5. And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, [even] the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.
6. The lowest couch, five by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit [is] its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without--not to lay hold on the walls of the house.
7. And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought [thither] hath been built, and hammer, and the axe--any instrument of iron--was not heard in the house, in its being built.
8. The opening of the middle side [is] at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third.
9. And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.
10. And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits [is] its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.
11. And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying,
12. `This house that thou art building--if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,
13. and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'
14. And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;
15. and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir.
16. And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
17. And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].
18. And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.
19. And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
20. And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits [is] its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.
21. And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth [it] to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.