in the month Sif, which is the other moon, was the house built unto the LORD.

Now the house which king Solomon built for the LORD was threescore cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and thirty cubits high.

And they built a hall before the temple, twenty cubits long, according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubits broad before the house.

And he made the windows of the house wide within, and narrow without.

And he built a border upon the wall of the house round about, to go round about the temple and the choir; and made the outer wall thereof round about.

The lowest course was five cubits, and the middle course six cubits, and the third course seven cubits: for he put banners round about the house without, that they might not cleave unto the wall of the house.

And when the house was set in order, the stones were first made ready, so that no hammer or axe or iron tool was heard in the building.

And there was a door on the right side in the midst of the house, that went up by turnstones into the middle passage, and from the middle passage into the third.

So he built the house, and finished it: and he sprinkled the house with cedar, both above and on the walls.

He built also a passage upon the top of the whole house, five cubits high, and covered the house with cedar.

And the word of the LORD came unto Solomon, saying;

This is the house which thou shalt build. If thou wilt walk in my statutes, and do according to my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk therein, I will confirm my word with thee, as I spake unto David thy father.

And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

And he built the walls of the house within on the sides of cedar, from the floor of the house even unto the top thereof; and he lined it with wood within, and wainscoted the floor of the house with fir boards.

And he built at the back of the house twenty cubits, a wall of cedar from the floor to the top; and there he built the choir within, and the holy of holies.

But the house of the temple (before the choir) was forty cubits long, 18. Within the house was all the cedar, with twisted knots and flowers, that there was not a stone to be seen.

And he prepared the choir within the house, that the ark of the covenant of the LORD might be put there.

And before the choir, which was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and twenty cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold, he sprinkled the altar with cedar.

And Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and set up bars of gold before the choir, which he overlaid with gold,

So that the whole house was overlaid with gold: and he overlaid the whole altar before the choir with gold.

He made also in the choir two cherubims, ten cubits high, of olive wood.

Five cubits was the wing of every cherub, ten cubits from the end of his one wing unto the end of his other wing.

So the other cherub also had ten cubits, and was of the same measure and of the same space of both the cherubims,

So that every cherub was ten cubits high.

And he put the cherubims within the house. And the cherubims spread forth their wings, and one wing touched this wall, and the other cherub’s wing touched the other wall: and in the midst of the house one wing touched another.

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

And upon all the walls of the house round about he made carvings of cherubims hollowed out, and palm trees, and flowers, within and without.

And he overlaid the floor of the house with plates of gold within and without.

And in the entry of the choir he made two doors of olive wood, with five-feet posts.

And made carvings thereon of cherubims, and palm trees, and flowers; and overlaid them with plates of gold.

So he made also in the entering in of the temple foursquare posts of olive wood.

And two doors of fir wood: and every door had two leaves hanging together upon the hinges thereof.

And he carved thereon cherubims, and palm trees, and flowers; and overlaid them with gold, according to the commandment.

And he built a court within of three bows of hewn stones, and of a cord of hewed cedars.

In the fourth year, in the month Sif, was the foundation laid of the house of the LORD.

And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (which is the eighth moon), the house was prepared, as it should be, that they should build it seven years.
(1 Kings)
Chapter 7
Fabrication of the royal houses and the vessels of the temple.

But Solomon built his house thirteen years, and made it complete.

Namely, he built an house of the forest of Lebanon, an hundred cubits long, fifty cubits broad, and thirty cubits high. And upon the same four quarters he laid the floor of cedar boards, upon cedar pillars, according to the staves,

And upon the top thereof a room of cedars upon the same pillars, which were forty and five, fifteen in a row.

And were windows against the three squares over against each other, three against three.

And were foursquare in their posts.

And he built a hall of pillars fifty cubits long, and thirty cubits broad; and another hall before it, with pillars and thick beams.

And he built also a hall for the judgment seat, where they judged: and he wainscoted both the floors with cedar.

And his house, where he dwelt, was in the court of the back of the hall, made like unto the other houses: and he made a house like unto the hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had taken to wife.

All these were precious stones, hewn with angle iron, cut with saws on every side, from the foundation even to the roof, and the great court without.

And the foundations also were precious and great stones, ten cubits and eight cubits, 11. and thereon precious hewn stones after the angle iron and cedars.

And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and one course of cedar boards; so also the court of the house of the LORD within, and the hall of the house.

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram of Tyre,

The son of a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali; and his father was a man of Tyre: he was a master of brass, full of wisdom, and understanding, and skill in working all manner of brass.
And when he came to king Solomon, he made all his works.

And he made two pillars of brass, every one eighteen cubits high; and a cord of twelve cubits was the measure of every pillar.

And he made two knobs of brass to be set upon the top of the pillars, and every knob was five cubits high.

And on every knob of the top of the pillar were seven plaited hoops, like chains.

And he made on every pommel two rows of pomegranates round about in one hoop, to cover the pommel.

And the knobs were as the roses before the hall, four cubits high.

And the pomegranates that were in the staves round about were two hundred, above and below the hoop that went round about the belly of the pommel, on every pommel on both pillars.

And he set up the pillars before the hall of the temple. And which he set on the right hand he called Jachin; and which he set on the left hand he called Boaz.

And it stood upon the pillars like roses. So the work of the pillars was finished.

And he made a sea of water ten cubits broad, from brim to brim, round about, and five cubits high; and a cord thirty cubits long was the measure round about.

And about the same sea, which was ten cubits broad, there were knots in the border thereof round about the sea: and the knots were two tiers cast.

And there stood upon twelve oxen, of which three were toward the north, and three toward the west, and three toward the south, and three toward the east: and the sea was upon them, and all their hind parts were inward.

And the thickness thereof was an handbreadth, and the brim thereof was as the brim of a cup, as a rose sprung up: and it went in for two thousand baths.

And he made ten stands of brass, each four cubits long and broad, and three cubits high.

And the stalls were so made, that they had sides between the fillets.

And on the sides between the borders were lions, and oxen, and cherubims. And the sides where the lions and the oxen were had ledges above and below, and little feet thereon.

And every chair had four brass wheels with a brass frame. And on the four corners were cast armpits, every one over against the other, leaning down against the caldron.

But the neck in the midst of the stalls was a cubit high, and about a cubit and a half wide; and there were humps in the neck in squares, and not round.

And the four wheels were at the bottom of the sides, and the axles of the wheels were upon the stalls. Each wheel was a cubit and a half high.

And the wheels were like chariot wheels, and their axles, and hubs, and spokes, and rims, were all cast.

And the four armpits of the four corners of every stall were also