1 Kings Chapter 6
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lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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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,
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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.
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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.
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And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
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And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.
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And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
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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.
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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.
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And the temple was forty cubits [in extent],
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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.
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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
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in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
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And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished [gilding] the whole house.
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And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
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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.
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Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.
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And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] with the second cherub.
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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.
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And he covered the cherubs with gold.
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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].
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And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
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And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, [there were] porches in a four-fold way.
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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],
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being carved with cherubs, and [there were] palm-trees and open flower-leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.
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And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about,
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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 the LORD’s house.
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The house which King Solomon built for the LORD had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.
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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.
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He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
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He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.
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The LORD’s word came to Solomon, saying,
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“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.
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I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”
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So Solomon built the house and finished it.
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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.
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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.
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In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
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There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
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He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of the LORD’s covenant there.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
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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.
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The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
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One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
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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.
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He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
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He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
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He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
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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.
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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.
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He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall,
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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.
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He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
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He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
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The foundation of the LORD’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
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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.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).