1 Kings 6 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And it came to pass, the four hundred and fourscore year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and the fourth year of the reign of Solomon upon Israel, and the second month called Ziv, that he began to build the temple unto the LORD. ² And the house which Solomon built for the LORD was three score cubits long and twenty broad and thirty cubits high. ³ And the porch that was before the body of the temple was twenty cubits long after the measure of the breadth of the house, and ten broad, even at the very end of the house. ⁴ And he made unto the house, windows to open and shut. ⁵ And under the walls of the house he made galleries round about, both round about the temple and also the quyre. And so made sides round about. ⁶ And the nethermost gallery was five cubits broad and the middle gallery six. And the third, seven cubits broad. For he made the walls without, whereon the beams lay, ever thinner and thinner, so that they were not fastened in the walls of the house. ⁷ And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. ⁸ And the door of the middle gallery was in the end of the house on the right side. And men went up with winding stairs into the middle gallery, and out of the middle into the third. ⁹ And so he built the house and finished it, and roofed it with beams of Cedar timber made hollow and joined together. ¹⁰ And then he built chambers over all the temple of five cubits height, and coupled the house together with beams of Cedar. ¹¹ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, ¹² "Concerning the house which thou art in building: if thou wilt walk in mine ordinances and execute my laws and keep all my commandments, to walk in them; then will I make good unto thee my promises which I promised David thy father. ¹³ And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel." ¹⁴ And so therefore Solomon built the house and finished it, ¹⁵ and sealed the walls of the house within, with ribs of Cedar tree: even from the pavement unto the roof did he seal it within, and boarded the floor of the house with planks of fir. ¹⁶ And he sealed twenty cubits in the end of the temple, both floor and walls, with Cedar, and dressed it within to be the quyre and place most holy. ¹⁷ And the first house, that is to say, the body of the temple, was forty cubits long. ¹⁸ And the Cedar of the house within was carved with knops and graven with flowers, and all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was seen. ¹⁹ And the quyre that was within the temple, he prepared to set there the Ark of the covenant of the LORD. ²⁰ And the quyre was twenty cubits long, and twenty in breadth and twenty in height. And he sealed it with pure gold, and boarded the altar with Cedar. ²¹ And Solomon sealed the house within also with pure gold. And he made golden bars run along the quyre, which he had covered with gold. ²² And the whole house he overlaid with gold until he had ended it. And the altar that was in the quyre he overlaid with gold also. ²³ And within the quyre he made two Cherubims of olive tree, ten cubits high apiece, ²⁴ and every wing five cubits long: so that from the uttermost part of one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. ²⁵ And the other Cherub was ten cubits high also: so that both the Cherubs were of one measure and one size. ²⁶ The height of the one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other. ²⁷ And he put the Cherubs in the middle of the inner house. And the Cherubs stretched their wings, so that the one wing of the one touched the one wall, and the one wing of the other touched the other wall. And the other two wings of them touched one another in the midst of the house. ²⁸ And he overlaid the Cherubs with gold. ²⁹ And all the walls of the house round about, he garnished with work of Cherubs and palm trees and graven flowers, both within in the quyre and without in the temple. ³⁰ And the floor of the house he covered with gold both within in the quyre and also without in the temple. ³¹ And in the entering of the quyre he made two doors of olive tree, with the upper and two side posts five square. ³² And the two doors of olive tree he graved with graving of Cherubs and Palm trees and graved flowers, and covered them with gold, and laid gold over the Cherubs and also the Palm trees. ³³ And in like manner, unto the door of the temple, he made posts of olive tree four square, ³⁴ and two doors of fir tree, and either door with two folding leaves ³⁵ and graved thereon Cherubs, Palm trees and flowers, and covered them with gold made plain by a ruler. ³⁶ And then he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone and one row of Cedar wood. ³⁷ In the fourth year of his reign was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, even in the month Ziv, ³⁸ and in the eleventh year in the month Bul which is the eighth month, it was full finished in all that pertained thereto, and fashioned as it should be in all points. And so was he seven years in building of it.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of witness, the first day of the second month, and in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

²⁶ all the while Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundredth years? Why didst thou not recover them in all that space?

³⁷ In the fourth year of his reign was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, even in the month Ziv,

¹⁹ And give unto Solomon my son, a pure heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies and thine ordinances, and to do all, and to build the house which I intended."

¹ And Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, which was showed David his father when he prepared a place in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ² And he began to build the second day of the second month, the fourth year of his reign.

¹² And speak unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Behold the man whose name is the branch: and he that shall spring up after him, shall build up the temple of the LORD. ¹³ Yea, even he shall build up the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the praise, he shall sit upon the LORD's throne, and have the domination. A priest shall he be also upon his throne, and a peaceable counsel shall be betwixt them both.

¹⁵ that ye may know, how that the LORD of Hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God.''

¹⁹ Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again." ²⁰ Then said the Jews, "Forty six years was this temple a building: and wilt thou raise it up in three days?" ²¹ But he spake of the temple of his body.

⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house.

¹⁹ Either, know ye not how that your bodies are the temple of the holy ghost, which is in you, whom he have of God, and how that ye are not your own?

¹⁶ How agreeth the temple of God with images? And ye are the temple of the living God, as said God, "I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God: and they shall be my people."

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets — Jesus Christ being the head cornerstone - ²¹ in whom every building coupled together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom ye also are built together, and made a habitation for God in the spirit.

⁷ and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.

¹¹ But Christ being a high priest of good things to come, came by a greater, and a more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands: that is to say, not of this manner building,

¹⁰ For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

⁵ and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

³ "In the first year of king Cyrus, commanded the same king Cyrus to build the house of God at Jerusalem, in the place where the sacrifice is made, and to lay the foundation to bear threescore cubits height, threescore cubits breadth, ⁴ and three walls of all maner of stones, and one wall of timber, and the expenses shall be given of the king's house.

¹ In the twenty fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, the tenth day of the month - that is, the fourteenth year, after that the city was smitten down - the same day came the hand of the LORD upon me, and carried me forth: ² even into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of God: and set me down upon a marvelous high mountain, whereupon there was a building, as it had been of a city, toward the north. ³ Thither he carried me, and behold, there was a man, whose similitude was like brass, which had a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring rod also. He stood in the door, ⁴ and said unto me, 'Mark well with thine eyes, hearken to with thine ears, and fasten it in thine heart, whatsoever I shall show thee - for, to the intent that they might be showed thee, therefore art thou brought hither. And whatsoever thou seest, thou shalt certify the house of Israel thereof.' ⁵ Behold, there was a wall on the outside round about the house: the measuring rod that he had in his hand, was six cubits long and a span. So he measured the breadth of the building, which was one measuring rod, and the height also one measuring rod. ⁶ Then came he unto the east door, and went up the stairs, and measured the posts of the door, whereof every one was one measuring rod. Every chamber was one measuring rod long and broad: ⁷ between the chambers were five cubits. The post of the door within the porch, was one measuring rod. ⁸ He measured also the porch of the innermore door which contained one measuring rod. ⁹ Then measured he the entry of the door, that contained eight cubits, and his pillars two cubits: and this entry stood inward. ¹⁰ The chambers of the door eastward, were three on every side: alike broad and long. The pillars also that stood of both the sides, were of one measure. ¹¹ After this, he measured the wideness of the door, which was ten cubits, and the height of the door, thirteen cubits. ¹² The edge before the chambers was one cubit broad upon both the sides, and the cambers six cubits wide of either side. ¹³ He measured the door from the ridge of one chamber to another, whose wideness was twenty five cubits, and one door stood against another. ¹⁴ He made pillars also sixty cubits high, round about the court door. ¹⁵ Before the inward part unto the fore entry of the innermore door, were fifty cubits. ¹⁶ The chambers and the pillars within, round about unto the door, had side windows: So had the fore entries also, whose windows went round about within. And upon the pillars there stood date trees. ¹⁷ Then brought he me into the fore court, whereas were chambers and paved works, made in the fore court round about: Thirty chambers upon one paved work. ¹⁸ Now the paved work was a long beside the doors, and that was the lower paved work. ¹⁹ After this, he measured the breadth from the lower door, unto the innermore court of the outside, which had a hundred cubits upon the east and the north part. ²⁰ And the door in the uttermost court toward the north, measured he after the length and breadth: ²¹ his three chambers also on either side, with his pillars and fore entries: which had even the measure of the first door. His height was fifty cubits, the breadth twenty five cubits: ²² his windows and porches with his date trees, had even like measure as the door toward the east: there were seven steps to go up upon, and their porch before them. ²³ Now the door of the innermore court stood straight over against the door, that was toward the north east. From one door to another, he measured a hundred cubits. ²⁴ After that, he brought me to the south side, where there stood a door toward the south: whose pillars and porches he measured, these had the first measure, ²⁵ and with their porches they had windows round about, like the first windows. The height was fifty cubits, the breadth twenty five, ²⁶ with steps to go up upon: his porch stood before him, with his pillars and date trees on either side. ²⁷ And the door of the innermore court stood toward the south, and he measured from one door to another a hundred cubits. ²⁸ So he brought me into the innermore court, through the door of the south side: which he measured, and it had the measure afore said. ²⁹ In like manner, his chambers, pillars, and fore entries, had even the foresaid measure also. And he had with his porches round about, windows of fifty cubits high, and twenty five cubits broad. ³⁰ The porches round about were twenty five cubits long, and five cubits broad: ³¹ and his porch reached unto the uttermost court: upon his pillars there were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon. ³² He brought me also into the inmost court upon the east side, and measured the door, according to the measure afore said. ³³ His chambers, pillars, and porches had even the same measure, as they first had: and with his porches he had windows round about. The height was fifty cubits, the breadth twenty five cubits: ³⁴ His porches reached unto the uttermost court: his pillars also had date trees on either side, and eight steps to go up upon. ³⁵ And he brought me to the north door, and measured it, which also had the foresaid measure. ³⁶ His chambers, pillars, and porches had windows round about: whose height was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty five. ³⁷ His pillars stood toward the uttermost court, and upon them both were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon. ³⁸ There stood a chamber also, whose entrance was at the door pillars, and there the burnt offerings were washed. ³⁹ In the door porch, there stood on either side two tables for the slaughtering; to slay the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and trespass offerings thereupon. ⁴⁰ And on the outside as men go forth to the north door, there stood two tables. ⁴¹ Four tables stood on either side of the door, that is eight tables, where upon they slaughtered.

¹ After this he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts: which were of both the sides six cubits thick, according to the wideness of the tabernacle. ² The breadth of the door was ten cubits and the walls of the door on either side five cubits. He measured the length thereof, which contained forty cubits, and the breadth twenty. ³ Then went he in, and measured the door posts, which were two cubits thick: but the door itself was six cubits, and the breadth of the door was seven cubits. ⁴ He measured the length and breadth thereof, which were every one twenty cubits, before the temple. And he said unto me, "This is the holiest of all." ⁵ He measured also the wall of the house, which was six cubits. The chambers that stood round about the house, were every one four cubits wide, ⁶ and one stood hard upon another, whereof there were thirty three. And there stood posts beneath by the walls round about the house, to bear them up: but in the wall of the house they were not fastened. ⁷ The side chambers were the higher the wider, and had steps through them round about the house. Thus was it wider above, that from the lowest men might go to the highest and mid chambers. ⁸ I saw also that the house was very high round about. The foundation of the side chambers was one measuring rod, that is, six cubits broad. ⁹ The thickness of the side wall without, contained five cubits, and so did the outwall, of the chambers in the house. ¹⁰ Between the chambers, was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house. ¹¹ The chamber doors stood over against the outwall, the one door was toward the north, the other toward the South: and the thickness of the outwall was five cubits round about. ¹² Now the building that was separated toward the west, was seventy cubits wide: the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length four score cubits and ten. ¹³ So he measured the house which was a hundred cubits long, and the separated building with the wall were a hundred cubits long also. ¹⁴ The wideness before the house and of it that was separated toward the East, was a hundred cubits. ¹⁵ And he measured the length of the building before and behind with the chambers upon both the sides: and it contained a hundred cubits.

¹⁶ And the city was built four square, and the length was as large as the breadth of it, and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the breadth, and the height of it, were equal. ¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof a hundred and forty four cubits: the measure that the angel had was after the measure that man useth.

¹¹ And David gave Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses that belonged thereto, and of the storehouses, upper chambers, innermore parlors and of the house of the mercy seat:

³ And this is the foundation of Solomon in building the house of God. The length was three score cubits after the old cubit, and the breadth twenty. ⁴ And the porch at the end was as large as the house breadth, twenty cubits; and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the inner side with pure gold.

¹⁵ And he measured the length of the building before and behind with the chambers upon both the sides: and it contained a hundred cubits.

⁵ Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,

²³ And Jesus walked in Solomon's porch.

¹⁰ And they knew him, that it was he which sat and begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple. And they wondered, and were sore astonished at that which had happened unto him. ¹¹ And as the halt which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran amazed unto them in Solomon's porch.

⁹ My beloved is like a Roe or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the window, and peepeth through the grate.

¹⁶ The chambers and the pillars within, round about unto the door, had side windows: So had the fore entries also, whose windows went round about within. And upon the pillars there stood date trees.

¹⁶ The innermore temple, the porch of the fore court, the side posts, these three had side windows, and pillars round about over against the posts, from the ground up to the windows. The windows themselves were sealed over with boards:

²⁶ Upon both the sides of the walls of the porch there were made deep windows and date trees, having beams and balks, like as the house had.

²² "There I will meet thee and will commune with thee from upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

² And he said unto Moses, "Speak unto Aaron thy brother that he go not at all times into the holy place, that is within the veil that hangeth before the mercy seat which is upon the ark; that he die not. For I will appear in a cloud upon the mercy seat.

⁸⁹ And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of witness to speak with him, he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of witness: even from between the two cherubims he spake unto him.

¹⁶ And he sealed twenty cubits in the end of the temple, both floor and walls, with Cedar, and dressed it within to be the quyre and place most holy.

¹⁹ And the quyre that was within the temple, he prepared to set there the Ark of the covenant of the LORD. ²⁰ And the quyre was twenty cubits long, and twenty in breadth and twenty in height. And he sealed it with pure gold, and boarded the altar with Cedar. ²¹ And Solomon sealed the house within also with pure gold. And he made golden bars run along the quyre, which he had covered with gold.

³¹ And in the entering of the quyre he made two doors of olive tree, with the upper and two side posts five square.

²⁶ For the Levites were committed to be principal porters of fidelity. And they had the oversight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God,

²⁸ "To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God,

²⁰ the candlesticks with their lamps to burn after the manner before the quire, and that of pure gold,

⁷ And the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD unto his place in the quire of the temple and place most holy: even under the wings of the Cherubs,

⁹ And the staves of the Ark, were so long, that they were seen a little before the quire, but not far without. And there it remaineth unto this day.

¹¹ And Hezekiah bade dress up the store houses about the house of the LORD. And so they did,

³⁷ and that we should bring the firstlings of our dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruits of all manner of trees, of wine also and of oil, unto the priests to the chests the house of our God. And the tithes of our land unto the Levites, that the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our ministration.

⁴⁴ At the same time were there men appointed over the treasure chests - wherein were the Heave offerings, the firstlings and the tithes - that they should gather them out of the fields about the cities, to distribute them unto the priests and Levites according to the law: for Judah was glad of the priests, and Levites,

⁵ for he had made him a great chest, and there had they afore time laid the meat offerings, frankincense, vessel, and the tithes of corn, wine and oil - according to the commandment given to the Levites, singers and porters - and the heave offerings of the priests. ⁶ But in all this was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I license of the king ⁷ to come to Jerusalem. And I gat knowledge of the evil that Eliashib did unto Tobiah, in that he had made him a chest in the court of the house of God, ⁸ and it grieved me sore, and I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chest, ⁹ and commanded them to cleanse the chest. And thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the meat offering and the incense.

² Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of thy holy temple.

⁴ Draw thou me unto thee; we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his privy chamber: We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we think more of thy love than of wine. They that be righteous love thee.

⁴ and brought them to the house of the LORD, into the closet of the children of Hanan the son of Igdaliah the man of God: which was by the closet of the princes, that is above the closet of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, which is the chief of the treasury.

⁴⁴ On the outside of the innermore door were the singers' chambers in the inward court beside the North door over against the South. There stood one also, beside the east door northward.

⁵ He measured also the wall of the house, which was six cubits. The chambers that stood round about the house, were every one four cubits wide, ⁶ and one stood hard upon another, whereof there were thirty three. And there stood posts beneath by the walls round about the house, to bear them up: but in the wall of the house they were not fastened. ⁷ The side chambers were the higher the wider, and had steps through them round about the house. Thus was it wider above, that from the lowest men might go to the highest and mid chambers. ⁸ I saw also that the house was very high round about. The foundation of the side chambers was one measuring rod, that is, six cubits broad. ⁹ The thickness of the side wall without, contained five cubits, and so did the outwall, of the chambers in the house. ¹⁰ Between the chambers, was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house. ¹¹ The chamber doors stood over against the outwall, the one door was toward the north, the other toward the South: and the thickness of the outwall was five cubits round about.

³ over against the twenty cubits of the innermore court, and against the paved work that was in the fore court. Beside all these three, there stood pillars, one over against another: ⁴ And before this chamber there was a walking place of ten cubits wide, and within was a way of one cubit wide, and their doors toward the north. ⁵ Thus the highest chambers were always narrower than the lowest and middle most of the building: ⁶ for they bare chamber upon chamber, and stood tree together one upon another not having pillars like the fore court: therefore were they smaller than those beneath and in the midst, to reckon from the ground upward. ⁷ The wall without that stood by the chambers toward the utmost court upon the fore side of the chambers, was fifty cubits long: ⁸ for the length of the utmost chambers in the fore court was fifty cubits also: but the length thereof before the temple was a hundred cubits. ⁹ These chambers had under them an entrance of the east side, where by a man might go into them out of the fore court, ¹⁰ through the thick wall of the fore court toward the east, right over against the separated building. ¹¹ Before the same building upon this side there were chambers also which had a way unto them, like as the chambers on the north side of the same length and wideness. Their entrance, fashion and doors were all of the same manner. ¹² Yea, even like as the other chamber doors were, so were those also of the south side. And before the way toward the singers' steps on the east side, there stood a door to go in at.

²⁵ But and if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, see thou make it not of hewed stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou shalt pollute it.

⁵ And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them. ⁶ But thou shalt make the altar of the LORD thy God of rough stones and offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God.

¹⁷ And at the commandment of the king, they brought great stones, and that free stones, and hewed thereto, to lay in the foundation of the house. ¹⁸ And Solomon's masons and the masons of Hiram did hew them, with them of the borders. And so they prepared both in timber and stone to build the house.

²⁷ First, make up thy work that is without, and look well unto that which thou hast in the field, and then build thine house.

² He shall not be an out-crier, nor a high-minded person. His voice shall not be heard in the streets.

³¹ Then had the congregations rest, throughout all Jewry and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the fear of the Lord; And multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

²³ that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared unto glory:

⁵ He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit.

¹² giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.

²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.

¹⁷ but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation. ¹⁸ Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.

⁶ and one stood hard upon another, whereof there were thirty three. And there stood posts beneath by the walls round about the house, to bear them up: but in the wall of the house they were not fastened. ⁷ The side chambers were the higher the wider, and had steps through them round about the house. Thus was it wider above, that from the lowest men might go to the highest and mid chambers.

¹⁴ And so therefore Solomon built the house and finished it,

³⁸ and in the eleventh year in the month Bul which is the eighth month, it was full finished in all that pertained thereto, and fashioned as it should be in all points. And so was he seven years in building of it.

¹⁴ Oh that ye would fear the LORD and serve him and hear his voice and not disobey the mouth of the LORD: and that both ye and the king that reigneth over you would follow the LORD your God. ¹⁵ For if ye shall not hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but shall disobey the LORD's mouth: then shall the hand of the LORD be upon you and on your fathers.

¹² And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou laid to rest with thy fathers, then I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy body, and will establish his kingdom. ¹³ And he shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the seat of his kingdom forever: ¹⁴ I will be his father and he shall be my son; insomuch that if he sin, I will but rebuke him with such a rod as men be rebuked with and with such plagues as the children of men be plagued with. ¹⁵ But my mercy will I not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put down before thee. ¹⁶ And thine house and thy kingdom shall endure without end after thee, and thy seat shall be established forever.'"

³ And see that thou keep the appointment of the LORD thy God, that thou walk in his ways and keep his commandments, ordinances, laws and testimonies, even as it is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayest understand all that thou oughtest to do, and all that thou shouldest meddle with. ⁴ That the LORD may make good his promise which he hath promised me, saying, 'If thy children shall take heed to their ways, that they walk before me in truth, with all their hearts and with all their souls; then thou shalt never be without one sitting on the seat of Israel.'

¹⁴ And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep mine ordinances and commandments as David thy father did walk, I will lengthen thy days also."

²⁵ And now LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father, that thou promisedest him, saying, 'Thou shalt not be without one or other before me, sitting on the seat of Israel: Howbeit, if thy children shall take heed to their ways that they walk before me, as thou hast walked before me.'

³ And the LORD said unto him, "I have heard thy prayer and intercession that thou madest before me, and have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put my name there forever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. ⁴ And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in pureness of heart and plainness, to do all that I have commanded thee, and shalt keep mine ordinances and customs: ⁵ then I will establish the seat of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, 'Thou shalt not be without one or other upon the seat of Israel.' ⁶ But and if ye and your children shall turn away from after me, and shall not keep mine ordinances which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods and bow yourselves unto them:

¹⁰ He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and will establish the seat of his kingdom upon Israel forever.'

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

¹⁷ And if thou shalt walk before me as David thy father walked, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe mine ordinances and my laws: ¹⁸ then I will establish the seat of thy kingdom, according to the covenant I made with David thy father, saying: thou shalt have ever one or other that shall rule in Israel.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore."

⁷ 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my watch: thou shalt rule my house, and keep my courts, and I will give thee place among these that stand here.

²³ if ye continue grounded and established in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.

⁸ "And they shall make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.

¹¹ I will make my dwelling place among you, and my soul shall not loathe you.

⁶ Pluck up your hearts and be strong, dread not nor be afeared of them: for the LORD thy God himself will go with thee, and will neither let thee go nor forsake thee."

⁸ And the LORD he shall go before thee and he shall be with thee, and will not let thee go nor forsake thee. Fear not, therefore, nor be discomforted."

⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee and will neither leave thee, nor forsake thee.

²² But the LORD will not forsake his people, because of his great name's sake: because the LORD hath begun to make you his people.

²⁷ But indeed can God dwell on the earth? Behold: neither heaven, nor heaven above all heavens are able to contain thee — how much less then this house that I have built?

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, "Harden thyself and be strong and do it. Fear not, nor let thine heart discourage thee. For the LORD my God is with thee, and shall not leave thee nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work that must serve for the house of the LORD.

¹⁸ Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore." ¹³ For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

²⁶ Moreover, I will make a bond of peace with them, which shall be unto them an everlasting covenant. I will settle them also, and multiply them; my Sanctuary will I set among them for evermore. ²⁷ My dwelling shall be with them, yea I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ²⁸ Thus the Heathen also shall know, that I the LORD am the holy maker of Israel: when my Sanctuary shall be among them for evermore.'"

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."

³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.

⁹ And so he built the house and finished it, and roofed it with beams of Cedar timber made hollow and joined together.

⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house. ⁴⁸ Howbeit, he that is highest of all dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,

⁷ Then he made a porch to sit and judge in, sealed with Cedar throughout all the pavements. And his own house where he kept residence, in another court without that porch, was of the same work.

²¹ And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the witness which I will give thee. ²² "There I will meet thee and will commune with thee from upon the mercy seat from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of witness, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

²³ and two boards more for the two west corners of the habitation:

³³ And thou shalt hang up the veil with rings, and shall bring in within the veil, the ark of witness. And the veil shall divide the holy from the most holy. ³⁴ And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of witness in the holiest place.

⁵ And under the walls of the house he made galleries round about, both round about the temple and also the quyre. And so made sides round about.

¹⁹ And the quyre that was within the temple, he prepared to set there the Ark of the covenant of the LORD. ²⁰ And the quyre was twenty cubits long, and twenty in breadth and twenty in height. And he sealed it with pure gold, and boarded the altar with Cedar.

⁶ And so the priests brought the Ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place: even into the quyre of the temple and place most holy, under the wings of the Cherubs.

⁸ And he made the house most holy, whose length was twenty cubits like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth thereof was also twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with the best gold, that drew to the sum of six hundred talents.

³ And from this measure, namely of twenty five thousand measuring rods long, and ten thousand broad, thou shalt measure, wherein the Sanctuary and the holiest of all may stand.

³ But within the second veil was there a tabernacle, which is called holiest of all,

²⁴ and under the brim of it as it were apples compassed and embraced the sea of ten cubits wide in two rows cast with it when it was cast.

²⁰ And he took and put the testimony in the ark, and set the staves to the ark and put the mercy seat on high upon the ark, ²¹ and brought the ark into the habitation and hanged up the veil and covered the ark of witness, as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁶ And so the priests brought the Ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place: even into the quyre of the temple and place most holy, under the wings of the Cherubs. ⁷ For the Cherubs stretched out their wings over the Ark, and covered both it and also the staves thereof on high upon it. ⁸ Howbeit the staves were so long that the ends of them appeared out of the holy place before the quyre, but were not seen without. And there they be unto this day. ⁹ And there was nothing in the Ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel after they were come out of Egypt. ¹⁰ And when the priests were come out of the Holy place, then a cloud filled the house of the LORD,

³ But within the second veil was there a tabernacle, which is called holiest of all, ⁴ which had the golden censer, and the ark of the testament overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot with manna, and Aaron's rod that sprung, and the tables of the testament.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar to burn cense therein, of sethim-wood: ² a cubit long, and a cubit broad, even foursquare shall it be and two cubits, high: with horns proceeding out of it, ³ and thou shalt overlay it with fine gold both the roof and the walls round about, and his horns also, and shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about,

² And the house which Solomon built for the LORD was three score cubits long and twenty broad and thirty cubits high. ³ And the porch that was before the body of the temple was twenty cubits long after the measure of the breadth of the house, and ten broad, even at the very end of the house.

²² And the whole house he overlaid with gold until he had ended it. And the altar that was in the quyre he overlaid with gold also.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the Altar of gold, and the table of gold whereon the shewbread was put.

²⁹ And thou shalt cover the boards with gold and make golden rings for them to put the bars through, and shalt cover the bars with gold also.

³² And hang it upon four pillars of sethim-wood covered with gold and that their knops be covered with gold also, and stand upon four sockets of silver. ³³ And thou shalt hang up the veil with rings, and shall bring in within the veil, the ark of witness. And the veil shall divide the holy from the most holy.

³⁴ and overlaid the boards with gold, and made them rings of gold to thrust the bars through, and covered the bars with gold.

⁷ And he overlaid the house, both beams, posts, walls and doors, with gold; and graved Cherubs upon the walls. ⁸ And he made the house most holy, whose length was twenty cubits like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth thereof was also twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with the best gold, that drew to the sum of six hundred talents. ⁹ And the weight of the nails of gold was thereto fifty sicles. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

¹⁴ And he made a veil of yellow silk, of scarlet, crimson and bysse: and caused the Cherubs to be bordered thereon. ¹⁵ And he made before the house two pillars of thirty five cubits long. And the head that was above on the top of one of them was five cubits. ¹⁶ And he made such chains as was in the quyre, and put them on the heads of the pillars, and made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar to burn cense therein, of sethim-wood:

³ and thou shalt overlay it with fine gold both the roof and the walls round about, and his horns also, and shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about,

⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of sethim-wood and cover them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt put it before the veil that hangeth before the ark of witness, and before the mercy seat that is before the witness, where I will meet thee.

²⁰ And the quyre was twenty cubits long, and twenty in breadth and twenty in height. And he sealed it with pure gold, and boarded the altar with Cedar.

⁷ And he overlaid the house, both beams, posts, walls and doors, with gold; and graved Cherubs upon the walls. ⁸ And he made the house most holy, whose length was twenty cubits like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth thereof was also twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with the best gold, that drew to the sum of six hundred talents. ⁹ And the weight of the nails of gold was thereto fifty sicles. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. ¹⁰ And he made in the house most holy two Cherubs of image work, and overlaid them with gold. ¹¹ And the wings of the Cherubs were twenty cubits long. The one wing was five cubits and touched the wall of the house, and the other wing was likewise five cubits and touched the wing of the other Cherub. ¹² And the one wing of the other Cherub was five cubits, and touched the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits also, and raught to the wing of the other Cherub. ¹³ So that the wings of the said Cherubs raught twenty cubits. And they stood on their feet and looked inwards. ¹⁴ And he made a veil of yellow silk, of scarlet, crimson and bysse: and caused the Cherubs to be bordered thereon.

²⁴ And he cast Adam out, and set at the entering of the garden Eden, Cherubim with a naked sword moving in and out, to keep the way to the tree of life.

¹⁸ And make two cherubims of thick gold on the two ends of the mercy seat; ¹⁹ and set the one cherub on the one end and the other on the other end of the mercy seat: so see that thou make them on the two ends thereof. ²⁰ And the cherubims shall stretch their wings abroad over on high, and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the faces of the cherubims be.

⁷ and made two cherubims of thick gold upon the two ends of the mercy seat: ⁸ One cherub on the one end, and another cherub on the other end of the mercy seat. ⁹ And the cherubims spread out their wings above on high, and covered the mercy seat therewith. And their faces were one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, were the faces of the cherubims.

¹⁰ And he made in the house most holy two Cherubs of image work, and overlaid them with gold. ¹¹ And the wings of the Cherubs were twenty cubits long. The one wing was five cubits and touched the wall of the house, and the other wing was likewise five cubits and touched the wing of the other Cherub. ¹² And the one wing of the other Cherub was five cubits, and touched the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits also, and raught to the wing of the other Cherub. ¹³ So that the wings of the said Cherubs raught twenty cubits. And they stood on their feet and looked inwards.

¹⁰ He rode upon the Cherub, and did fly: he came flying upon the wings of the wind. {TYNDALE: And he rode upon Cherub and flew: and appeared upon the wings of the wind.}

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

¹⁶ "O LORD of Hosts, thou God of Israel, which dwellest upon Cherubim; Thou art the God, that only is God of all the kingdoms of the world, for thou only hast created heaven and earth.

² Then said he that sat therein, to him that had the linen raiment upon him, "Creep in between the wheels that are under the Cherubims, and take thine hand full of hot coals out from between the Cherubims, and cast them over the city. And he crept in, that I might see." ³ Now the Cherubims stood upon the rightside of the house, when the man went in, and the cloud filled the innermore court. ⁴ But the glory of the LORD removed from the Cherubims, and came upon the threshold of the house: so that the temple was full of clouds, and the court was full of the shine of the LORD's glory. ⁵ Yea and the sound of the Cherubims' wings was heard into the fore court, like as it had been the voice of the almighty God when he speaketh. ⁶ Now when he had bidden the man that was clothed in linen, to go and take the hot coals from the midst of the wheels, which were under the Cherubims: he went and stood beside the wheels. ⁷ Then the one Cherub reached forth his hand from under the Cherubims, unto the fire that was between the Cherubims, and took thereof, and gave it unto him that had on the linen raiment, in his hand: which took it, and went out. ⁸ And under the wings of the Cherubims, there appeared the likeness of a man's hand. ⁹ I saw also four wheels beside the Cherubims, so that by every Cherub there stood a wheel. And the wheels were, to look upon, after the fashion of the precious stone of Tharsis, ¹⁰ yet unto the sight were they fashioned and like, as if one wheel had been in another. ¹¹ When they went forth, they went all four together, not turning about in their going. But where the first went, thither went they after also, so that they turned not about in their going. ¹² Their whole bodies, their backs, their hands and wings, yea and the wheels also, were all full of eyes round about them, all four. ¹³ And I heard him call the wheels Gilgal. ¹⁴ Every one of them had four faces: so that the one face was the face of a Cherub, the second of a man, the third of a lion, the fourth of an Eagle, ¹⁵ and they were lifted up above. This is the beast, that I saw at the water of Chebar. ¹⁶ Now when the Cherubims went, the wheels went with them; and when the Cherubims shook their wings to lift themselves upward, the wheels remained not behind, but were with them also. ¹⁷ Shortly, when they stood, these stood also: And when they were lift up, the wheels were lift up also with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels. ¹⁸ Then the glory of the LORD was lift up from the threshold of the temple, and remained upon the Cherubims. ¹⁹ And the Cherubims flickered with their wings, and lift themselves up from the earth: so that I saw when they went, and the wheels with them. And they stood at the east side of the port that is in the house of the LORD. So the glory of the LORD was upon them. ²⁰ This is the beast that I saw under the God of Israel, by the water of Chebar. And I perceived, that it was the Cherubims. ²¹ Every one had four faces, and every one four wings, and under their wings, as it were men's hands. ²² Now the figure of their faces was even as I had seen them, by the water of Chebar, and so was the countenance of them: Every one in his going went straight forward.

¹⁴ Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

¹² Unto which prophets it was declared, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they should minister the things which are now showed unto you, of them which, by the holy ghost sent down from heaven, have preached unto you the things which the angels desire to behold.

²⁰ And the cherubims shall stretch their wings abroad over on high, and cover the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, shall the faces of the cherubims be.

⁹ And the cherubims spread out their wings above on high, and covered the mercy seat therewith. And their faces were one to another: even to the mercy seat ward, were the faces of the cherubims.

⁷ For the Cherubs stretched out their wings over the Ark, and covered both it and also the staves thereof on high upon it.

¹¹ And the wings of the Cherubs were twenty cubits long. The one wing was five cubits and touched the wall of the house, and the other wing was likewise five cubits and touched the wing of the other Cherub.

⁸ that the Cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the Ark and covered the Ark and her staves above on high.

⁸ And all the wise hearted men among them, that wrought in the work of the habitation, made: even ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and made them full of cherubims with broidered work.

¹⁸ And the Cedar of the house within was carved with knops and graven with flowers, and all was Cedar timber, so that no stone was seen.

³² And the two doors of olive tree he graved with graving of Cherubs and Palm trees and graved flowers, and covered them with gold, and laid gold over the Cherubs and also the Palm trees.

¹⁴ And he made a veil of yellow silk, of scarlet, crimson and bysse: and caused the Cherubs to be bordered thereon.

² And he cast a brazen sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, and round in compass and five cubits high: and a line of thirty cubits might have compassed it round about. ³ And the images of oxen did compass it round about under it: that is to wit, two rows of oxen cast when it was cast did compass that sea which was ten cubits wide, round about. ⁴ And it stood also upon twelve oxen: of which three looked North, three West, three South and three East, and the sea upon them above on high, and the hinder parts of them inward. ⁵ And the thickest of it was a handbreadth, and the brim like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies. And it received and held the thousand baths.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. ¹⁴ They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking, ¹⁵ that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

²⁰ O praise the LORD ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength, ye that fulfill his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.

² Praise him all ye angels of his; praise him, all his host.

¹³ And straightway there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly soldiers, lauding God, and saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God on high: and peace on the earth, and unto men, rejoicing."

¹⁰ to the intent that now, unto the rulers and powers in heaven, might be known by the congregation the manifold wisdom of God,

¹¹ And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels about the throne, and about the beasts and the elders, and I heard thousand thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb that was killed to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honour and glory, and blessing." ¹³ And all creatures, which are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, and all that are in them heard I, saying, "Blessing, honour, glory, and power be unto him that sitteth upon the seat, and unto the lamb for evermore." ¹⁴ And the four beasts said, "Amen." And the twenty four elders fell upon their faces, and worshipped him that liveth for evermore.

⁹ After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands,

¹¹ Behold thou poor, vexed, and despised: I will make thy walls of precious stones, and thy foundation of Sapphires; ¹² thy windows of Crystal, thy gates of fine clear stone, and thy borders of pleasant stones.

¹⁷ For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

¹⁸ And the building of the wall of it was of jasper. And the city was pure gold like unto clear glass ¹⁹ and the foundations of the wall of the city was garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third a chalcedony, the fourth an emerald: ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx: the sixth sardius: the seventh chrysolite: the eighth beryl: the ninth a topaz: the tenth a chrysoprasus: the eleventh a jacinth: the twelfth an amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls, every gate was of one pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, as through shining glass.

⁹ I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

⁶ Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.

¹⁸ might be able to comprehend with all saints, what is that breadth and length, depth and height:

¹⁹ Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place, ²⁰ by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.

²⁹ And all the walls of the house round about, he garnished with work of Cherubs and palm trees and graven flowers, both within in the quyre and without in the temple.

⁸ And Hiram sent again to Solomon, saying, "I have accepted the request which thou sentest to me for, and will satisfy all thy lust, concerning timber of Cedar trees and fir.

²³ The temple and the holiest of all had either of them two doors ²⁴ and every door had two little wickets which were folden in one upon another, on every side two. ²⁵ And upon the doors of the temple there were made Cherubims and date trees, like as upon the walls: and a great thick balk of wood was before on the outside of the porch.

⁹ "And thou shalt make a court unto the habitation, which shall have in the south side hangings of twined bysse, being a hundred cubits long, ¹⁰ and twenty pillars thereof with their twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars and their hoops shall be silver. ¹¹ In likewise on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long and twenty pillars with their sockets of brass, and the knops and the hoops of silver. ¹² And in the breadth of the court westward, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets. ¹³ And in the breadth of the court eastward toward the rising of the sun, shall be hangings of fifty cubits. ¹⁴ Hangings of fifteen cubits in the one side of it with three pillars, and three sockets: ¹⁵ and likewise on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets. ¹⁶ And in the gate of the court shall be a veil of twenty cubits: of jacinth, scarlet, purple and twined bysse wrought with needle work, and four pillars with their four sockets. ¹⁷ All the pillars round about the court shall be hooped with silver, and their knops of silver, and their sockets of brass. ¹⁸ The length of the court, shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty, and the height five, and the hangings shall be of twined bysse and the sockets of brass. ¹⁹ And all the vessels of the habitation to all manner service and the pins thereof; yea and the pins also of the court; shall be brass.

⁹ And he made the court with hangings of twined bysse of a hundred cubits long upon the south side, ¹⁰ and twenty pillars with twenty sockets of brass: but the knops of the pillars, and the hoops were silver. ¹¹ And on the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits long with twenty pillars and twenty sockets of brass, but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were of silver. ¹² And on the west side, were hangings of fifty cubits long, and ten pillars with their ten sockets, and the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver. ¹³ And on the east side toward the sun rising, were hangings of fifty cubits: ¹⁴ the hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with their three sockets. ¹⁵ And of the other side of the court gate, were hangings also of fifteen cubits long, and their pillars three with three sockets. ¹⁶ Now all the hangings of the court round about, were of twined bysse, ¹⁷ and the sockets of the pillars were brass: but the knops and the hoops of the pillars were silver, and the heads were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with silver. ¹⁸ And the hanging of the gate of the court was needlework: of jacinth, scarlet, purple, and twined bysse twenty cubits long and five in the breadth, according to the hangings of the court. ¹⁹ And the pillars were four with four sockets of brass, and the knops of silver, and the heads overlaid with silver and hooped about with silver, ²⁰ and all the pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about were brass.

¹² And likewise was it in the inner court of the house of the LORD and of the porch of the temple.

⁹ And he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors to it: and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

⁷ Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings and the meat offerings and the fat.

² but the court which is without the temple cast out, and mete it not: for it is given unto the gentiles, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty two months.

¹ And it came to pass, the four hundred and fourscore year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and the fourth year of the reign of Solomon upon Israel, and the second month called Ziv, that he began to build the temple unto the LORD.

² And he began to build the second day of the second month, the fourth year of his reign.

¹ And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years space and full finished it.

⁸ In the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem: and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and above, to see that the work of the house of the LORD went forward. ⁹ And Jeshua stood with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel with his sons and the children of Judah, to further the workmen of the house of God; namely, the children of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Levites. ¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their array, with trumpets, and the Levites, the children of Asaph, with cymbals; to praise the LORD, after the manner of David, king of Israel. ¹¹ And they sang together, giving praise and thanks unto the LORD; because he is gracious, and because his mercy endureth forever upon Israel. And all the people shouted loud in praising the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. ¹² Many also of the old priests and Levites and ancient fathers which had seen the first house - when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes - wept with a loud voice. And many shouted with joy, ¹³ so that the noise gave a great sound, insomuch that the people could not know the joyful sound for the noise of the weeping among the people: for the people shouted with a loud cry, so that the noise was heard afar off.

¹⁴ And the Elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo: and they builded, and laid up the foundation, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and after the commandment of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. ¹⁵ And the house was finished the third day of the month Adar, even in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

⁹ 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands also shall finish it: that ye may know, how that the LORD of Hosts hath sent me unto you.

¹³ Yea, even he shall build up the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the praise, he shall sit upon the LORD's throne, and have the domination. A priest shall he be also upon his throne, and a peaceable counsel shall be betwixt them both. ¹⁴ And the crowns shall be in the temple of the LORD, for a remembrance unto Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah and Hen the son of Zephaniah. And such as be far off, shall come and build the temple of the LORD, ¹⁵ that ye may know, how that the LORD of Hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God.''

²⁰ Then said the Jews, "Forty six years was this temple a building: and wilt thou raise it up in three days?"