1 Kings 6

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year from the departure of the Israelites from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, the construction of the temple of the LORD was begun.	1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio (the same is the second month), he began to build a house to the Lord.
2 The temple which King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty-five high.	2 And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.
3 The porch in front of the temple was twenty cubits from side to side, along the width of the nave, and ten cubits deep in front of the temple.	3 And there was a porch before the temple of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth before the face of the temple.
4 Splayed windows with trellises were made for the temple,	4 And he made in the temple oblique windows.
5 and adjoining the wall of the temple, which enclosed the nave and the sanctuary, an annex of several stories was built.	5 And upon the wall of the temple he built floors round about, in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle, and he made sides round about.
6 Its lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle one six cubits wide, the third seven cubits wide, because there were offsets along the outside of the temple so that the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the temple.	6 The floor that was underneath, was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third door was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.
7 (The temple was built of stone dressed at the quarry, so that no hammer, axe, or iron tool was to be heard in the temple during its construction.)	7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.
8 The entrance to the lowest floor of the annex was at the right side of the temple, and stairs with intermediate landings led up to the middle story and from the middle story to the third.	8 The door for the middle side was on the right hand of the house : and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third.
9 When the temple was built to its full height, it was roofed in with rafters and boards of cedar.	9 So he built the house, and finished it: end he covered the house with roofs of cedar.
10 The annex, with its lowest story five cubits high, was built all along the outside of the temple, to which it was joined by cedar beams.	10 And he built a floor over all the house five cubits in height, and he covered the house with timber of cedar.
11 This word of the LORD came to Solomon:	11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying:
12 "As to this temple you are building--if you observe my statutes, carry out my ordinances, keep and obey all my commands, I will fulfill toward you the promise I made to your father David.	12 This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfil my word to thee which I spoke to David thy father.
13 I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites and will not forsake my people Israel."	13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14 When Solomon finished building the temple,	14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 its walls were lined from floor to ceiling beams with cedar paneling, and its floor was laid with fir planking.	15 And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roots, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 At the rear of the temple a space of twenty cubits was set off by cedar partitions from the floor to the rafters, enclosing the sanctuary, the holy of holies.	16 And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.
17 The nave, or part of the temple in front of the sanctuary, was forty cubits long.	17 And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.
18 The cedar in the interior of the temple was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was of cedar, and no stone was to be seen.	18 And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.
19 In the innermost part of the temple was located the sanctuary to house the ark of the LORD'S covenant,	19 And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20 twenty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty high.	20 Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.
21 Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold. He made in front of the sanctuary a cedar altar, overlaid it with gold, and looped it with golden chains.	21 And the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with nails of gold.
22 The entire temple was overlaid with gold so that it was completely covered with it; the whole altar before the sanctuary was also overlaid with gold.	22 And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold.
23 In the sanctuary were two cherubim, each ten cubits high, made of olive wood.	23 And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.
24 Each wing of a cherub measured five cubits so that the space from wing tip to wing tip of each was ten cubits.	24 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.
25 The cherubim were identical in size and shape,	25 dummy verses inserted by amos
26 and each was exactly ten cubits high.	26 The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims:
27 The cherubim were placed in the inmost part of the temple, with their wings spread wide, so that one wing of each cherub touched a side wall while the other wing, pointing toward the middle of the room, touched the corresponding wing of the second cherub.
28 The cherubim, too, were overlaid with gold.	28 That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.
29 The walls on all sides of both the inner and the outer rooms had carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.	29 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.
30 The floor of both the inner and the outer rooms was overlaid with gold.	30 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
31 At the entrance of the sanctuary, doors of olive wood were made; the doorframes had beveled posts.	31 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.
32 The two doors were of olive wood, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors were overlaid with gold, which was also molded to the cherubim and the palm trees.	32 And the floor of the house he also overlaid with gold within and without.
33 The same was done at the entrance to the nave, where the doorposts of olive wood were rectangular.	33 And in the entrance of the oracle he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,
34 The two doors were of fir wood; each door was banded by a metal strap, front and back,	34 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.
35 and had carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, over which gold was evenly applied.	35 And he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare:
36 The inner court was walled off by means of three courses of hewn stones and one course of cedar beams.	36 And two doors of fir tree, one of each side : and each door was double, and so opened with folding leaves.
37 The foundations of the LORD'S temple were laid in the month of Ziv	37 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.
38 in the fourth year, and it was completed in all particulars, exactly according to plan, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, in the eleventh year. Thus it took Solomon seven years to build it.	38 And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.
	39 In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded in the month Zio: