825 - Solomon Builds the Temple

Solomon Builds the Temple


It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year, of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple, of the Lord. 


This was 480 years, after the people of Israel, were rescued from their slavery, in the land of Egypt. 


The Temple, that King Solomon built, for the Lord, was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 


The entry room, at the front, of the Temple, was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width, of the Temple. 


It projected outward 15 feet, from the front of the Temple. 


Solomon also made narrow recessed windows, throughout the Temple. 


He built a complex of rooms, against the outer walls, of the Temple, all the way around the sides …and the rear, of the building. 


The complex was three stories high, …the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, …the second floor 9 feet wide, …and the top floor 10½ feet wide. 


The rooms were connected, to the walls of the Temple, by beams… resting on ledges, built out from the wall. 


So, the beams were not inserted, into the walls themselves. 


The stones, used in the construction of the Temple, were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool, at the building site. 


The entrance, to the bottom floor, was on the south side, of the Temple. 


There were winding stairs …going up to the second floor, …and another flight of stairs, between the second and third floors. 


After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks. 


As already stated, he built a complex of rooms, along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls, by cedar timbers. 


Each story, of the complex, was 7½ feet high. 


Then, the Lord gave this message to Solomon: 


“Concerning this Temple, that you are building, if you keep all My decrees and regulations …and obey all My commands, I will fulfill, through you, the promise I made to your father, David. 


I will live among the Israelites …and I will never abandon My people, Israel.” 


1 Kings 6:1–13 (NLT)


Praise be to God!


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