1 واما بيته فبناه سليمان في ثلاث عشرة سنة واكمل كل بيته.2 وبنى بيت وعر لبنان طوله مئة ذراع وعرضه خمسون ذراعا وسمكه ثلاثون ذراعا على اربعة صفوف من اعمدة ارز وجوائز ارز على الاعمدة.3 وسقف بارز من فوق على الغرفات الخمس والاربعين التي على الاعمدة. كل صفّ خمس عشرة.4 والسقوف ثلاث طباق وكوّة مقابل كوّة ثلاث مرّات.5 وجميع الابواب والقوائم مربعة مسقوفة ووجه كوّة مقابل كوّة ثلاث مرات.6 وعمل رواق الاعمدة طوله خمسون ذراعا وعرضه ثلاثون ذراعا. ورواقا آخر قدامها واعمدة واسكفّة قدامها.7 وعمل رواق الكرسي حيث يقضي اي رواق القضاء وغشّي بارز من ارض الى سقف.8 وبيته الذي كان يسكنه في دار اخرى داخل الرواق كان كهذا العمل. وعمل بيتا لابنة فرعون التي اخذها سليمان كهذا الرواق.9 كل هذه من حجارة كريمة كقياس الحجارة المنحوتة منشورة بمنشار من داخل ومن خارج من الاساس الى الافريز ومن داخل الى الدار الكبيرة.10 وكان مؤسسا على حجارة كريمة حجارة عظيمة حجارة عشر اذرع وحجارة ثمان اذرع.11 ومن فوق حجارة كريمة كقياس المنحوتة وارز.12 وللدار الكبيرة في مستديرها ثلاثة صفوف منحوتة وصف من جوائز الارز. كذلك دار بيت الرب الداخلية ورواق البيت13 وارسل الملك سليمان واخذ حيرام من صور.14 وهو ابن امرأة ارملة من سبط نفتالي وابوه رجل صوري نحّاس وكان ممتلئا حكمة وفهما ومعرفة لعمل كل عمل في النحاس. فأتى الى الملك سليمان وعمل كل عمله.15 وصوّر العمودين من نحاس طول العمود الواحد ثمانية عشر ذراعا. وخيط اثنتا عشرة ذراعا يحيط بالعمود الآخر.16 وعمل تاجين ليضعهما على راسي العمودين من نحاس مسبوك. طول التاج الواحد خمس اذرع وطول التاج الآخر خمس اذرع.17 وشباكا عملا مشبكا وضفائر كعمل السلاسل للتاجين اللذين على راسي العمودين سبعا للتاج الواحد وسبعا للتاج الآخر.18 وعمل للعمودين صفين من الرمان في مستديرهما على الشبكة الواحدة لتغطية التاج الذي على راس العمود وهكذا عمل للتاج الآخر.19 والتاجان اللذان على راسي العمودين من صيغة السوسن كما في الرواق هما اربع اذرع.20 وكذلك التاجان اللذان على العمودين من عند البطن الذي من جهة الشبكة صاعدا. والرمانات مئتان على صفوف مستديرة على التاج الثاني.21 واوقف العمودين في رواق الهيكل. فاوقف العمود الايمن ودعا اسمه ياكين. ثم اوقف العمود الايسر ودعا اسمه بوعز.22 وعلى راس العمودين صيغة السوسن. فكمل عمل العمودين23 وعمل البحر مسبوكا. عشر اذرع من شفته الى شفته وكان مدورا مستديرا. ارتفاعه خمس اذرع وخيط ثلاثون ذراعا يحيط به بدائره.24 وتحت شفته قثّاء مستديرا تحيط به. عشر للذراع. محيطة بالبحر بمستديره صفّين. القثاء قد سبكت بسبكه.25 وكان قائما على اثني عشر ثورا ثلاثة متوجهة الى الشمال وثلاثة متوجهة الى الغرب وثلاثة متوجهة الى الجنوب وثلاثة متوجهة الى الشرق. والبحر عليها من فوق وجميع اعجازها الى داخل.26 وغلظه شبر وشفته كعمل شفة كاس بزهر سوسن. يسع الفي بث.27 وعمل القواعد العشر من نحاس طول القاعدة الواحدة اربع اذرع وعرضها اربع اذرع وارتفاعها ثلاث اذرع.28 وهذا عمل القواعد. لها اتراس والاتراس بين الحواجب.29 وعلى الاتراس التي بين الحواجب أسود وثيران وكروبيم وكذلك على الحواجب من فوق. ومن تحت الأسود والثيران قلائد زهور عمل مدلّى.30 ولكل قاعدة اربع بكر من نحاس وقطاب من نحاس ولقوائمها الاربع اكتاف والاكتاف مسبوكة تحت المرحضة بجانب كل قلادة.31 وفمها داخل الاكليل ومن فوق ذراع. وفمها مدور كعمل قاعدة ذراع ونصف ذراع. وايضا على فمها نقش. واتراسها مربعة لا مدورة.32 والبكر الاربع تحت الاتراس وخطاطيف البكر في القاعدة وارتفاع البكرة الواحدة ذراع ونصف ذراع.33 وعمل البكر كعمل بكرة مركبة. خطاطيفها وأطرها واصابعها وقبوبها كلها مسبوكة.34 واربع اكتاف على اربع زوايا القاعدة الواحدة واكتاف القاعدة منها.35 واعلى القاعدة مقبّب مستدير على ارتفاع نصف ذراع من اعلى القاعدة. اياديها واتراسها منها.36 ونقش على الواح اياديها وعلى اتراسها كروبيم واسودا ونخيلا كسعة كل واحدة وقلائد زهور مستديرة.37 هكذا عمل القواعد العشر. لجميعها سبك واحد وقياس واحد وشكل واحد.38 وعمل عشر مراحض من نحاس تسع كل مرحضة اربعين بثا. المرحضة الواحدة اربع اذرع. مرحضة واحدة على القاعدة الواحدة للعشر القواعد.39 وجعل القواعد خمسا على جانب البيت الايمن وخمسا على جانب البيت الايسر وجعل البحر على جانب البيت الايمن الى الشرق من جهة الجنوب40 وعمل حيرام المراحض والرفوش والمناضح وانتهى حيرام من جميع العمل الذي عمله للملك سليمان لبيت الرب.41 العمودين وكرتي التاجين اللذين على راسي العمودين والشبكتين لتغطية كرتي التاجين اللذين على راسي العمودين.42 واربع مئة الرمانة التي للشبكتين صفّا رمان للشبكة الواحدة لاجل تغطية كرتي التاجين اللذين على العمودين.43 والقواعد العشر والمراحض العشر على القواعد.44 والبحر الواحد والاثني عشر ثورا تحت البحر.45 والقدور والرفوش والمناضح. وجميع هذه الآنية التي عملها حيرام للملك سليمان لبيت الرب هي من نحاس مصقول.46 في غور الاردن سبكها الملك في ارض الخزف بين سكوت وصرتان.47 وترك سليمان وزن جميع الآنية لانها كثيرة جدا جدا. لم يتحقق وزن النحاس.48 وعمل سليمان جميع آنية بيت الرب المذبح من ذهب والمائدة التي عليها خبز الوجوه من ذهب.49 والمنائر خمسا عن اليمين وخمسا عن اليسار امام المحراب من ذهب خالص والازهار والسرج والملاقط من ذهب.50 والطسوس والمقاصّ والمناضح والصحون والمجامر من ذهب خالص. والوصل لمصاريع البيت الداخلي اي لقدس الاقداس ولابواب البيت اي الهيكل من ذهب.51 واكمل جميع العمل الذي عمله الملك سليمان لبيت الرب. وادخل سليمان اقداس داود ابيه. الفضة والذهب والآنية وجعلها في خزائن بيت الرب

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.