1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for 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 filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.

23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, 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 set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to 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 axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases 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 basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

1 所罗门为自己建造宫殿花了十三年才完成。

2 他又建造黎巴嫩林宫， 长四十四公尺， 宽二十二公尺， 高十三公尺半。有四行香柏木的柱子， 柱子上有香柏木的横梁。

3 柱子每行十五根， 共四十五根； 柱子上有厢房， 是用香柏木盖屋顶的。

4 有窗框三行， 窗与窗相对， 共有三层。

5 所有的门和窗都有四方的框子， 有窗三层， 窗与窗相对。

6 他又建造柱廊， 长二十二公尺， 宽十三公尺半。在柱廊前有廊子， 在廊子前又有柱子和台阶。

7 又建造王室座廊， 就是审判廊， 他在这里执行审判。由地板到天花板， 都贴上香柏木板。

8 所罗门自己住的宫殿， 是在廊后的另一个院内， 建造法相同。他又为他娶法老的女儿建造一座宫院， 建法与这廊子一样。

9 从根基到屋檐， 从外院到大院， 这一切都是用贵重的石块， 按尺寸凿好， 用锯子内外锯齐的石块建成的。

10 根基也都是用贵重的大石块； 有长四公尺的， 也有长三公尺半的。

11 上面有按着尺寸凿好的贵重石块和香柏木。

12 大院的周围有凿好的石头三层， 香柏木一层， 与耶和华的内院和殿廊一样。

13 所罗门王派人去把户兰从推罗接来。

14 户兰是拿弗他利支派中一个寡妇的儿子； 他父亲是推罗人， 是个铜匠。户兰满有智慧、聪明和知识， 能作各样铜工； 他来到所罗门王那里， 作王的一切工作。

15 他铸造了两根铜柱， 每根高八公尺， 圆周五公尺三公寸。

16 他又用铜铸造了两个柱顶， 安放在柱头上， 每个柱顶高两公尺两公寸。

17 他又为柱头上的柱头顶做了两块网子和辫结成的链子， 每个柱顶有七块。

18 他又做了两行石榴围绕在柱头上， 柱顶的网子上， 两个柱顶都是这样。

19 廊子里柱头上的柱顶， 刻有百合花细工。

20 两根柱子上柱顶的鼓肚上， 网子旁边， 各有石榴二百个， 分两行环绕着。

21 他把这两根柱子竖立在殿廊的前面。竖立在南边的柱子， 他起名叫雅斤； 竖立在北面的柱子， 起名叫波阿斯。

22 在柱子的上头刻有百合花的细工。这样， 做柱子的工作就完成了。

23 他又铸造了一座圆形的铜海， 从这边到那边四公尺四公寸， 高两公尺两公寸， 圆周十三公尺两公寸。

24 在铜海边缘以下有匏瓜围绕着， 每四十五公分十个。匏瓜共有两行， 是铸造铜海的时候， 一并铸造上去的。

25 铜海安放在十二头铜牛背上， 三头向北， 三头向西， 三头向南， 三头向东， 铜海是在铜牛之上， 牛尾都向内。

26 铜海厚七公分半， 边缘好像杯子的边缘， 又好像百合花蕾， 能盛水四万公升。

27 他又做了十个铜盆座； 每个长一公尺八公寸， 宽一公尺八公寸， 高一公尺三公寸。

28 盆座的做法是这样： 盆座有数边， 各边都连接在盆架中。

29 在盆架间的各边上， 有狮子、牛和基路伯。盆架上有座， 狮子和牛的上下都有花纹的浮雕。

30 每个盆座都有四个铜轮和铜轴， 在盆座以下的四脚上有铸成的支架， 各边都刻有花纹。

31 盆座的口从内缘到顶， 高四十五公分。盆口作圆形， 照盆架上那座的样式， 直径六十六公分。盆口的边上也有雕刻， 盆座的边是四方形， 不是圆形的。

32 盆座的四个轮子是在盆边的下面， 轮座与轴相接， 每个轮子高六十六公分。

33 轮子的形状， 好像车轮的做法， 轮轴、轮辋、轮辐、轮毂都是铸成的。

34 每一个盆座的四角都有四个支架； 支架是与盆座一块铸成的。

35 盆座顶上有一个圆圈， 高二十二公分； 在盆座顶的座的撑子和边缘是与座一块铸成的。

36 又在撑子和边缘的上面刻有基路伯、狮子和棕树， 又在各空处， 周围刻上花纹。

37 他这样做了十个盆座， 铸法、尺寸和样式都是相同的。

38 他又做了十个铜盆， 每个铜盆能盛水八百公升； 每个铜盆的直径都是一公尺八公寸。在十个盆座上， 每个都安放一个铜盆。

39 他把五个盆座放在殿的南边， 五个放在殿的北边， 又把铜海放在殿的南边， 就是靠东南角的地方。

40 户兰又做了盆子、铲子和碗。这样， 户兰为所罗门王完成了在耶和华的殿里所要作的一切工程。

41 所做的就是两根柱子和在柱子顶上碗形的柱顶； 两块遮盖柱子顶上碗形柱顶的网子；

42 在两块网子上的四百个石榴， 每块网子上有两行石榴， 遮盖在柱子上头两个碗形的柱顶；

43 十个盆座和盆座上的十个铜盆；

44 一个铜海和铜海下的十二头铜牛；

45 锅、铲子和盘子。以上这一切器皿都是户兰为所罗门在耶和华的殿里用磨亮的铜做成的。

46 是王在约旦平原， 在疏割与撒拉之间用泥模铸造的。

47 这一切器皿所罗门都没有称算过； 由于数量太多， 铜的重量也无法估计。

48 所罗门又做了耶和华殿里的一切器具， 就是金坛和放陈设饼的桌子，

49 内殿前面的精金灯台， 右边五行， 左边五行； 还有金花、金灯盏，

50 精金的碗盆、烛剪、盘子、调羹和火鼎， 内殿至圣所的门框和外殿的门枢。

51 这样， 所罗门为耶和华的殿所作的一切工程都完成了。所罗门把他父亲大卫分别为圣的金银和器皿， 都运了来， 存放在耶和华殿的库房里。