1 No ano quatrocentos e oitenta, depois de saírem os filhos de Israel do Egito, Salomão, no ano quarto do seu reinado sobre Israel, no mês de zive (este é o mês segundo), começou a edificar a Casa do Senhor. 2 A casa que o rei Salomão edificou ao Senhor era de sessenta côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e trinta de altura. 3 O pórtico diante do templo da casa media vinte côvados no sentido da largura do Lugar Santo, contra dez de fundo. 4 Para a casa, fez janelas de fasquias fixas superpostas. 5 Contra a parede da casa, tanto do santuário como do Santo dos Santos, edificou andares ao redor e fez câmaras laterais ao redor. 6 O andar de baixo tinha cinco côvados de largura, o do meio, seis, e o terceiro, sete; porque, pela parte de fora da casa em redor, fizera reentrâncias para que as vigas não fossem introduzidas nas paredes. 7 Edificava-se a casa com pedras já preparadas nas pedreiras, de maneira que nem martelo, nem machado, nem instrumento algum de ferro se ouviu na casa quando a edificavam. 8 A porta da câmara do meio do andar térreo estava ao lado sul da casa, e por caracóis se subia ao segundo e, deste, ao terceiro. 9 Assim, edificou a casa e a rematou, cobrindo-a com um tabuado de cedro. 10 Os andares que edificou contra a casa toda eram de cinco côvados de altura, e os ligou com a casa com madeira de cedro.

11 Então, veio a palavra do Senhor a Salomão, dizendo: 12 Quanto a esta casa que tu edificas, se andares nos meus estatutos, e executares os meus juízos, e guardares todos os meus mandamentos, andando neles, cumprirei para contigo a minha palavra, a qual falei a Davi, teu pai. 13 E habitarei no meio dos filhos de Israel e não desampararei o meu povo.

14 Assim, edificou Salomão a casa e a rematou. 15 Também revestiu as paredes da casa por dentro com tábuas de cedro; desde o soalho da casa até ao teto, cobriu com madeira por dentro; e cobriu o piso da casa com tábuas de cipreste. 16 Da mesma sorte, revestiu também os vinte côvados dos fundos da casa com tábuas de cedro, desde o soalho até ao teto; e esse interior ele constituiu em santuário, a saber, o Santo dos Santos. 17 Era, pois, o Santo Lugar do templo de quarenta côvados. 18 O cedro da casa por dentro era lavrado de colocíntidas e flores abertas; tudo era cedro, pedra nenhuma se via. 19 No mais interior da casa, preparou o Santo dos Santos para nele colocar a arca da Aliança do Senhor. 20 Era o Santo dos Santos de vinte côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e vinte de altura; cobriu-o de ouro puro. Cobriu também de ouro o altar de cedro. 21 Por dentro, Salomão revestiu a casa de ouro puro; e fez passar cadeias de ouro por dentro do Santo dos Santos, que também cobrira de ouro. 22 Assim, cobriu de ouro toda a casa, inteiramente, e também todo o altar que estava diante do Santo dos Santos.

23 No Santo dos Santos, fez dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um da altura de dez côvados. 24 Cada asa de um querubim era de cinco côvados; dez côvados havia, pois, de uma a outra extremidade de suas asas. 25 Assim, também era de dez côvados o outro querubim; ambos mediam o mesmo e eram da mesma forma. 26 A altura de um querubim era de dez côvados; e assim a do outro. 27 Pôs os querubins no mais interior da casa; 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 casa tocavam uma na outra. 28 E cobriu de ouro os querubins.

29 Nas paredes todas, tanto no mais interior da casa como no seu exterior, lavrou, ao redor, entalhes de querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas. 30 Também cobriu de ouro o soalho, tanto no mais interior da casa como no seu exterior. 31 Para entrada do Santo dos Santos, fez folhas de madeira de oliveira; a verga com as ombreiras formavam uma porta pentagonal. 32 Assim, fabricou de madeira de oliveira duas folhas e lavrou nelas entalhes de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas; a estas, como as palmeiras e os querubins, cobriu de ouro. 33 Fez, para entrada do Santo Lugar, ombreiras de madeira de oliveira; entrada quadrilateral, 34 cujas duas folhas eram de madeira de cipreste; e as duas tábuas de cada folha eram dobradiças. 35 E as lavrou de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas e as cobriu de ouro acomodado ao lavor.

36 Também edificou o átrio interior de três ordens de pedras cortadas e de uma ordem de vigas de cedro. 37 No ano quarto, se pôs o fundamento da Casa do Senhor, no mês de zive. 38 E, no ano undécimo, no mês de bul, que é o oitavo, se acabou esta casa com todas as suas dependências, 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' 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 three score 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 ax 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 you are in building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with you, which I spoke to David your 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 ceiling: 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 cherubim 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 to 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 size.

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 they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, 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 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 floors 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 on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim, and on 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 cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted on 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.