O palácio de Salomão
1 Salomão também construiu o seu palácio e levou treze anos para terminá-lo. 2-3 O Salão da Floresta do Líbano media quarenta e quatro metros de comprimento por vinte e dois de largura, por treze e meio de altura. Ele tinha três fileiras de colunas de cedro, havendo quinze colunas em cada fileira, com vigas de cedro que se apoiavam nelas. O teto era de cedro, estendendo-se até as despensas, que eram apoiadas pelas colunas. 4 Nas paredes de cada lado havia três fileiras de janelas. 5 Todas as portas e todas as janelas eram quadradas, e as três fileiras de janelas de cada parede ficavam exatamente em frente às fileiras de janelas da parede do outro lado.
6 O Salão das Colunas media vinte e dois metros de comprimento por treze e meio de largura. Ele tinha um pórtico que era coberto e sustentado por colunas.
7 A Sala do Trono, também chamada de Salão do Julgamento, onde Salomão julgava as questões, era forrada de cedro desde o chão até as vigas.
8 Em outro pátio, atrás da Sala do Trono, ficava a casa onde Salomão morava. A construção era do mesmo estilo das outras. Salomão também fez uma casa do mesmo tipo para a sua esposa, a filha do rei do Egito.
9 Todas essas construções e também o grande pátio foram feitos de pedras escolhidas, desde os alicerces até a beira do telhado. As pedras foram preparadas na pedreira e cortadas sob medida, sendo os lados de dentro e de fora cortados com serras. 10 Os alicerces foram feitos com pedras grandes preparadas na pedreira; algumas tinham três metros e meio de comprimento, e outras, quatro metros e meio de comprimento. 11 Por cima delas, foram colocadas pedras caras, cortadas sob medida, e vigas de cedro. 12 O pátio do palácio, o pátio interno do Templo e a sala de entrada do Templo tinham paredes feitas com uma carreira de vigas de cedro para cada três carreiras de pedras cortadas.
A tarefa de Hurã
13 O rei Salomão mandou buscar um homem chamado Hurã, um artífice que morava na cidade de Tiro e que era especialista em trabalhos de bronze. 14 O seu pai, que já havia morrido, era de Tiro e também havia sido artífice especializado em bronze; a sua mãe era da tribo de Naftali. Hurã era um artífice inteligente e capaz. Ele aceitou o convite de Salomão e se encarregou de todo o trabalho em bronze.
As duas colunas de bronze
2Crônicas 3.15-1715 Hurã fundiu duas colunas de bronze, cada uma com oito metros de altura e um metro e setenta de diâmetro, e as colocou na entrada do Templo. 16 Ele fez também dois remates de coluna, cada um com dois metros e vinte de altura, para serem colocados no alto das colunas. 17 O alto de cada coluna era enfeitado com um desenho de correntes entrelaçadas 18 e duas carreiras de romãs feitas de bronze.
19 Os remates das colunas tinham o formato de lírios, mediam um metro e oitenta de altura 20 e foram colocados numa parte redonda que ficava por cima do desenho de correntes. Em cada remate de coluna havia duzentas romãs de bronze colocadas em duas carreiras.
21 Hurã colocou essas duas colunas de bronze na frente da entrada do Templo. A que ficava no lado sul se chamava Jaquim , e a que ficava no lado norte se chamava Boaz . 22 Os remates das colunas em forma de lírios, feitos de bronze, estavam no alto das colunas.
E assim foi terminado o trabalho das colunas.
O tanque de bronze
2Crônicas 4.2-523 Hurã fez um tanque redondo de bronze, com dois metros e vinte de profundidade, quatro metros e quarenta de diâmetro e treze metros e vinte de circunferência. 24 Ao redor da borda de fora do tanque havia duas carreiras de cabaças de bronze que haviam sido fundidas todas em uma só peça junto com o tanque. 25 O tanque se apoiava sobre as costas de doze touros de bronze que olhavam para fora: três olhavam para o norte, três olhavam para o oeste, três olhavam para o sul, e três olhavam para o leste. 26 A grossura das paredes do tanque era de quatro dedos. A sua borda era como a borda de um copo, curvando-se para fora como as pétalas de um lírio. A capacidade do tanque era de mais ou menos quarenta mil litros.
As carretas de bronze
27 Hurã fez também dez carretas de bronze. Cada uma media um metro e oitenta de comprimento, um metro e oitenta de largura e um metro e trinta de altura. 28 Elas foram feitas de painéis quadrados, que eram montados em molduras. 29 Nesses painéis havia figuras de leões, touros e querubins. E, nas molduras acima e abaixo dos leões e dos touros, havia desenhos de espirais em relevo. 30 Cada carreta tinha quatro rodas de bronze, com eixos de bronze. Nos quatro cantos havia apoios de bronze para uma bacia; os apoios eram enfeitados com figuras de espirais em relevo. 31 No alto havia uma guarnição redonda para a bacia. Essa guarnição passava quarenta e cinco centímetros para cima do alto da carreta e dezoito centímetros para baixo, para dentro dela. Ao redor dela havia entalhes. 32 As rodas tinham sessenta e sete centímetros de altura; elas ficavam debaixo dos painéis, e os eixos eram feitos em uma só peça com as carretas. 33 As rodas eram como as rodas de uma carruagem; os seus eixos, bordas, raios e os seus cubos eram todos de bronze. 34 Havia quatro apoios nos cantos, debaixo de cada carreta, os quais formavam uma só peça com a carreta. 35 Havia uma braçadeira de vinte e dois centímetros ao redor do alto de cada carreta; os seus apoios e os painéis formavam uma só peça com a carreta. 36 Os apoios e os painéis eram enfeitados com figuras de querubins, leões e palmeiras, que cobriam todo o espaço que havia; e ao redor dessas figuras havia desenhos em espiral. 37 Foi assim, então, que as carretas foram feitas; todas elas eram iguais, tendo o mesmo tamanho e formato.
38 Hurã fez também dez bacias de bronze, uma para cada carreta. Cada bacia tinha um metro e oitenta de diâmetro, e a sua capacidade era de mais ou menos oitocentos e trinta litros. 39 Ele colocou cinco carretas no lado sul do Templo e as outras cinco no lado norte. O tanque ele colocou no canto sudeste.
Lista resumida dos objetos do Templo
2Crônicas 4.11—5.140-45 Hurã fez também caldeirões, pás e bacias e assim terminou todo o trabalho encomendado pelo rei Salomão para o Templo do Senhor. Esta é a lista do que ele fez:
duas colunas;
dois remates em forma de taças, que ficavam em cima das colunas;
desenhos de correntes entrelaçadas de cada remate;
quatrocentas romãs de bronze, em duas carreiras de cem, ao redor do desenho de cada remate;
dez carretas;
dez bacias;
um tanque;
doze touros que sustentavam o tanque;
caldeirões, pás e bacias.
Todos os objetos destinados ao Templo que Hurã fez para o rei Salomão eram de bronze polido. 46 O rei mandou que tudo fosse feito na fundição, entre Sucote e Sartã, no vale do rio Jordão. 47 Salomão não mandou pesar esses objetos de bronze porque eram muitos, e por isso o seu peso nunca foi calculado.
48 Salomão também mandou fazer para o Templo os seguintes objetos de ouro: o altar; a mesa para os pães oferecidos a Deus; 49 os dez castiçais que ficavam em frente ao Lugar Santíssimo, cinco no lado sul e cinco no lado norte; as flores, as lamparinas e as tenazes; 50 as taças, as tesouras de cortar pavios de lamparinas, as bacias, os pratos para o incenso e os braseiros; as dobradiças para as portas do Lugar Santíssimo e para as portas do Templo que davam para fora. Todos esses objetos foram feitos de ouro.
51 Quando o rei Salomão terminou todo o trabalho do Templo, colocou na sala do tesouro do Templo todas as coisas que Davi, o seu pai, havia separado para o Senhor Deus, isto é, a prata, o ouro e outros objetos.
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.