1 Kings 6:1-10

Solomon Builds the House of the LORD

6¹ And 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. ² As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits 'is' its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height. ³ As 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; ⁴ and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights. ⁵ And 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. ⁶ The 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. ⁷ And 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. ⁸ The 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. ⁹ And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house 'with' beams and rows of cedars. ¹⁰ And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits 'is' its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.