Solomon & The Temple

And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold.

And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.

One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.

The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims:

That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.

And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall.

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

And in the entrance of the oracle, he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,

And two doors of olive tree: and he carved upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm trees, and carvings very much projecting; and he overlaid them with gold: and he covered both the cherubims and the palm trees, and the other things, with gold.

And he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare:

And two doors of fir tree, one of each side: and each door was double, and so opened with folding leaves.

And he carved cherubims, and palm trees, and carved work standing very much out: and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule.

And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.

In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul. (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.

And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.

And he covered the whole vault with boards of cedar, and it was held up with five and forty pillars. And one row had fifteen pillars,

Set one against another,

And looking one upon another, with equal space between the pillars, and over the pillars were square beams in all things equal.

And he made a porch of pillars of fifty cubits in length, and thirty cubits in breadth: and another porch before the greater porch, and pillars, and chapiters upon the pillars.

He made also the porch of the throne wherein is the seat of judgment; and covered it with cedar wood from the floor to the top.

And in the midst of the porch, was a small house, where he sat in judgment of the like work. He made also a house for the daughter of Pharao (whom Solomon had taken to wife) of the same work, as this porch;