1 Kings 6:1-19

¹And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year — in the month of Zif, it is the second month — of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

²As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits is its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.

³As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits is its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit is its breadth on the front of the house;

⁴and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.

⁵And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, even the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.

⁶The lowest couch, five by the cubit is its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit is its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit is its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without — not to lay hold on the walls of the house.

⁷And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought thither hath been built, and hammer, and the axe — any instrument of iron — was not heard in the house, in its being built.

⁸The opening of the middle side is at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third.

⁹And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house with beams and rows of cedars.

¹⁰And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits is its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.

¹¹And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,

¹²'This house that thou art building — if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,

¹³and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'

¹⁴And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;

¹⁵and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.

¹⁶And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.

¹⁷And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it.

¹⁸And the cedar for the house within is carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole is cedar, there is not a stone seen.

¹⁹And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.