Bible Reading for April 14

1 Kings Chapter 6

1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the
second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits.

3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the
length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits
was the breadth thereof before the house.

4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of
the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six
cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the
wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready
before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe
nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of
the middle into the third.

9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with
beams and boards of cedar.

10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments
to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake
unto David thy father:

13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
my people Israel.

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both
the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered
them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with
planks of fir.

16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor
and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within,
even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark
of the covenant of the LORD.

20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and
he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a
partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it
with gold.

22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all
the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with
gold.

23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten
cubits high.

24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the
other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto
the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one
measure and one size.

26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.

27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched
forth the wings of the cherubims, 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 midst of the house.

28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them
with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.

34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and
covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a
row of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid,
in the month Zif:

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth
month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and
according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

1 Kings Chapter 7

1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
all his house.

2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof
was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with
cedar beams upon the pillars.

3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty
five pillars, fifteen in a row.

4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in
three ranks.

5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light
was against light in three ranks.

6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them:
and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the
porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the
floor to the other.

8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which
was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter,
whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation
unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of
ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and
cedars.

12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones,
and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the
LORD, and for the porch of the house.

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and
understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to
king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and
a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of
the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the
height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one
chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one
network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with
pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily
work in the porch, four cubits.

20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above,
over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates
were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up
the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the
left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished.

23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other:
it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of
thirty cubits did compass it round about.

24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it,
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in
two rows, when it was cast.