1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon ’s reign over Israel , in the month Ziv , which is the second month , that he began to build the house of Jehovah . 2And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah , the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits , and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3And the porch before the temple of the house , twenty cubits was the length thereof , according to the breadth of the house ; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house . 4And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work. 5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about , against the walls of the house round about , both of the temple and of the oracle ; and he made side-chambers round about . 6The nethermost story was five cubits broad , and the middle was six cubits broad , and the third was seven cubits broad ; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about , that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house . 7And the house , when it was in building , was built of stone made ready at the quarry ; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house , while it was in building . 8The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house : and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story , and out of the middle into the third . 9So he built the house , and finished it ; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10And he built the stories against all the house , each five cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of cedar . 11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon , saying , 12Concerning this house which thou art building , if thou wilt walk in my statutes , and execute mine ordinances , and keep all my commandments to walk in them ; then will I establish my word with thee , which I spake unto David thy father. 13And I will dwell among the children of Israel , and will not forsake my people Israel . 14So Solomon built the house , and finished it . 15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling , he covered them on the inside with wood ; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir . 16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling : he built them for it within , for an oracle , even for the most holy place . 17And the house , that is , the temple before the oracle , was forty cubits long . 18And there was cedar on the house within , carved with knops and open flowers : all was cedar; there was no stone seen . 19And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within , to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah . 20And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length , and twenty cubits in breadth , and twenty cubits in the height thereof ; and he overlaid it with pure gold : and he covered the altar with cedar . 21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold : and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold . 22And the whole house he overlaid with gold , until all the house was finished : also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold . 23And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high . 24And 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 . 25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form . 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub . 27And he set the cherubim within the inner house ; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth , 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 . 28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold . 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers , within and without . 30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold , within and without . 31And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall . 32So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers , and overlaid them with gold ; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim , and upon the palm-trees. 33So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall ; 34and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding , and the two leaves of the other door were folding . 35And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers ; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work . 36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone , and a course of cedar beams . 37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid , in the month Ziv . 38And 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 .