1 Kings 6
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Construction of the Temple
6 In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month named Ziv,[a] which is the second month, Solomon began to build the house for the Lord.
2 The house which King Solomon built for the Lord was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high.[b] 3 The porch[c] in front of the temple building[d] was thirty feet wide, the same as the width of the building. It extended out fifteen feet from the front of the building.
4 He made latticed windows[e] high on the walls of the building.
5 He added a structure along the outer walls of the building, all the way around the three sides of the building. It was built against the walls of both the front room[f] and the inner room[g] of the sanctuary. In this structure he constructed three levels of storage rooms, all the way around the building. 6 The width of the rooms on the lowest story was seven and a half feet. The rooms of the middle story were nine feet wide, and the rooms of the third story were ten and a half feet wide, because he had built three receding ledges into the outside wall of the temple building all the way around, so that the floor beams of each story would not have to be inserted into the walls of the main building.
7 While the building was under construction, only stones that had been finished at the quarry were used in the building. No hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the building while it was under construction. 8 The entrance into the lowest story[h] of the side rooms was on the south side[i] of the building. Winding stairs[j] went up to the middle floor, and also from the middle floor to the third floor. 9 So Solomon finished building the house, and he covered[k] the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the floors for the storerooms that were all around the house. Each story was seven and a half feet high. Each story was supported by cedar timbers which rested on the receding ledges constructed along the walls of the building.[l]
11 The word of the Lord came to Solomon. He said, 12 “In regard to this house which you are building, if you walk according to my statutes and carry out my ordinances and keep all my commands by walking according to them, you will be the one through whom I will fulfill my promise which I spoke to your father David. 13 I will dwell among the descendants of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.”
14 So Solomon finished building the house. 15 He paneled the inside walls of the building with cedar boards, from the floor of the building to the rafters[m] of the ceiling. He covered the inside walls with wood. He also covered the floor of the building with boards of fir wood.
16 Thirty feet from the back wall of the building he built a wall of cedar boards from the floor to the ceiling. He built this wall inside the building to create an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
17 The front part of the building became a main room sixty feet long. 18 Gourds[n] and open flowers were carved into the cedar on the inside of the building. Everything was covered with cedar. No stone was visible.
19 He prepared the inner room of the sanctuary inside the building as a place to set the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. 20 The inner sanctuary was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high, and he overlaid it with pure gold.
He also overlaid the cedar altar with gold. 21 So Solomon covered the inside of the building with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid the sanctuary with gold. 22 He overlaid the whole building with gold, until the whole building had been covered. He also overlaid the whole altar, which was in front of the inner sanctuary, with gold.
The Cherubim
23 For the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim[o] of olive wood. Each one was fifteen feet tall. 24 Seven and a half feet was the length of one wing of a cherub, and seven and a half feet was the length of the other wing of a cherub. The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was fifteen feet.[p] 25 The other cherub also was fifteen feet wide. Both of the cherubim were the same size and looked the same. 26 One cherub was fifteen feet tall, and so was the other cherub. 27 He set the cherubim inside the inner sanctuary of the house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the outer wing of the first one touched the wall, and the outer wing of the other cherub touched the opposite wall, and their wings touched one another in the middle of the room. 28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 He decorated the walls on all sides of both rooms of the building with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. 30 He overlaid the floor of the building with gold in both the inner and outer rooms.
The Doors
31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors with five-sided frames.[q] 32 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold. He shaped sheets of hammered gold to cover the cherubim and the palm trees.
33 He did the same for the entrance to the front room. It had door posts of olive wood that were four-sided 34 and two doors of fir wood. The door on one side was made with two folding leaves, and the door on the other side was made with two folding leaves. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid them with gold leaf, shaped to the carvings.
The Courtyard
36 He built the inner courtyard with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.
37 The foundation of the Lord’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month named Ziv.[r] 38 In the eleventh year, in the month named Bul,[s] which is the eighth month, all the parts of the house were finished according to all its specifications. Solomon had spent seven years building it.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:1 Ziv corresponds to April/May.
- 1 Kings 6:2 Sixty cubits, twenty cubits, and thirty cubits respectively, using a cubit of eighteen inches. Since the numbers of the temple measurements do not seem to have symbolic values, the translation converts them into modern measurements.
- 1 Kings 6:3 Or portico, entry hall, or vestibule. It is uncertain whether this was an unroofed porch or a roofed, enclosed vestibule or foyer.
- 1 Kings 6:3 Literally in front of the temple of the house. In this section of Kings, the Hebrew word bayit, which has the base meaning house, sometimes refers to the whole temple building, including both rooms. The word hekal, which often means temple or palace, sometimes refers only to the first room inside the temple building, that is, the front room or main hall, which is also called the Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:4 Or framed windows narrower on the outside than on the inside. The purpose of these windows, located high on the walls of the temple building, was to let in light. It is uncertain whether they were latticed or had angled side walls which made them narrower on the outer side. In either case the purpose was the same—to restrict the entry of birds. Compare Ezekiel 41:16. Another interpretation is windows with recessed frames within frames. See the footnote on 6:31.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Or main room or nave. The Hebrew word hekal, usually translated temple, here refers only to the first room in the temple building. This room is also called the Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Hebrew debir. This room is also called the Holy of Holies or the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:8 The lowest story is the reading of the Greek Old Testament and the Targum. The Hebrew text reads the middle story, but the rest of the verse makes it clear that the entry was on the ground floor. Ezekiel 41:7 also states that the stairs went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.
- 1 Kings 6:8 In this description, in Hebrew the south side is called the right side, and the north side is called the left side.
- 1 Kings 6:8 Or ladders. The precise meaning is uncertain.
- 1 Kings 6:9 Or roofed
- 1 Kings 6:10 Literally they grasped the house with cedar timbers
- 1 Kings 6:15 The reading rafters (qoroth) is the reading of the Greek Old Testament. The Hebrew text reads walls (qiroth).
- 1 Kings 6:18 Or knobs or buds
- 1 Kings 6:23 Cherubim are the angels who are the Lord’s honor guard. They are described in Ezekiel 1.
- 1 Kings 6:24 The EHV retains the repetitious style of the text, which may be for rhetorical emphasis.
- 1 Kings 6:31 Or with five recessed frames, that is, the doorframe had five recessed sills, like doorways within a doorway. If the doorposts were five-sided, each doorpost may have been a pentagon, or each doorway may have had a peaked upper side.
- 1 Kings 6:37 April/May
- 1 Kings 6:38 October/November
1 Hari 6
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagpapatayo ni Solomon ng Templo
6 Sinimulan ni Solomon ang pagpapatayo ng templo ng Panginoon nang ikalawang buwan, ang buwan ng Ziv, sa ikaapat na taon ng paghahari niya sa Israel. Ika-480 taon iyon ng paglaya ng mga Israelita sa Egipto. 2 Ang templo na ipinatayo ni Haring Solomon para sa Panginoon ay 90 talampakan ang haba, 30 talampakan ang luwang at 45 talampakan ang taas. 3 Ang luwang ng balkonahe ng templo ay 15 talampakan, at ang haba ay 30 talampakan na katulad mismo ng luwang ng templo. 4 Nagpagawa rin si Solomon ng mga bintana sa templo. Mas malaki ang sukat nito sa loob kaysa sa labas.
5 Nagpagawa rin siya ng mga kwarto sa mga gilid at likod ng templo. Ang mga kwartong ito ay may tatlong palapag at nakadugtong sa pader ng templo. 6 Ang luwang ng unang palapag ay pitoʼt kalahating talampakan, siyam na talampakan ang pangalawang palapag at ang pangatlong palapag naman ay sampuʼt kalahating talampakan. Ang pader ng templo ay unti-unting numinipis sa bawat palapag upang maipatong ang mga kwarto sa pader nang hindi na kailangan ng mga biga.
7 Nang ipinatayo ang templo, ang mga bato na ginamit ay tinabas na sa pinagkunan nito, kaya wala nang maririnig na pukpok ng martilyo, pait o anumang gamit na bakal.
8 Ang daanan papasok sa unang palapag ay nasa bandang timog ng templo. May mga hagdan papuntang pangalawa at pangatlong palapag. 9 Nang nailagay na ang mga dingding ng templo, pinalagyan ito ni Solomon ng kisame na ang mga tabla ay sedro. 10 At ang mga kwarto sa mga gilid at likod ng templo, na ang taas ay pitoʼt kalahating talampakan, na nakakabit sa templo ay ginamitan din ng mga kahoy na sedro.
11 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Solomon, 12-13 “Kung tutuparin mo ang aking mga tuntunin at mga utos, tutuparin ko rin sa pamamagitan mo ang ipinangako ko kay David na iyong ama. Maninirahan ako kasama ng mga Israelita sa templong ito na iyong ipinatayo at hindi ko sila itatakwil.”
14 Natapos ni Solomon ang pagpapatayo ng templo.
Ang mga Ipinagawa sa Loob ng Templo(A)
15 Ang dingding sa loob ng templo ay natatakpan ng tablang sedro mula sa sahig hanggang sa kisame, at ang sahig ay kahoy na sipres. 16 Nagpagawa si Solomon ng dalawang kwarto sa loob ng templo sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng dibisyon mula sa sahig hanggang kisame. Ang ginamit na dibisyong tabla ay sedro. Ang kwarto sa bandang likod ng templo ay tinawag na Pinakabanal na Lugar at ang haba nito ay 30 talampakan. 17 Ang haba naman ng kwarto sa labas ng Pinakabanal na Lugar ay 60 talampakan. 18 Ang buong dingding sa loob ng templo ay natatakpan ng tablang sedro kaya hindi makita ang mga bato sa dingding. May mga inukit din ditong mga bulaklak at mga gumagapang na halaman.
19 Inihanda ni Solomon ang Pinakabanal na Lugar sa loob ng templo para mailagay ang Kahon ng Kasunduan ng Panginoon. 20 Ang kwartong ito ay kwadrado; ang haba, luwang at taas ay pare-parehong 30 talampakan. Ang mga dingding at kisame nito ay pinatakpan ni Solomon ng purong ginto at ganoon din ang altar na gawa sa kahoy ng sedro. 21 Ang ibang bahagi ng loob ng templo ay pinatakpan din niya ng purong ginto. Nagpagawa siya ng gintong kadena at ipinatali niya ito ng pahalang sa daanan na papasok sa Pinakabanal na Lugar. 22 Kaya natatakpan lahat ng ginto ang loob ng templo, pati na ang altar na nasa loob ng Pinakabanal na Lugar.
23 Nagpalagay si Solomon sa loob ng Pinakabanal na Lugar ng dalawang kerubin[a] na gawa sa kahoy na olibo, na ang bawat isa ay 15 talampakan ang taas. 24-26 Ang dalawang kerubing ito ay magkasinglaki at magkasinghugis. Ang bawat isa ay may dalawang pakpak, at bawat pakpak ay may habang pitoʼt kalahating talampakan. Kaya ang haba mula sa dulo ng isang pakpak hanggang sa dulo ng isa pang pakpak ay 15 talampakan. 27 Pinagtabi ito ni Solomon sa loob ng Pinakabanal na Lugar na nakalukob ang mga pakpak. Ang isa nilang pakpak ay nagpapang-abot, at nakatutok sa gitna ng kwarto. At ang kabilang pakpak naman ay nakasayad sa dingding. 28 Pinatakpan din ni Solomon ng ginto ang dalawang kerubin.
29 Ang lahat ng dingding sa dalawang kwarto ng templo ay pinaukitan ni Solomon ng mga kerubin, mga palma at mga bulaklak na nakabukadkad. 30 Kahit ang sahig sa dalawang kwarto ay pinatakpan din niya ng ginto.
31 Ang daanan papasok sa Pinakabanal na Lugar ay may dalawang pinto na gawa sa kahoy ng olibo at lima ang gilid ng mga hamba nito. 32 Ang mga pintong ito ay pinaukitan ni Solomon ng mga kerubin, mga palma at mga namumukadkad na bulaklak, at pinabalutan ng ginto.
33 Ang daanan papasok sa templo ay pinagawan din ni Solomon ng parihabang mga hamba na gawa sa kahoy na olibo. 34 May dobleng pinto din ito na gawa sa kahoy na sipres at ang bawat isa nito ay may dalawang hati na maaaring itiklop. 35 Pinaukitan din ito ni Solomon ng mga kerubin, mga palma at mga namumukadkad na bulaklak, at maayos na binalutan ng ginto.
36 Ipinagawa rin niya ang loob ng bakuran ng templo. Napapaligiran ito ng pader na ang bawat tatlong patong ng mga batong tinabas ay pinatungan ng kahoy na sedro.
37 Inilagay ang pundasyon ng templo ng Panginoon nang ikalawang buwan, na siyang buwan ng Ziv, noong ikaapat na taon ng paghahari ni Solomon. 38 Natapos ang templo nang ikawalong buwan, na siyang buwan ng Bul, noong ika-11 taon ng paghahari ni Solomon. Pitong taon ang pagpapatayo ng templo, at sinunod ang mga detalye nito ayon sa plano.
Footnotes
- 6:23 kerubin: Isang uri ng anghel.
1 Kings 6
King James Version
6 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, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
2 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.
3 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.
4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
6 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.
7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
8 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.
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
27 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.
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
29 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.
30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31 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.
32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
34 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.
35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
1 Kings 6
New King James Version
Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
6 And (B)it came to pass in the four hundred and [a]eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of [b]Ziv, which is the second month, (C)that he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 Now (D)the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. 3 The vestibule in front of the [c]sanctuary of the house was [d]twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of [e]the vestibule extended [f]ten cubits from the front of the house. 4 And he made for the house (E)windows with beveled frames.
5 Against the wall of the [g]temple he built (F)chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary (G)and the [h]inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it. 6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the [i]temple. 7 And (H)the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 8 The doorway for the [j]middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
9 (I)So he built the [k]temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.
11 Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying: 12 “Concerning this [l]temple which you are building, (J)if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My [m]word with you, (K)which I spoke to your father David. 13 And (L)I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not (M)forsake My people Israel.”
14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it. 15 And he built the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards; from the floor of the temple to the ceiling he paneled the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the temple with planks of cypress. 16 Then he built the twenty-cubit room at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, with cedar boards; he built it inside as the inner sanctuary, as the (N)Most Holy Place. 17 And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long. 18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen.
19 And he prepared the [n]inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22 The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold (O)the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
23 Inside the inner sanctuary (P)he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits; both cherubim were of the same size and shape. 26 The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. 27 Then he set the cherubim inside the inner [o]room; and (Q)they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. 28 Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved (R)figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. 30 And the floor of the temple he overlaid with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were [p]one-fifth of the wall. 32 The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 So for the door of the [q]sanctuary he also made doorposts of olive wood, [r]one-fourth of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of cypress wood; (S)two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door. 35 Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work.
36 And he built the (T)inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
37 (U)In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of [s]Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of [t]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was (V)seven years in building it.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth
- 1 Kings 6:1 Or Ayyar, April or May
- 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
- 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet
- 1 Kings 6:5 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:5 Heb. debir; here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16
- 1 Kings 6:6 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story
- 1 Kings 6:9 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:12 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:12 promise
- 1 Kings 6:19 The Most Holy Place
- 1 Kings 6:27 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:31 Or five-sided
- 1 Kings 6:33 temple
- 1 Kings 6:33 Or four-sided
- 1 Kings 6:37 Or Ayyar, April or May
- 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan, October or November
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