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Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

הַיָּמִֽים׃ (הַ) hai. “the”

You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as t

הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

הַיּ֔וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”הָעָ֥ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָרָ֖ב (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for

הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַמָּק֞וֹם (הַ) ha. “the”

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמַּ֔ס (הַ) ha. “the”

And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

הַמַּֽס׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “the”הָרֹדִ֣ים (הָ) ha. “who”הָעֹשִׂ֖ים (הָ) ha. “who”

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַבָּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים (הַ) ha. “the”הָעֵצִ֥ים (הָ) ha. “the”וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים (הָ) ha. “the”הַבָּֽיִת׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

הָרְבִיעִ֜ית (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (הַ) ha. “[was] the”הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

וְהַבַּ֗יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

וְהָאוּלָ֗ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֔יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבָּ֑יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבָּֽיִת׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

הַבַּ֤יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the hou

הַיָּצִ֨יעַ (הַ) hai. “the”הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית (הַ֨) Ha. “<the>”הַבָּֽיִת׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.

הַצֵּלָע֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַיְמָנִ֑ית (הַ) ha “<the>”הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

הַיָּצִ֙יעַ֙ (הַ) hai. “the”הַבַּ֔יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

הַבַּ֨יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֜ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

הַבַּ֤יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַסִּפֻּ֔ן (הַ) ha. “the”הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַקַּרְקַ֖ע (הַ) ha. “the”הַקִּיר֑וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

הַבָּ֑יִת (הַ) ha. “the”הַהֵיכָ֥ל (הַ) ha. “[is] the”