1 E começou Salomão a edificar a casa do SENHOR em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde o SENHOR aparecera a Davi seu pai, no lugar que Davi tinha preparado na eira de Ornã, o jebuseu.

2 E começou a edificar no segundo mês, no segundo dia, no ano quarto do seu reinado.

3 E estes foram os fundamentos que Salomão pôs para edificar a casa de Deus: o comprimento em côvados, segundo a primeira medida, era de sessenta côvados, e a largura de vinte côvados.

4 E o pátio, que estava na frente, tinha vinte côvados de comprimento, segundo a largura da casa, e a altura era de cento e vinte; e por dentro o revestiu com ouro puro.

5 E a casa grande forrou com madeira de faia; e então a revestiu com ouro fino; e fez sobre ela palmas e cadeias.

6 Também a casa adornou de pedras preciosas, para ornamento; e o ouro era ouro de Parvaim.

7 Também na casa revestiu, com ouro, as traves, os umbrais, as suas paredes e as suas portas; e lavrou querubins nas paredes.

8 Fez mais a casa do lugar santíssimo, cujo comprimento, segundo a largura da casa, era de vinte côvados, e também a largura de vinte côvados; e revestiu-a de ouro fino, do peso de seiscentos talentos.

9 O peso dos pregos era de cinqüenta siclos de ouro; e as câmaras cobriu de ouro.

10 Também fez na casa do lugar santíssimo dois querubins de obra móvel, e cobriu-os de ouro.

11 E, quanto às asas dos querubins, o seu comprimento era de vinte côvados; a asa de um deles, de cinco côvados, e tocava na parede da casa; e a outra asa de cinco côvados, e tocava na asa do outro querubim.

12 Também a asa do outro querubim era de cinco côvados, e tocava na parede da casa; era também a outra asa de cinco côvados, que tocava na asa do outro querubim.

13 E as asas destes querubins se estendiam vinte côvados; e estavam postos em pé, e os seus rostos virados para a casa.

14 Também fez o véu de azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino; e pôs sobre ele querubins;

15 Fez também, diante da casa, duas colunas de trinta e cinco côvados de altura; e o capitel, que estava sobre cada uma, era de cinco côvados.

16 Também fez cadeias no oráculo, e as pôs sobre as cabeças das colunas; fez também cem romãs, as quais pôs entre as cadeias.

17 E levantou as colunas diante do templo, uma à direita, e outra à esquerda; e chamou o nome da que estava à direita Jaquim, e o nome da que estava à esquerda Boaz.

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.