1 Edificou Salomão os seus palácios, levando treze anos para os concluir.

2 Edificou a Casa do Bosque do Líbano, de cem côvados de comprimento, cinquenta de largura e trinta de altura, sobre quatro ordens de colunas de cedro e vigas de cedro sobre as colunas. 3 A cobertura era de cedro, abrangendo as câmaras laterais em número de quarenta e cinco, quinze em cada andar, as quais repousavam sobre colunas. 4 Havia janelas em três ordens e janela oposta a janela em três fileiras. 5 Todas as portas e janelas eram quadradas; e janela oposta a janela em três fileiras.

6 Depois, fez o Salão das Colunas, de cinquenta côvados de comprimento e trinta de largura; e havia um pórtico de colunas defronte dele, um baldaquino.

7 Também fez a Sala do Trono, onde julgava, a saber, a Sala do Julgamento, coberta de cedro desde o soalho até ao teto.

8 A sua casa, em que moraria, fê-la noutro pátio atrás da Sala do Trono, de obra semelhante a esta; também para a filha de Faraó, que tomara por mulher, fez Salomão uma casa semelhante à Sala do Trono.

9 Todas estas construções eram de pedras de valor, cortadas à medida, serradas para o lado de dentro e para o de fora; e isto desde o fundamento até às beiras do teto, e por fora até ao átrio maior. 10 O fundamento era de pedras de valor, pedras grandes; pedras de dez côvados e pedras de oito côvados; 11 por cima delas, pedras de valor, cortadas segundo as medidas, e cedros. 12 Ao redor do grande átrio, havia três ordens de pedras cortadas e uma ordem de vigas de cedro; assim era também o átrio interior da Casa do Senhor e o pórtico daquela casa.

13 Enviou o rei Salomão mensageiros que de Tiro trouxessem Hirão. 14 Era este filho de uma mulher viúva, da tribo de Naftali, e fora seu pai um homem de Tiro que trabalhava em bronze; Hirão era cheio de sabedoria, e de entendimento, e de ciência para fazer toda obra de bronze. Veio ter com o rei Salomão e fez toda a sua obra.

15 Formou duas colunas de bronze; a altura de cada uma era de dezoito côvados, e um fio de doze côvados era a medida de sua circunferência. 16 Também fez dois capitéis de fundição de bronze para pôr sobre o alto das colunas; de cinco côvados era a altura de cada um deles. 17 Havia obra de rede e ornamentos torcidos em forma de cadeia, para os capitéis que estavam sobre o alto das colunas; sete para um capitel e sete para o outro. 18 Fez também romãs em duas fileiras por cima de uma das obras de rede, para cobrir o capitel no alto da coluna; o mesmo fez com o outro capitel. 19 Os capitéis que estavam no alto das colunas eram de obra de lírios, como na Sala do Trono, e de quatro côvados. 20 Perto do bojo, próximo à obra de rede, os capitéis que estavam no alto das duas colunas tinham duzentas romãs, dispostas em fileiras em redor, sobre um e outro capitel. 21 Depois, levantou as colunas no pórtico do templo; tendo levantado a coluna direita, chamou-lhe Jaquim; e, tendo levantado a coluna esquerda, chamou-lhe Boaz. 22 No alto das colunas, estava a obra de lírios. E, assim, se acabou a obra das colunas.

23 Fez também o mar de fundição, redondo, de dez côvados de uma borda até à outra borda, e de cinco de altura; e um fio de trinta côvados era a medida de sua circunferência. 24 Por baixo da sua borda em redor, havia colocíntidas, dez em cada côvado; estavam em duas fileiras, fundidas quando se fundiu o mar. 25 Assentava-se o mar sobre doze bois; três olhavam para o norte, três, para o ocidente, três, para o sul, e três, para o oriente; o mar apoiava-se sobre eles, cujas partes posteriores convergiam para dentro. 26 A grossura dele era de quatro dedos, e a sua borda, como borda de copo, como flor de lírios; comportava dois mil batos.

27 Fez também de bronze dez suportes; cada um media quatro côvados de comprimento, quatro de largura e três de altura; 28 e eram do seguinte modo: tinham painéis, que estavam entre molduras, 29 nos quais havia leões, bois e querubins; nas molduras de cima e de baixo dos leões e dos bois, havia festões pendentes. 30 Tinha cada suporte quatro rodas de bronze e eixos de bronze; os seus quatro pés tinham apoios debaixo da pia, apoios fundidos, e ao lado de cada um havia festões. 31 A boca dos suportes estava dentro de uma guarnição que media um côvado de altura; a boca era redonda como a obra de um pedestal e tinha o diâmetro de um côvado e meio. Também nela havia entalhes, e os seus painéis eram quadrados, não redondos. 32 As quatro rodas estavam debaixo dos painéis, e os eixos das rodas formavam uma peça com o suporte; cada roda era de um côvado e meio de altura. 33 As rodas eram como as de um carro: seus eixos, suas cambas, seus raios e seus cubos, todos eram fundidos. 34 Havia quatro apoios aos quatro cantos de cada suporte, que com este formavam uma peça. 35 No alto de cada suporte, havia um cilindro de meio côvado de altura; também, no alto de cada suporte, os apoios e painéis formavam uma peça só com ele. 36 Na superfície dos seus apoios e dos seus painéis, gravou querubins, leões e palmeiras, segundo o espaço de cada um, com festões ao redor. 37 Deste modo, fez os dez suportes; todos tinham a mesma fundição, o mesmo tamanho e o mesmo entalhe.

38 Também fez dez pias de bronze; em cada uma cabiam quarenta batos, e cada uma era de quatro côvados; sobre cada um dos dez suportes estava uma pia. 39 Pôs cinco suportes à direita da casa e cinco, à esquerda; porém o mar pôs ao lado direito da casa, para o lado sudeste. 40 Depois, fez Hirão os caldeirões, e as pás, e as bacias. Assim, terminou ele de fazer toda a obra para o rei Salomão, para a Casa do Senhor: 41 as duas colunas, os dois globos dos capitéis que estavam no alto das duas colunas; as duas redes, para cobrir os dois globos dos capitéis que estavam ao alto das colunas; 42 as quatrocentas romãs para as duas redes, isto é, duas fileiras de romãs para cada rede, para cobrirem os dois globos dos capitéis que estavam no alto das colunas; 43 os dez suportes e as dez pias sobre eles; 44 o mar com os doze bois por baixo; 45 os caldeirões, as pás, as bacias e todos estes utensílios que fez Hirão para o rei Salomão, para a Casa do Senhor, todos eram de bronze polido. 46 Na planície do Jordão, o rei os fez fundir em terra barrenta, entre Sucote e Zaretã. 47 Deixou Salomão de pesar todos os utensílios pelo seu excessivo número, não se verificando, pois, o peso do seu bronze.

48 Também fez Salomão todos os utensílios do Santo Lugar do Senhor: o altar de ouro e a mesa de ouro, sobre a qual estavam os pães da proposição; 49 os castiçais de ouro finíssimo, cinco à direita e cinco à esquerda, diante do Santo dos Santos; as flores, as lâmpadas e as espevitadeiras, também de ouro; 50 também as taças, as espevitadeiras, as bacias, os recipientes para incenso e os braseiros, de ouro finíssimo; as dobradiças para as portas da casa interior para o Santo dos Santos e as das portas do Santo Lugar do templo, também de ouro.

51 Assim, se acabou toda a obra que fez o rei Salomão para a Casa do Senhor; então, trouxe Salomão as coisas que Davi, seu pai, havia dedicado; a prata, o ouro e os utensílios, ele os pôs entre os tesouros da Casa do Senhor.

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, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

3 And it was covered with cedar above on 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 dwelled had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh' daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like to 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 to 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' 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 worked 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 capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits:

17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other capital.

19 And the capitals that were on the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

20 And the capitals on 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 on the other capital.

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 on 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 on 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 on them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was worked 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 cherubim: and on 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 brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had supports: under the laver were supports molten, at the side of every addition.

31 And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also on the mouth of it were engravings 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 supports to the four corners of one base: and the supports 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 cherubim, 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 on 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 basins. 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 capitals that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on 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 capitals that were on 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 basins: 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 to the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the show bread 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 basins, 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.