1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had 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, he began to build Yahweh’s house. 2 The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. 3 The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house. 4 He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house. 5 Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around. 6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house. 7 The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction. 8 The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, 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 He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.
11 Yahweh’s word came to Solomon, saying, 12 "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. 13 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 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards. 16 He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place. 17 In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long. 18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible. 19 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there. 20 Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. 22 He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 24 Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits. 25 The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26 One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub. 27 He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house. 28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside. 30 He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside. 31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, 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 on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall, 34 and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work. 36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
37 The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv. 38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.
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.