And it was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the exodus of the Bnei Yisroel from the land of Mitzrayim, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, of the reign of Shlomo over Yisroel, that he built the House for Adonoy.

The House that Shlomo ha Melech built for Adonoy, was sixty amohs long, twenty [amohs] wide and thirty amohs high.

The entrance hall along the front of the Sanctuary of the Beis Hamikdosh was twenty amohs long, along the front of the width of the Beis Hamikdosh. It was ten amohs wide along the front of the house.

He made windows for for the Beis Hamikdosh that were open [wide] on the outside and closed [narrow] on the inside.

He built against the wall of the Beis Hamikdosh a chamber around the walls of the Beis Hamikdosh, circling all around the Sanctuary and the Holy of Holies. And he made chambers all around.

The bottom chamber was five amohs wide, the middle one was six amohs wide and the third was seven amohs wide, for he had made narrowing indentations in [the wall of] the Beis Hamikdosh around the outside, so that [the beams] would not be attached to the walls of the Beis Hamikdosh.

When the Beis Hamikdosh was being constructed it was built of whole stones carried from the quarry. Neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool was heard in the Beis Hamikdosh during its construction.

The entrance of the bottom chamber was in the right side of the house, and by a winding stairway they went up to the middle [chamber,] and from the middle [chamber] to the third [chamber.]

He built the Beis Hamikdosh and completed it, and covered the Beis Hamikdosh with decorated boards and connected planks of cedar.

He built the chambers around the whole Beis Hamikdosh. [Each of them] was five amohs high, and he covered the Beis Hamikdosh with cedar wood.

And the word of Adonoy came to Shlomo, saying,

“In respect to this Beis Hamikdosh you are building, if you conduct yourself according to My statutes, and do My judgements, and preserve all My commandments, to conduct yourself according to them; I will fulfill My word with you that I spoke to Dovid, your father.

And I will dwell among the Bnei Yisroel, and I will not abandon My people, Yisroel.”

And so Shlomo built the Beis Hamikdosh and completed it.

He built the walls of the Beis Hamikdosh on the inside, with panels of cedar. From the floor of the Beis Hamikdosh to the beams of the ceiling, he covered with wood on the inside. He covered the floor of the Beis Hamikdosh with boards of cypress.

And he built twenty amohs at the end of the Beis Hamikdosh with cedar boards, from the floor to the ceiling. He built it on the inner side of the partition for the Holy of Holies.

The Beis Hamikdosh was forty amohs, that is the Sanctuary before it. [In front of the Holy of Holies].

The cedar on the inside of the Beis Hamikdosh. was carved with designs of buds and blossoming flowers. It was all cedar [wood]; no stone was visible.

And the Holy of Holies within the Beis Hamikdosh, he prepared to place there the Ark of the Covenant of Adonoy.

The inside of the Holy of Holies was twenty amohs long, twenty amohs wide and twenty amohs high. He covered it with refined gold and covered the Altar with cedar wood.

And Shlomo covered the inside of the Beis Hamikdosh with refined gold, and he attached bars of golden chains before the Holy of Holies and he covered it with gold.

And the whole Beis Hamikdosh he covered with gold until the the whole Beis Hamikdosh was completed; and the whole Altar of the Holy of Holies, he [also] covered with gold.

And he made in the Holy of Holies two cherubim of olive wood. Each of them was ten amohs high.

The wing of one cherub was five amohs, and five amohs was the other wing of the cherub. It was ten amohs from one end of its wings to the [other] end of its wings.

The second cherub was ten amohs [high]; of one measurement and of one form were the two cherubim.

The height of one cherub was ten amohs, and so was the second cherub.

And he placed the cherubim in the innermost chamber and they spread the wings of the cherubim. The wing of one touched the wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall; and their wings which were inside the chamber were touching, wing to wing.

And he covered the cherubim with gold.

And all the walls of the Beis Hamikdosh, he encircled with figures, of carved figures of cherubim and palm trees, and budding flowers; from within and without.

And the floor of the Beis Hamikdosh, he covered with gold, in the inner and the outer [chambers.]

And for the entrance of the Holy of Holies, he made doors of olive wood. The door-posts consisted of five sides.

Two doors were of olive wood and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm trees and budding flowers, and he covered them with gold. He hammered upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees [thin strips of] gold.

He also made for the entrance of the Sanctuary, door-posts of olive wood consisting of four sides.

And two doors [were made] of cypress wood. The one door had two rounded hinges and the second door had two rounded hinges.

And he carved upon them cherubim, palm trees and budding flowers, and he covered them with gold, fitting precisely upon the carvings.

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cut cedar beams.

In the fourth year, the foundation was laid—of the Beis Hamikdosh of Adonoy, in the month of Ziv.

And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the Beis Hamikdosh was completed according to all its plans, and all that was necessary for it, he built it in seven years.