Temple Construction Begins (1 Kings 6:1–4)
2 Brenton And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. BSB BSB: Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Brenton And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. BSB BSB: The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
4 Brenton And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold. BSB BSB: The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
The Temple’s Interior (1 Kings 6:14–22)
5 Brenton And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains. BSB BSB: He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6 Brenton And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim. BSB BSB: He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
7 Brenton And he gilded the house, and its inner walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls. BSB BSB: He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 Brenton And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front of the other house , the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded it with pure gold for cherubs, to the amount of six hundred talents. BSB BSB: Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
9 Brenton And the weight of the nails, even the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold. BSB BSB: The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
The Cherubim (1 Kings 6:23–30)
10 Brenton And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold. BSB BSB: In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
11 Brenton And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub. BSB BSB: The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
13 Brenton And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house. BSB BSB: So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
The Veil and Pillars (1 Kings 7:13–22)
14 Brenton And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it. BSB BSB: He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
15 Brenton Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapiters of five cubits. BSB BSB: In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
16 Brenton And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. BSB BSB: He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
17 Brenton And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand ‘Stability,’ and the name of the one on the left ‘Strength.’ BSB BSB: Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
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