Part 8

11:006:016 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.

11:006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

11:006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

11:006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

11:006:020 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

11:006:021 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.

11:006:022 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.

11:006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

11:006:024 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 unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

11:006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

11:006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

11:006:027 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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.

11:006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

11:006:029 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

11:006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

11:006:031 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

11:006:032 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

11:006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

11:006:034 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.

11:006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

11:006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

11:006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

11:006:038 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

11:007:001 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

11:007:002 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

11:007:003 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

11:007:004 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

11:007:005 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.