Verse 29
1 Kings 6:29
New Living Translation
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He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵת֩ כָּל קִיר֨וֹת הַ/בַּ֜יִת מֵסַ֣ב קָלַ֗ע פִּתּוּחֵי֙ מִקְלְעוֹת֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים וְ/תִֽמֹרֹ֔ת וּ/פְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים מִ/לִּ/פְנִ֖ים וְ/לַ/חִיצֽוֹן
English Translation
And all the walls of the house shall be surrounded by openings of cherubim and palm-trees, and the pillars of the porch shall be lined with carvings inside and out.
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Chapter 6 Context
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It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began t...
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The Temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
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The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the T...
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Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.
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He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and...
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The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7 1⁄2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet...
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The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound...
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The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs goin...
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After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.
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10
As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temp...
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Then the LORD gave this message to Solomon:
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“Concerning this Temple you are building, if you keep all my decrees and regulations and obey all my...
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I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel.”
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So Solomon finished building the Temple.
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The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings w...
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He partitioned off an inner sanctuary — the Most Holy Place — at the far end of the Temple. It was 3...
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The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60 feet long.
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Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decora...
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He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant w...
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This inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with s...
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Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple’s interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to...
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So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most...
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He made two cherubim of wild olive wood, each 15 feet tall, and placed them in the inner sanctuary.
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The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7 1⁄2 feet long.
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The two cherubim were identical in shape and size;
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each was 15 feet tall.
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He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from...
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He overlaid the two cherubim with gold.
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He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm...
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He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold.
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31
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doo...
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These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors...
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Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.
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There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself.
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These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers — all overlaid ev...
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The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every...
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The foundation of the LORD’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth ye...
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The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the elev...
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