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First Book of Kings, Chapter 6

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Chapter 6 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year[a] after the sons of Israel came out from the land of Egypt,1 in the fourth year,2 in the month of Ziv,3 that is, the second month,4 after Solʹo·mon became king over Israel, that he proceeded to build the house to Jehovah.5
  2. And the house that King Solʹo·mon built6 to Jehovah was sixty cubits[b]7 in its length, and twenty in its width, and thirty cubits in its height.8
  3. And the porch9 in front of the temple[c] of the house was twenty cubits in its length, in front of the width of the house. Ten cubits it was in its depth, in front of the house.
  4. ¶ And for the house he went on to make windows of narrowing frames.10
  5. Further, he built against the wall of the house a side structure all around, [against] the walls of the house all around the temple and the innermost room,[d]11 and made side chambers12 all around.
  6. The lowest side chamber[e] was five cubits in its width, and the middle one was six cubits in its width, and the third one was seven cubits in its width; for there were cutbacks13 that he gave to the house all around outside, that it might not have a hold in the walls of the house.14
  7. ¶ As for the house, while it was being built, it was of quarry stone15 already completed that it was built; and as for hammers and axes or any tools of iron, they were not heard in the house16 while it was being built.
  8. The entrance17 of the lowest[f] side chamber was on the right[g] side of the house, and by a winding staircase they would go up to the middle one, and from the middle one up to the third one.
  9. Further, he continued building the house that he might finish it,18 and covered in the house with beams and rows in cedarwood.19
  10. Moreover, he built the side chambers20 against the whole house five cubits in their height, and they had a hold on the house by timbers21 of cedar trees.
  11. ¶ Meantime, the word of Jehovah came to Solʹo·mon,22 saying:23
  12. “As regards this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes24 and perform my judicial decisions25 and actually keep all my commandments by walking in them,26 I also shall certainly carry out my word with you that I spoke to David your father;27
  13. and I shall indeed reside in the middle of the sons of Israel,28 and I shall not leave my people Israel.”29
  14. ¶ And Solʹo·mon continued building the house that he might finish it.30
  15. And he proceeded to build the walls of the house inside it with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house up to the rafters[h] of the ceiling he overlaid it with timber inside; and he went on to overlay the floor of the house with boards of juniper.31
  16. Further, he built twenty cubits at the rear sides of the house with boards of cedar, from the floor up to the rafters, and built for it inside the innermost32 room, the Most Holy.33
  17. And it was forty cubits that the house proved to be, that is, the temple34 in front of it.[i]35
  18. And [the] cedarwood on the house inside was with carvings of gourd-shaped36 ornaments and garlands of blossoms.37 All of it was cedarwood; there was no stone to be seen.
  19. ¶ And the innermost38 room in the interior of the house he prepared inside, to put there the ark39 of the covenant40 of Jehovah.
  20. And the innermost room was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width,41 and twenty cubits in its height; and he proceeded to overlay it with pure gold,42 and to overlay the altar43 with cedarwood.
  21. And Solʹo·mon went on to overlay44 the house inside with pure gold,45 and to make chainwork46 of gold pass across in front of the innermost room,47 and to overlay it with gold.
  22. And the whole house he overlaid with gold,48 until all the house was completed; and all the altar49 that was toward the innermost room he overlaid with gold.50
  23. ¶ Further, he made in the innermost room two cherubs51 of oil-tree wood, ten cubits being the height of each one.52
  24. And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the other wing of the cherub. Ten cubits it was from the tip of his wing to the tip of his wing.53
  25. And the second cherub was ten cubits. The two cherubs had the same measure and the same shape.
  26. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and that was so of the other cherub.
  27. Then he put the cherubs inside the inner house, so that they spread out the wings of the cherubs.54 Thus the wing of the one reached to the wall and the wing of the other cherub was reaching to the other wall; and their wings were toward the middle of the house, reaching wing to wing.55
  28. Moreover, he overlaid the cherubs with gold.56
  29. ¶ And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engraved carvings of cherubs57 and palm-tree figures58 and engravings of blossoms,59 inside and outside;
  30. and the floor60 of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
  31. And the entrance of the innermost room he made with doors61 of oil-tree62 wood: side pillars, doorposts [and] a fifth.
  32. And the two doors were of oil-tree wood, and he carved upon them carvings of cherubs and palm-tree figures and the engravings of blossoms, and he overlaid them with gold; and he proceeded to beat the gold down upon the cherubs and the palm-tree figures.
  33. And that was the way he made for the entrance of the temple, the doorposts of oil-tree wood, foursquare.
  34. And the two doors were of juniper wood.63 The two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots.64
  35. And he carved cherubs and palm-tree figures and engravings of blossoms, and overlaid gold foil upon the representations.65
  36. ¶ And he went on to build the inner66 courtyard with three rows67 of hewn stone and a row of beams of cedarwood.
  37. ¶ In the fourth year the house of Jehovah had its foundation68 laid, in the lunar month of Ziv;69
  38. and in the eleventh year, in the lunar month of Bul,[j] that is, the eighth month, the house was finished70 as regards all its details and all its plan;71 so that he was seven years at building it.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Four hundred and eightieth year,” MSyVg; LXX, “four hundred and fortieth year.”
  2. ^ See App 8A.
  3. ^ “Temple of.” Heb., heh·khalʹ; Gr., na·ouʹ; Lat., temʹplum. Compare 2Ki 20:18 ftn. See Mt 23:16 ftn.
  4. ^ Or, “and to the hindmost chamber.” Heb., welad·devirʹ; Gr., da·birʹ; Sy, “house of the propitiatory cover,” that is, the Most Holy; Lat., o·raʹcu·li, “the oracle,” based on the incorrect theory that the Heb. noun devirʹ was derived from the verb da·varʹ, “to speak.” Compare Coptic ta·bir, “the innermost”; also Arabic dub(u)r, “back.”
  5. ^ “Side chamber,” LXX; M, “side structure.”
  6. ^ “Lowest,” TLXX; MSyVg, “middle.”
  7. ^ “Right,” that is, south, when one faces east.
  8. ^ “Rafters,” by a slight correction; M, “walls.”
  9. ^ “The temple in front of the doors of the oracle (innermost room),” Vg.
  10. ^ See App 8B.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 12:14, 51
  2. ^ 2Ch 3:2
  3. ^ 1Ki 6:37
  4. ^ Nu 1:1
  5. ^ 1Ch 28:12; 29:19
  6. ^ Ac 7:47
  7. ^ 2Ch 3:3
  8. ^ Ezr 6:3
  9. ^ 1Ch 28:11; 2Ch 3:4
  10. ^ Eze 40:16; 41:26
  11. ^ Le 16:2; 2Ch 4:20; 5:7; Heb 9:3
  12. ^ 1Ki 6:10; Eze 41:5, 26
  13. ^ Eze 41:7
  14. ^ Eze 41:6
  15. ^ 1Ki 5:17; 1Pe 2:5
  16. ^ Eph 2:21; 1Pe 2:5
  17. ^ Eze 41:11
  18. ^ 1Ki 6:38
  19. ^ 1Ki 5:6; 6:20; 2Ch 2:8
  20. ^ 1Ki 6:5
  21. ^ Eze 41:6
  22. ^ 1Ch 17:12
  23. ^ Ps 11:4; Pr 15:3
  24. ^ De 6:2; 10:13; 17:19
  25. ^ De 11:1
  26. ^ 1Sa 12:14; 1Ki 8:25; 1Ch 28:9
  27. ^ 2Sa 7:13; 1Ch 22:9
  28. ^ Ex 25:8; Le 26:12; Ps 132:13; 2Co 6:16; Re 21:3
  29. ^ 1Sa 12:22; 1Ch 28:20; Heb 13:5
  30. ^ Ac 7:47
  31. ^ 1Ki 5:8; 2Ch 3:5
  32. ^ 1Ki 6:5; 2Ch 3:8
  33. ^ Heb 9:3
  34. ^ Heb 9:2
  35. ^ 1Ki 6:5
  36. ^ 1Ki 7:24
  37. ^ Ex 25:33; 1Ki 7:26, 49
  38. ^ 1Ki 6:5; Heb 9:3
  39. ^ Ex 40:21; 1Ki 8:6; 2Ch 5:7
  40. ^ Ex 24:7; De 4:13; 9:9; 1Ki 8:9
  41. ^ 1Ki 6:16
  42. ^ 2Ch 3:8
  43. ^ Ex 30:1; 1Ki 7:48
  44. ^ Ex 26:29
  45. ^ 2Ch 3:7
  46. ^ 1Ki 7:17
  47. ^ Ex 26:33
  48. ^ 2Ch 3:7
  49. ^ Ex 40:5
  50. ^ Ex 30:3
  51. ^ Ge 3:24; 2Ki 19:15; 2Ch 3:10; Ps 99:1
  52. ^ 2Ch 5:8
  53. ^ 2Ch 3:11
  54. ^ Ps 80:1; Is 37:16; Heb 9:5
  55. ^ 2Ch 3:12; 5:8
  56. ^ 2Ch 3:10
  57. ^ 2Ki 19:15; 2Ch 3:14
  58. ^ Eze 40:16; 41:18
  59. ^ Ex 25:33; 1Ki 6:18; 7:26
  60. ^ Re 21:21
  61. ^ Jn 10:9; 14:6
  62. ^ 1Ki 6:23
  63. ^ 2Sa 6:5; 1Ki 6:15
  64. ^ Eze 41:24
  65. ^ Eze 41:25
  66. ^ Ex 27:9; 2Ch 4:9; 7:7
  67. ^ 1Ki 7:12; 2Ki 11:15
  68. ^ 1Pe 2:6
  69. ^ 1Ki 6:1; 2Ch 3:2
  70. ^ Ex 40:2; Ezr 6:14
  71. ^ 1Ch 28:11, 12

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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