And it came to passin the fourhundredand eightiethyearafter the childrenof Israelwere come outof the landof Egypt, in the fourthyearof Solomon's reignoverIsrael, in the monthZif, which is the secondmonth, that he began to buildthe houseof the LORD. And the housewhichkingSolomonbuiltfor the LORD, the lengththereof was threescorecubits, and the breadththereof twenty cubits , and the heightthereof thirtycubits. And the porchbeforethe templeof the house, twentycubits was the lengththereof, accordingto the breadthof the house; and tencubits was the breadththereof beforethe house. And for the househe madewindowsof narrowlights. And againstthe wallof the househe builtchambersround about, against the wallsof the houseround about, both of the templeand of the oracle: and he madechambersround about: The nethermostchamber was fivecubitsbroad, and the middle was sixcubitsbroad, and the third was sevencubitsbroad: forwithout in the wall of the househe madenarrowed restsround about, that the beams should notbe fastenedin the wallsof the house. And the house, when it was in building, was builtof stonemade readybefore it was broughtthither: so that there was neitherhammernor axe nor anytoolof ironheardin the house, while it was in building. The doorfor the middlechamber was inthe rightsideof the house: and they went upwith winding stairsintothe middle chamber , and out ofthe middleintothe third. So he builtthe house, and finishedit; and coveredthe housewith beamsand boardsof cedar. And then he builtchambersagainstallthe house, fivecubitshigh: and they rested onthe house with timberof cedar. And the wordof the LORDcametoSolomon, saying, Concerning thishousewhichthouart in building, ifthou wilt walkin my statutes, and executemy judgments, and keepallmy commandmentsto walkin them; then will I performmy wordwith thee, whichI spokeuntoDavidthy father: And I will dwellamongthe childrenof Israel, and will notforsakemy peopleIsrael. So Solomonbuiltthe house, and finishedit. And he builtthe wallsof the housewithinwith boardsof cedar, both the floorof the house, and the wallsof the ceiling: and he covered them on the insidewith wood, and coveredthe floorof the housewith planksof fir. And he builttwentycubitson the sidesof the house, boththe floorand the wallswith boardsof cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place . And the house, that is , the templebeforeit, wasfortycubits long . And the cedarofthe housewithin was carvedwith knopsand openflowers: all was cedar; there was nostoneseen. And the oraclehe preparedin the housewithin, to settherethe arkof the covenantof the LORD. And the oraclein the forepart was twentycubitsin length, and twentycubitsin breadth, and twentycubitsin the heightthereof: and he overlaidit with puregold; and so coveredthe altar which was of cedar. So Solomonoverlaidthe housewithinwith puregold: and he made a partitionby the chainsof goldbeforethe oracle; and he overlaidit with gold. And the wholehousehe overlaidwith gold, untilhe had finishedallthe house: also the wholealtarthat was by the oraclehe overlaidwith gold. And within the oraclehe madetwocherubims of olivetree, each tencubitshigh. And fivecubits was the onewingof the cherub, and fivecubitsthe otherwingof the cherub: from the uttermost partof the one winguntothe uttermost partof the other were tencubits. And the othercherub was tencubits: boththe cherubims were of onemeasureand onesize. The heightof the onecherub was tencubits, and so was it of the othercherub. And he setthe cherubimswithinthe innerhouse: and they stretched forththe wingsof the cherubims, so that the wingof the onetouchedthe one wall, and the wingof the othercherubtouchedthe otherwall; and their wingstouchedoneanotherinthe midstof the house. And he overlaidthe cherubimswith gold. And he carvedallthe wallsof the houseround aboutwith carvedfiguresof cherubimsand palm treesand openflowers, withinand without. And the floorof the househe overlaidwith gold, withinand without. And for the enteringof the oraclehe madedoors of olivetree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall . The twodoorsalso were of olivetree; and he carveduponthem carvingsof cherubimsand palm treesand openflowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spreadgolduponthe cherubims, and uponthe palm trees. Soalso madehe for the doorof the templeposts of olivetree, a fourth part of the wall . And the twodoors were of firtree: the twoleavesof the onedoor were folding, and the twoleavesof the otherdoor were folding. And he carved thereon cherubimsand palm treesand openflowers: and covered them with goldfitteduponthe carved work. And he builtthe innercourtwith threerowsof hewed stone, and a rowof cedarbeams. In the fourthyearwas the foundationof the houseof the LORDlaid, in the monthZif: And in the eleventhyear, in the monthBul, which is the eighthmonth, was the housefinishedthroughout allthe partsthereof, and according to allthe fashionof it. So was he sevenyearsin buildingit.