61 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 began to build the house of the Lord . 2 As for the house which King Solomon built for the Lord , its length was sixty 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 in length , corresponding e to the width of the house , and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits . 4 Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames . 5 Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary ; thus he made 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 made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house . 7 The house , while it was being built , was built of stone 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 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 he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar . 10 He also built the stories against the whole house , each five cubits high ; and they 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 , 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 will dwell among the sons of Israel , and will not forsake My people Israel ." 14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 Then he built the walls of the house on the inside e with boards of cedar ; from the floor of the house to the ceiling e he overlaid the walls on the inside e with wood , and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress . 16 He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling ; he built them for it on the inside e as an inner sanctuary , even as the most holy place . 17 The house , that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18 There was cedar on the house within , carved in the shape of 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 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 e 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 the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold . 23 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 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 two doors of cypress wood ; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots , and the two 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 He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams . 37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid , in the month of Ziv . 38 In the eleventh e 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.
