] them with gold[H2091], and spread[H7286]gold[H2091] upon the cherubims[H3742], and upon the palm trees[H8561].
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So also made[H6213] he for the door[H6607] of the temple[H1964]posts[H4201] of olive[H8081]tree[H6086], a fourth part[H7243] of the wall.
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And the two[H8147]doors[H1817] were of fir[H1265]tree[H6086]: the two[H8147]leaves[H6763] of the one[H259]door[H1817] were folding[H1550], and the two[H8147]leaves[H7050] of the other[H8145]door[H1817] were folding[H1550].
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And he carved[H7049] thereon cherubims[H3742] and palm trees[H8561] and open[H6362]flowers[H6731]: and covered[H6823] them with gold[H2091]fitted[H3474] upon the carved[H7049]work[H2707].
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And he built[H1129] the inner[H6442]court[H2691] with three[H7969]rows[H2905] of hewed stone[H1496], and a row[H2905] of cedar[H730]beams[H3773].
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In the fourth[H7243]year[H8141] was the foundation[H3245] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]laid[H3245], in the month[H3391]Zif[H2099]:
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And in the eleventh[H259]year[H8141], in the month[H3391]Bul[H945], which is the eighth[H8066]month[H2320], was the house[H1004]finished[H3615] throughout all the parts[H1697] thereof, and according to all the fashion[H4941] of it. So was he seven[H7651]years[H8141] in building[H1129] it.