1 Kings 5-6

Young's Literal Translation

5 And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;

² and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,

³ `Thou hast known David my father, that he hath not been able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Jehovah's putting them under the soles of his feet.

⁴ `And now, Jehovah my God hath given rest to me round about, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence,

⁵ and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.

⁶ `And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.'

⁷ And it cometh to pass at Hiram's hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.'

⁸ And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,

⁹ my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take [them] up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.'

¹⁰ And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

¹¹ and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.

¹² And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them.

¹³ And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,

¹⁴ and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram [is] over the tribute.

¹⁵ And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

¹⁶ apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business.

¹⁷ And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

¹⁸ and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.

6 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.

¹¹ And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,

¹² `This house that thou art building -- if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,

¹³ and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'

¹⁴ And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;

¹⁵ and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.

¹⁶ And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.

¹⁷ And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].

¹⁸ And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.

¹⁹ And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

²⁰ And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits [is] its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.

²¹ And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth [it] to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

²² And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.

²³ And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits [is] their height;

²⁴ and five cubits [is] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;

²⁵ and ten by the cubit [is] the second cherub, one measure and one form [are] to the two cherubs,

²⁶ the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub;

²⁷ and he setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings [are] unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;

²⁸ and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,

²⁹ and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.

³⁰ And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;

³¹ as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth.

³² And the two doors [are] of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.

³³ And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth.

³⁴ And the two doors [are] of fir-tree, the two sides of the one door are revolving, and the two hangings of the second door are revolving.

³⁵ And he hath carved cherubs, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with straightened gold the graved work.

³⁶ And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

³⁷ In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,

³⁸ and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul -- [that is] the eighth month -- hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.