1 No ano quatrocentos e oitenta depois que saíram da terra do Egito os filhos de Israel, no quarto ano do reinado de Salomão sobre Israel, no mês de Zive, que é o segundo mês, começou-se a edificar a casa de Jeová.

2 A casa que Salomão edificou para Jeová, tinha sessenta cúbitos de comprido, vinte de largo e trinta de alto.

3 O pórtico diante do templo da casa estendia-se por vinte cúbitos no sentido da largura da casa, e projetava-se por dez cúbitos à frente da mesma.

4 Para a casa fez janelas de gelosias fixas.

5 Contra a parede da casa, tanto do templo como do oráculo, edificou andares ao redor e fez câmaras laterais ao redor:

6 o andar de baixo tinha cinco cúbitos de largo, o do meio seis e o terceiro sete, porque pelo lado de fora na parede da casa fez encostas, para que as vigas não estribassem nas paredes da casa.

7 Ao edificar-se a casa, empregavam-se pedras preparadas na pedreira; não se ouviu na casa martelo, nem machado nem instrumento algum de ferro, enquanto ela se edificava.

8 A porta para as câmaras laterais do meio estava à banda direita da casa; subiam por uma escada para o andar do meio, e do andar do meio para o terceiro.

9 Assim edificou a casa e a acabou, cobrindo-a com traves e pranchas de cedro.

10 Os andares que edificou contra a casa toda eram de cinco cúbitos de altura, e os ligou à casa com madeira de cedro.

11 Então veio a palavra de Jeová a Salomão, dizendo:

12 Quanto a esta casa que tu estás edificando, se andares nos meus estatutos, e executares os meus juízos, e guardares todos os meus mandamentos, andando neles; estabelecerei contigo a minha palavra que falei a Davi, teu pai.

13 Habitarei no meio dos filhos de Israel, e não abandonarei o meu povo de Israel.

14 Salomão edificou a casa, e acabou-a.

15 Guarneceu as paredes da casa por dentro com tábuas de cedro, cobrindo-as por dentro com madeiras desde o soalho da casa até as traves do teto. Também cobriu o soalho com tábuas de cipreste.

16 Do fundo da casa a vinte cúbitos fez com tábuas de cedro uma divisão desde o soalho até as traves; e preparou-a por dentro para o oráculo, para o santo dos santos.

17 A casa, isto é, o templo fronteiro ao oráculo, tinha quarenta cúbitos de comprido.

18 A casa por dentro estava forrada de cedro, lavrado de botões e de flores abertas: tudo era cedro; não se via pedra.

19 No meio da casa na parte mais interior preparou um oráculo, para pôr nele a arca da aliança de Jeová.

20 Dentro do oráculo havia um espaço de vinte cúbitos de comprimento, vinte de largura e vinte de altura, que cobriu de ouro puro. Cobriu de cedro o altar.

21 Salomão cobriu também de ouro puro a casa por dentro; e fez passar cadeias de ouro por dentro do oráculo, que cobriu de ouro.

22 Cobriu inteiramente de ouro a casa toda; também cobriu de ouro o altar todo que pertencia ao oráculo.

23 No oráculo fez dois querubins de pau de oliveira, cada um tendo dez cúbitos de alto.

24 Uma asa do querubim tinha cinco cúbitos, e a outra tinha cinco; desde a extremidade duma asa até a extremidade da outra havia dez cúbitos.

25 O outro querubim também tinha dez cúbitos: ambos os querubins eram da mesma medida e da mesma forma.

26 Um querubim tinha dez cúbitos de alto, assim também o outro.

27 Pôs os querubins dentro da casa interior; as asas dos querubins estendiam-se, de sorte que a dum tocava numa parede, e a do outro tocavam noutra parede; e as suas asas tocavam uma a outra no meio da casa.

28 Cobriu de ouro os querubins.

29 Em volta de todas as paredes da casa, tanto na divisão mais interior como na mais exterior, fez de entalhe querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas.

30 Também cobriu de ouro o soalho da casa, tanto na divisão mais interior como na mais exterior.

31 Para a entrada do oráculo fez de pau de oliveira portas: a verga da porta e as umbreiras constituiam a quinta parte da parede.

32 Assim fabricou de pau de oliveira duas portas; e nelas fez de entalhe querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas, que cobriu de ouro. Também estendeu o ouro sobre os querubins e sobre as palmeiras.

33 Assim para a entrada do templo fez também de pau de oliveira umbreiras que constituiam a quarta parte da parede;

34 e de madeira de cipreste fez duas portas. As duas folhas de cada porta fechavam-se uma sobre outra.

35 Nelas esculpiu querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas; e cobriu-as de ouro ajustado às figuras entalhadas.

36 Edificou o átrio interior de três ordens de pedras lavradas, e duma ordem de vigas de cedro.

37 Lançou-se o fundamento da casa de Jeová no quarto ano, no mês de Zive.

38 No undécimo ano, no mês de Bul, que é o oitavo mês, foi acabada a casa em todas as suas partes, e tal como devia ser. Levou Salomão sete anos para edificá-la.

1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work. 5 And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about. 6 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11 And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. 18 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 20 And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

23 And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees. 33 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall; 34 and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. 36 And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.