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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, 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 narrow lights.
5 ¶ And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that 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 chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber , and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform 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, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place . 17 And the house, that is , the temple before it, was forty cubits long . 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23 ¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, 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 cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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 cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims 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 entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall . 32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall . 34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 ¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 ¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: 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.
Salomão edifica o templo
2Cr 3.1-91 No ano quatrocentos e oitenta, depois que os filhos de Israel saíram do Egito, Salomão, no quarto ano do seu reinado sobre Israel, no mês de zive, que é o segundo mês, começou a edificar a Casa do Senhor. 2 O templo que o rei Salomão edificou ao Senhor tinha vinte e sete metros de comprimento, nove de largura e treze e meio de altura. 3 O pórtico à entrada do templo media nove metros no sentido da largura do Lugar Santo, contra quatro e meio de fundo. 4 Para o templo, fez janelas de ripas fixas superpostas. 5 Contra a parede do templo, tanto do santuário como do Santo dos Santos, edificou andares ao redor e fez câmaras laterais ao redor. 6 O andar de baixo tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco de largura, o do meio, dois metros e setenta, e o terceiro, três metros e dez. Pela parte de fora do templo ele fez reentrâncias para que as vigas não fossem introduzidas nas paredes.
7 O templo foi construído com pedras já preparadas nas pedreiras, de maneira que, durante a construção, não se ouviu nenhum barulho de martelo, machado ou qualquer outro instrumento de ferro. 8 A porta da câmara do andar térreo ficava no lado sul do templo, e por uma escada se subia ao segundo andar e, deste, ao terceiro. 9 Assim Salomão construiu o templo e o rematou, cobrindo-o com um tabuado de cedro. 10 Os andares que edificou em volta do templo tinham dois metros e vinte e cinco de altura cada um, e estavam ligados ao templo por meio de vigas de cedro.
11 Então a palavra do Senhor veio a Salomão, dizendo:
12 — Quanto a este templo que você está edificando, se você andar nos meus estatutos, e executar os meus juízos, e guardar todos os meus mandamentos, andando neles, cumprirei para com você a minha palavra, a qual falei a Davi, seu pai. 13 E habitarei no meio dos filhos de Israel e não abandonarei o meu povo.
O Santo dos Santos
14 Assim Salomão construiu o templo e o rematou. 15 Também revestiu as paredes do templo por dentro com tábuas de cedro. Desde o soalho até o teto, cobriu as paredes com madeira por dentro; e cobriu o piso do templo com tábuas de cipreste. 16 Revestiu também os nove metros dos fundos do templo com tábuas de cedro, desde o chão até o teto; e esse interior ele constituiu em santuário, a saber, o Santo dos Santos. 17 O Santo Lugar do templo media dezoito metros de comprimento. 18 O cedro do templo por dentro era enfeitado com entalhes de frutos e flores abertas. Tudo era cedro; não se via nenhuma pedra. 19 No mais interior do templo, preparou o Santo dos Santos para nele colocar a arca da aliança do Senhor. 20 O Santo dos Santos tinha nove metros de comprimento, nove de largura e nove de altura; cobriu-o de ouro puro. Cobriu também de ouro o altar de cedro. 21 Por dentro, Salomão revestiu o templo de ouro puro; e fez passar correntes de ouro por dentro do Santo dos Santos, que também havia revestido de ouro. 22 Assim revestiu de ouro todo o interior do templo, e também todo o altar que estava diante do Santo dos Santos.
Os dois querubins
2Cr 3.10-1323 No Santo dos Santos, Salomão fez dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um com quatro metros e meio de altura. 24 Cada asa de um querubim media dois metros e vinte e cinco. Portanto, de uma a outra extremidade de suas asas havia quatro metros e meio. 25 Assim, o outro querubim também era de quatro metros e meio; ambos os querubins tinham a mesma medida e a mesma forma. 26 A altura de um querubim era de quatro metros e meio; e essa era também a altura do outro. 27 Ele pôs os querubins no mais interior do templo. Os querubins estavam de asas estendidas, de maneira que a asa de um tocava numa parede, e a asa do outro tocava na outra parede; e as suas asas no meio da sala tocavam uma na outra. 28 E cobriu de ouro os querubins.
Ornamentação das paredes e das portas
29 Em todas as paredes ao redor do templo, tanto na parte mais interior como na parte exterior, Salomão mandou esculpir entalhes de querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas. 30 Também revestiu de ouro o soalho, tanto na parte mais interior do templo como na parte exterior. 31 Para a entrada do Santo dos Santos, fez uma porta dupla de madeira de oliveira; a verga com as ombreiras formavam uma porta pentagonal. 32 Assim, fabricou de madeira de oliveira duas portas e mandou esculpir nelas entalhes de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas; a estas, como as palmeiras e os querubins, revestiu de ouro. 33 Para a entrada do Santo Lugar, fez batentes de madeira de oliveira; entrada quadrilateral, 34 cujas duas portas eram de madeira de cipreste; e as duas tábuas de cada porta eram dobradiças. 35 E mandou esculpir nelas entalhes de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas e revestiu esses entalhes de ouro.
36 Também edificou o átrio interior de três ordens de pedras cortadas e de uma ordem de vigas de cedro.
37 No quarto ano, no mês de zive, foi lançado o fundamento da Casa do Senhor. 38 E, no décimo primeiro ano, no mês de bul, que é o oitavo mês, o templo foi concluído com todas as suas dependências, tal como devia ser. Salomão levou sete anos para edificá-lo.