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Solomon Build Da Temple
(1 Kings 6:1-29)
1 ✡Den Solomon start fo build da Temple Fo Da One In Charge inside Jerusalem on top Mount Moriah. Dass da same place wea Da One In Charge wen let Solomon faddah David see um befo time. Az was da same open place wea Araunah da Jebus guy split da wheat from da junk kine stuff, da place wea David wen make ready fo build da temple ova dea. 2 Solomon guys start fo build um, da year numba four, da month numba two, day numba two afta Solomon come king.
3 Da foundation Solomon put fo da temple fo God was ninety feet long an thirty feet wide, da way dey measure um long time befo time. 4 Da lanai in front da whole temple was thirty feet wide an thirty feet high. Da inside a da lanai, he put gold walls an ceiling.
5 Solomon make da inside walls fo da main temple hall with juniper wood, an he put pichas a date palm trees an chains on top um. 6 He put jewel stones dat cost plenny all ova inside da temple fo make um look nice. An da gold he use, az da kine gold from da Parvaim land. 7 He put gold all ova da wood beams fo da roof, da doors an door frames, an da walls. On top da walls he cut pichas a da tings dat stay alive an go ery place God go.
8 ✡He build da Real Real Spesho Place square wit how wide da Temple, thirty feet long an thirty feet wide. Da real good kine gold he put all ova da walls, weigh bout twenny-three ton. 9 Da gold nails all weigh bout one poun four ounce. Da walls fo da rooms upstairs get gold on top um too.
10 ✡Fo inside da Real Real Spesho Place he melt metal fo make statues a two a da tings dat stay alive an go ery place God go. Dey put gold on top um. 11 Da wings a da two statues a da tings dat stay alive an go ery place God go, togedda make thirty feet. One wing fo da firs statue was seven an one half feet long, an touch da temple wall. Da odda wing was seven an one half feet long, an touch da odda statue wing. 12 Same ting, one wing fo da statue numba two was seven an one half feet long, an touch da temple wall. Da odda wing was seven an one half feet long, an touch da firs statue wing. 13 Az how da statue wings togedda make thirty feet. Da statues a da tings dat stay alive an go ery place God go, stan on top dea feets, an dea faces look at da main room.
14 ✡He make da curtain from da blue, purple, an red wool thread, an real fancy linen cloth. Get pichas a da tings dat stay alive an go ery place God go, dat dey embroida wit needle an thread.
15 In front da temple he make two poses. Dey 52 feet tall, an dey get one top plate seven an one half feet high. 16 He make tings dat look jalike nets from chains dat go inside each odda, an put um on top da poses. An he make tings dat look jalike one hundred pomagrams, an put um wit da chains. 17 He stan da poses up in front da temple, one on da south side a da door an one on da north side a da door. He give um names: Jakin fo da south side pos, dat mean “he make solid,” an Boaz fo da north side pos, dat mean “wit him, strong.”
✡ 3:1 3:1: Start 22:22 ✡ 3:8 3:8: Outa 26:33-34 ✡ 3:10 3:10: Outa 25:18-20 ✡ 3:14 3:14: Outa 26:31