1 Kings · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
1 Kings 6 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of King Solomon over Israel,
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had 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, he began to build Yahweh’s house.
1a that the king commanded that they should take great [and] costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones.
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1b And the men of Solomon, and the men of Hiram hewed [the stones], and laid them [for a foundation].
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1c In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziv, even in the second month.
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1d In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, this [is] the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.
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2 And the house which the king built to the Lord [was] forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
2 The house which King Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.
3 And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits [was] its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
3 The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.
4 And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
4 He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
5 And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark.
5 Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
6 The under side [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [part] six, and the third [was] seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.
6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
7 And the house was built in the construction of it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer or axe, or any iron tool.
7 The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.
8 And the porch of the under side [was] below the right wing of the house, and [there was] a winding ascent into the middle [chamber], and from the middle to the third story.
8 The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.
9 So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.
9 So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
10 And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
10 He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar. 11 Yahweh’s word came to Solomon, saying, 12 “Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. 13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.” 14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.
15 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.
16 And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy place.
16 He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
17 And the temple was forty cubits [in extent],
17 In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long. 18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
19 in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, [in order] to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
19 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.
20 The length [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth [was] twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
20 Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.
21 in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished [gilding] the whole house.
22 He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
23 And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24 And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
24 Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.
25 Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.
25 The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
26 And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] with the second cherub.
26 One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
27 And both the cherubs [were] in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
27 He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house.
28 And he covered the cherubs with gold.
28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of cherubs, and [he sculptured] palm trees within and without [the house].
29 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
30 And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
31 And for the doorway of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, [there were] porches in a fourfold way.
31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall,
34 In both the doors [were] planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned [on hinges],
34 and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35 being carved with cherubs, and [there were] palm trees and open flower leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilded upon the engraving.
35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
36 And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about,
36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams. 37 The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.
36a and he made the curtain of the court of the porch of the house that was in front of the temple.
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Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 3:1–2; Acts 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 6:37
- 2 Ezekiel 40:1–41; Ezekiel 41:1–15; Ezra 6:3–4; Revelation 21:16–17
- 3 Ezekiel 41:15; John 10:23; Matthew 4:5; 1 Chronicles 28:11; Acts 3:10–11
- 4 Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16; Ezekiel 41:26; Song of Songs 2:9
- 5 1 Kings 6:16; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 6:19–21; 1 Kings 6:31; 2 Chronicles 5:9
- 7 Deuteronomy 27:5–6; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 5:17–18; Exodus 20:25; Proverbs 24:27
- 8 Ezekiel 41:6–7
- 9 1 Kings 6:14; 1 Kings 6:38
- 15 1 Kings 7:7
- 16 1 Kings 8:6; 2 Chronicles 3:8; Hebrews 9:3; Leviticus 16:2; Ezekiel 45:3
- 19 2 Chronicles 5:7; Exodus 40:20–21; 1 Kings 6:16; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 6:5
- 20 1 Kings 6:22; Exodus 30:1–3; 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Kings 6:2–3
- 21 2 Chronicles 3:7–9; 1 Kings 6:5; Exodus 26:29; 2 Chronicles 3:14–16; Exodus 36:34
- 22 Exodus 30:1; Exodus 30:3; 1 Kings 6:20; 2 Chronicles 3:7–14; Exodus 30:5–6
- 23 Exodus 37:7–9; Ezekiel 10:2–22; Hebrews 1:14; 1 Peter 1:12; Isaiah 37:16
- 27 Exodus 37:9; Exodus 25:20; 2 Chronicles 5:8; 1 Kings 8:7; 2 Chronicles 3:11
- 29 1 Kings 6:32; Luke 2:13–14; Psalm 103:20; 2 Chronicles 3:14; 2 Chronicles 4:2–5
- 30 Isaiah 60:17; Revelation 21:18–21; Isaiah 54:11–12
- 31 Hebrews 10:19–20; John 10:9; John 14:6; Ephesians 3:18
- 34 Ezekiel 41:23–25; 1 Kings 5:8
- 36 1 Kings 7:12; Exodus 27:9–19; Exodus 38:9–20; 2 Chronicles 4:9; Revelation 11:2
- 1a 2 Chronicles 3:1–2; Acts 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 6:37
- 1b 2 Chronicles 3:1–2; Acts 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 6:37
- 1c 2 Chronicles 3:1–2; Acts 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 6:37
- 1d 2 Chronicles 3:1–2; Acts 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Kings 6:37
- 36a 1 Kings 7:12; Exodus 27:9–19; Exodus 38:9–20; 2 Chronicles 4:9; Revelation 11:2
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