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 And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a 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 over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row. 4 And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks. 6 And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them. 7 And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor. 8 And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.

9 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto 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, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood. 12 And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow 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 skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about. 16 And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon 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 There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. 18 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital. 19 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other capital. 21 And he set up the pillars at 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 the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast 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 upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was a handbreadth thick: and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.

27 And he made the 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 panels; and there were panels between the ledges; 29 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each. 31 And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in 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 felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same. 36 And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.

38 And he made 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 set the bases, five 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, toward 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 wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah: 41 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 42 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars; 43 and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; 44 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea; 45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished brass. 46 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold; 49 and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.

51 Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.

2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, "with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.

3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns —forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.

4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.

5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. [^2]

6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. "In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. [^4]

8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.

9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces.

10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits "and some eight. [^6]

11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico.

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, [^7]

14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. [^8]

16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits "high.

17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital.

18 He made pomegranates in two rows "encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. "He did the same for each capital.

19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits "high.

20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around.

21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin "and the one to the north Boaz. [^14]

22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.

23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits "to measure around it.

24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it —ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.

26 It was a handbreadth "in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. [^17]

27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. [^18]

28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.

29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim —and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.

30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side.

31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit "deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. "Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round.

32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half.

33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand.

35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit "deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand.

36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around.

37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths "and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.

39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

40 He also made the pots "and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the LORD:

41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls. All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of burnished bronze.

46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.

47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD's temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated —the silver and gold and the furnishings —and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple.