Bible Verses About The First Temple

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

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.

And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar.

And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter.

Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work are for the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.

And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that are on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter.

And the chapiters that are on the top of the pillars are of lily-work in the porch, four cubits;

and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that is beside the net; and the pomegranates are two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.

And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz;

and on the top of the pillars is lily-work; and the work of the pillars is completed.

Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David--it is Zion;

and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival-- is the seventh month.

And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,

and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that are in the tent, yea, the priests and the Levites bring them up.

And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him are with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude.

And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;

for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy place on the front of the oracle, and are not seen without, and they are there unto this day.

There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy place , that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah,

and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.

Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'

And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel is standing.

And he saith, `Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who spake by His mouth with David my father, and by His hand hath fulfilled it , saying,