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1 Kings 6
New American Standard Bible 1995

The Building of the Temple

6 (A)Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he [a]began to build the house of the Lord. 2 As for the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty [b]cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. 3 The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits [c]in length, [d]corresponding to the width of the house, and its [e]depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. 4 Also for the house (B)he made windows with artistic frames. 5 (C)Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the (D)inner sanctuary; thus he made (E)side chambers all around. 6 The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he [f]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [g]be inserted in the walls of the house.

7 (F)The house, while it was being built, was built of stone [h]prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.

8 The doorway for the [i]lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third. 9 So (G)he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and [j]planks of cedar. 10 He also built the stories against the whole house, each five [k]cubits high; and they [l]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon saying, 12 “Concerning this house which you are building, (H)if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. 13 (I)I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and (J)will not forsake My people Israel.”

14 (K)So Solomon built the house and finished it. 15 Then he (L)built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the [m]ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16 (M)He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [n]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as (N)the most holy place. 17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty [o]cubits long. 18 There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of (O)gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. 19 Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 [p]The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. 22 He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also (P)the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

23 (Q)Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. 25 The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. 27 He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and (R)the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. 28 He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. 30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries.

31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. 32 So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

33 So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood 34 and (S)two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two [q]leaves of the other door turned on pivots. 35 He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. 36 (T)He built the inner court with three rows of cut 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 Ziv. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:1 Lit built
  2. 1 Kings 6:2 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit in its length
  4. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit on the face of
  5. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit width
  6. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit gave
  7. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit take hold
  8. 1 Kings 6:7 Lit finished
  9. 1 Kings 6:8 So with Gr and versions; M.T. middle
  10. 1 Kings 6:9 Lit rows
  11. 1 Kings 6:10 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  12. 1 Kings 6:10 Lit took hold
  13. 1 Kings 6:15 Lit walls of ceiling
  14. 1 Kings 6:16 Lit walls
  15. 1 Kings 6:17 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
  16. 1 Kings 6:20 Lit before
  17. 1 Kings 6:34 So with Gr; M.T. curtains
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1 Kings 6
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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. 1 Kings 6:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth
  2. 1 Kings 6:1 Or Ayyar, April or May
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
  4. 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
  5. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
  6. 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet
  7. 1 Kings 6:5 Lit. house
  8. 1 Kings 6:5 Heb. debir; here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16
  9. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit. house
  10. 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story
  11. 1 Kings 6:9 Lit. house
  12. 1 Kings 6:12 Lit. house
  13. 1 Kings 6:12 promise
  14. 1 Kings 6:19 The Most Holy Place
  15. 1 Kings 6:27 Lit. house
  16. 1 Kings 6:31 Or five-sided
  17. 1 Kings 6:33 temple
  18. 1 Kings 6:33 Or four-sided
  19. 1 Kings 6:37 Or Ayyar, April or May
  20. 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan, October or November
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Salomón construye el templo

6 En el mes de zif, es decir, el segundo mes del cuarto año del reinado de Salomón se comenzó la edificación del templo del Señor. (Habían transcurrido cuatrocientos ochenta años desde que el pueblo de Israel había salido de la esclavitud en Egipto). 2 El templo del Señor tenía veintisiete metros de largo, nueve de ancho, y trece y medio de alto. 3 A lo largo del frente había un pórtico de nueve metros de largo, y cuatro metros y medio de ancho. 4 Llevaba ventanas estrechas en todo su contorno.

5 A lo largo de los muros, a ambos costados del templo, se construyeron salas anexas. 6 Estas salas tenían tres pisos de alto, siendo el piso bajo de dos metros con veinticinco centímetros de ancho; el segundo piso medía dos metros con setenta centímetros de ancho, y el piso superior era de tres metros con quince centímetros de ancho. Las medidas de la parte exterior del templo habían sido reducidas, para que las vigas que sostenían las salas no descansaran sobre las paredes.

7 Las piedras usadas en la construcción del templo eran completamente labradas en la cantera, de modo que toda la estructura fue edificada sin que se oyera sonido de martillo, de hacha o de otra herramienta en el lugar de la edificación.

8 La entrada a la sala contigua del templo estaba en el costado derecho de la misma, y por medio de escaleras en forma de caracol se podía subir al segundo piso; un segundo tramo de escaleras servía para subir hasta el tercer piso. 9 Después de acabado el templo, Salomón la hizo cubrir con vigas y tablones de cedro. 10 Como ya se ha dicho, había un anexo a cada lado del edificio, unido a las paredes del templo por medio de vigas de cedro. Cada piso del anexo tenía dos metros con veinticinco centímetros de alto.

11-12 Entonces el Señor envió este mensaje a Salomón: «Si haces lo que yo te diga, y sigues todos mis mandamientos e instrucciones, cumpliré lo que le prometí a David, tu padre. 13 Viviré en medio del pueblo de Israel y jamás lo abandonaré».

14 Finalmente, el templo quedó construido. 15 Todo el interior, desde el piso hasta el techo, fue recubierto con cedro, y los pisos fueron hechos de tablas de pino. 16 El Lugar Santísimo, que estaba al fondo del templo, y medía nueve metros, también fue recubierto de madera de cedro, desde el piso hasta el techo. 17 La parte que estaba frente al Lugar Santísimo era el Lugar Santo, y medía dieciocho metros de largo.

18 El templo estaba cubierta de cedro por dentro, y la madera estaba tallada con diseños de flores abiertas y en botón, de modo que no se veía ni una sola piedra.

19 El cofre del pacto del Señor estaba en la sala interior, es decir, en el Lugar Santísimo. 20 Este santuario interior tenía nueve metros de largo, nueve de ancho y nueve de alto. Sus muros y el techo estaban recubiertos con oro puro. El altar de madera de cedro, que estaba frente al Lugar Santísimo, también fue recubierto de oro. 21-22 Salomón hizo recubrir de oro puro el interior del resto del templo del Señor, incluyendo el altar de cedro. E hizo cadenas de oro para proteger la entrada al Lugar Santísimo.

23-28 Dentro del santuario interior, Salomón colocó dos querubines de madera de olivo, cada uno de cuatro metros y medio de alto. Fueron colocados de modo que sus alas extendidas llegaban de pared a pared y se tocaban entre sí al centro de la sala; cada ala tenía dos metros y veinticinco centímetros, de modo que cada querubín medía cuatro metros y medio de ala a ala. Los dos eran idénticos en todas sus dimensiones, y cada uno fue recubierto de oro.

29 En todas las paredes del templo fueron talladas figuras de querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas, y el piso de ambas salas fue cubierto de oro.

30-31 La entrada al santuario interior tenía postes que, con el dintel, formaban cinco lados y ángulos, 32 y sus dos puertas de madera de olivo fueron talladas con querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas, todo recubierto de oro.

33 Luego hizo postes cuadrados de madera de olivo para la entrada. 34 Había dos puertas plegables de madera de pino, y cada puerta tenía bisagras, de modo que podía girar sobre sí misma. 35 Estas puertas fueron talladas con querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas, y fueron cuidadosamente recubiertas con oro.

36 El muro del patio interior tenía tres hileras de piedra labrada y una hilera de vigas de cedro.

37 Los cimientos del templo del Señor se echaron en el mes de zif, en el cuarto año del reinado de Salomón, 38 y todo el edificio se terminó de construir, conforme a los planos, en el mes de bul, que es el mes octavo, del año undécimo de su reinado. Tardaron, pues, siete años en edificarlo.

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