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1 Kings 6 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length of it was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits, and the hight of it thirty cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth of it, before the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:4 - And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - 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:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:7 - 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 ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - 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;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - So he built the house and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:11 - And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:12 - 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 spoke to David thy father:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:13 - And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:14 - So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 - And the cedar of the house within was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the hight of it, and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - 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 to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The hight of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:28 - And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:29 - And he carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, within and without.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side-posts were a fifth part of the wall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive tree a fourth part of the wall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:35 - And he carved thereon cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers; and covered them with gold, fitted upon the carved work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:37 - In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38 - And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which is the eighth month) was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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