1 And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
2 And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;
3 and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4 And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.
5 And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.
6 And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.
7 And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. And he made, like to this porch, a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken.
9 All these {buildings} were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.
10 And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
11 And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.
12 And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and 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 full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.
15 And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.
16 And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;
17 {and} nets of checker-work, wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.
18 And he made pomegranates, namely two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and so he did for the other capital.
19 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work {as} in the porch, four cubits.
20 And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, {also} on the other capital.
21 And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work; and the work of the pillars was finished.
23 And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.
24 And under the brim of it round about there were colocynths, encompassing it, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about; two rows of colocynths, cast when it was cast.
25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
26 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand baths.
27 And he made ten bases of brass: four cubits was the length of one base, and the breadth four cubits, and the height three cubits.
28 And the work of the bases was this: they had panels, and the panels were between the fillets.
29 And on the panels that were between the fillets were lions, oxen and cherubim; and over the fillets there was a base above; and beneath the lions and oxen were garlands of festoon-work.
30 And every base had four wheels of brass, and axles of brass; and on its four corners were shoulder-pieces: under the laver were shoulder-pieces molten, behind every garland.
31 And the mouth of it within the crown and above was a cubit; and its mouth was rounded, {as} the work of the base, a cubit and a half; and also upon its mouth was sculpture; but their panels were square, not round.
32 And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.
34 And there were four shoulder-pieces to the four corners of one base; of the base itself were its shoulder-pieces.
35 And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.
36 And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its panels cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space upon each; and garlands were round about.
37 After this {manner} he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, one form.
38 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
39 And he put the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.
40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls. So Hiram ended doing all the work that he made for king Solomon {for} the house of Jehovah:
41 two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
42 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars;
43 and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
44 and one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls. And all these things, which Hiram made king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, were of bright brass.
46 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.
47 And Solomon left all the vessels {unweighed} from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
48 And Solomon made all the vessels that were {in} the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;
49 and the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
50 and the basons, and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, for the folding-doors of the inner house, the most holy place, {and} for the doors of the house, of the temple.
51 And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
1 Salomão levou treze anos a terminar a construção do seu palácio.
2 Edificou primeiro a Casa da Floresta do Líbano, que tinha cem côvados de comprimento, cinqüenta de largo e trinta de alto, repousando sobre quatro fileiras de colunas de cedro, com traves de cedro sobre as colunas.
3 Forrou de cedro o teto dos quartos, que se apoiavam nas colunas, em número de quarenta e cinco, ou seja, quinze colunas por fileira.
4 Havia três fileiras de quartos, cujas janelas se correspondiam três vezes.
5 Todas as portas e suas vigas eram retangulares, e as janelas se correspondiam três vezes.
6 Fez um pórtico de colunas, com cinqüenta côvados de comprido e trinta de largo, precedido de um segundo pórtico de colunas com degraus.
7 Salomão mandou fazer a sala do trono, onde estava o tribunal, o pórtico do juízo, e revestiu-o de cedro desde o pavimento até ao teto.
8 Sua residência, construída no segundo pátio, atrás do pórtico, era de trabalho semelhante. Enfim, mandou construir para a filha do faraó, que ele tinha desposado, uma casa do mesmo gênero que este pórtico.
9 Todas essas construções eram feitas com pedras escolhidas, talhadas sob medida, e serradas tanto por dentro como por fora, desde os fundamentos até o alto das cornijas, inclusive o muro do grande pátio.
10 Os fundamentos eram também feitos de pedras escolhidas de grande dimensão, pedras de dez e de oito côvados.
11 Por cima havia ainda pedras escolhidas, talhadas sob medida, e traves de cedro.
12 O muro, que cercava o grande pátio, tinha três ordens de pedras talhadas e uma fileira de vigas de cedro, assim como no pátio interior do templo do Senhor e no pórtico do palácio.
13 O rei Salomão mandara vir de Tiro um homem que trabalhava em bronze, Hirão,
14 filho de uma viúva da tribo de Neftali, cujo pai era de Tiro. Hirão era talentoso, cheio de inteligência e habilidade para fazer toda espécie de trabalhos em bronze. Apresentou-se ao rei Salomão e executou todos os seus trabalhos.
15 Fez duas colunas de bronze: a primeira tinha dezoito côvados de altura; a sua periferia media-se com um fio de doze côvados. Tinham quatro dedos de espessura e eram ocas. A segunda coluna era semelhante a esta.
16 Fundiu dois capitéis para pô-los no alto das colunas; ambos tinham cinco côvados de altura,
17 e eram ornados de redes de malhas e grinaldas em forma de cadeias; havia sete grinaldas para cada capitel.
18 Dispôs em círculo ao redor de cada uma das malhas duas fileiras de romãs, para ornar cada um dos capitéis que cobriam as colunas.
19 Os capitéis, que sobremontavam as colunas no pórtico, tinham a forma de lírios, com quatro côvados de altura.
20 Os capitéis colocados sobre as duas colunas elevavam-se acima da parte mais grossa da coluna, além da rede; em volta dos dois capitéis, havia duzentas romãs dispostas em círculo.
21 Hirão levantou as colunas no pórtico do templo; a coluna direita, que chamou Jaquin, e a esquerda, que chamou Boaz.
22 Por cima das colunas pôs um trabalho em forma de lírio. E assim foi acabada a obra das colunas.
23 Hirão fez também o mar de bronze, que tinha dez côvados de uma borda à outra, perfeitamente redondo, e com altura de cinco côvados; sua circunferência media-se com um fio de trinta côvados.
24 Por baixo de sua borda havia coloquíntidas em número de dez por côvado; elas rodeavam o mar, dispostas em duas ordens, formando com o mar uma só peça.
25 Este apoiava-se sobre doze bois, dos quais três olhavam para o norte, três para o ocidente, três para o sul e três para o oriente. O mar repousava sobre eles, e suas ancas estavam para o lado de dentro.
26 A espessura do mar era de um palmo; sua borda assemelhava-se à de um copo em forma de lírio; sua capacidade era de dois mil batos.
27 Fez também duas bases de bronze, tendo cada uma quatro côvados de comprimento, quatro de largura e três de altura.
28 Eis como eram feitas essas bases: eram formadas de painéis e enquadradas de molduras.
29 Nos painéis enquadrados de molduras, havia leões, bois e querubins, assim como nas travessas igualmente. Por cima e por baixo dos leões e dos bois pendiam grinaldas em forma de festões.
30 Cada base tinha quatro rodas de bronze, com seus eixos de bronze, e nos quatro cantos havia suportes fundidos que sustinham a bacia, os quais estavam por baixo das grinaldas.
31 A abertura para a bacia era no interior dos suportes, e os ultrapassava de um côvado de altura; era cilíndrica e seu diâmetro era de um côvado e meio; e era também ornada de esculturas. Os painéis eram quadrados e não redondos.
32 Debaixo destes estavam as quatro rodas, cujos eixos eram fixados à base. Cada roda tinha um côvado e meio de altura,
33 e era feita como as de um carro. Eixos, cambas, raios e cubos, tudo era fundido.
34 Nos quatro ângulos de cada base encontravam-se quatro suportes que faziam parte da mesma base.
35 A parte superior da base era de forma circular, tendo meio côvado de altura; seus esteios formavam com os painéis uma só peça.
36 Nas placas dos seus esteios e dos painéis assim como no espaço livre entre estas, esculpiu querubins, leões, palmas e grinaldas circulares.
37 Desse modo fez as dez bases, todas do mesmo molde, da mesma dimensão e modelo.
38 Fez também dez bacias de bronze, contendo cada uma quarenta batos. Cada uma tinha quatro côvados e repousava sobre um dos dez pedestais.
39 Pôs cinco pedestais do lado direito do templo e cinco do lado esquerdo. O mar foi colocado do lado direito do edifício, para o sudoeste.
40 Hirão fez também caldeirões, pás e bacias. Hirão concluiu, pois, toda a obra que o rei Salomão lhe mandara fazer para o templo do Senhor:
41 duas colunas, dois capitéis esféricos para o alto das colunas, duas redes para cobrir os capitéis esféricos que estão sobre as colunas;
42 quatrocentas romãs para as redes, duas fileiras de romãs para cada rede, para cobrir os dois capitéis esféricos que estão no alto das colunas;
43 dez pedestais e dez bacias sobre os pedestais;
44 o mar, único, com os doze bois por baixo do mar;
45 os caldeirões, pás e bacias. Todos esses objetos que Hirão fez por ordem do rei Salomão para o templo do Senhor, eram de bronze polido.
46 O rei mandou-os fundir na planície do Jordão, numa terra argilosa, entre Socot e Sartã.
47 Era tão grande o número desses objetos, que Salomão não pesou o bronze.
48 Salomão mandou ainda fabricar todos os utensílios que estariam no templo do Senhor: o altar de ouro, a mesa de ouro sobre a qual se colocavam os pães de proposição;
49 os candelabros de ouro fino, cinco à direita e cinco à esquerda, diante do santuário, com as flores, as lâmpadas e as espevitadeiras de ouro,
50 os copos, as facas, as bacias, as colheres e os cinzeiros de ouro fino, e os gonzos de ouro para os batentes da porta do santuário, o Santo dos Santos, e da porta do templo, o Santo.
51 Assim foram concluídos todos os trabalhos empreendidos pelo rei Salomão para o templo do Senhor. E Salomão mandou então que se trouxesse tudo o que Davi, seu pai, tinha consagrado: a prata, o ouro e os utensílios, e colocou-os nas reservas do templo do Senhor.