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’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

2 As for the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

3 And the porch in front of 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 in front of 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 inner sanctuary: and he made chambers round about:

6 The lowest chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for outside in the wall of the house he made narrowed ledges round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

7 And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.

8 The door for the lowest 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 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 unto 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 inside 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 inside, even for the inner sanctuary, 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 inside was carved with knobs and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19 And the inner sanctuary he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

20 And the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and also covered the altar which was of cedar.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the inner sanctuary; 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 inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

23 And within the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, 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 tip of the one wing unto the tip 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, in the inner and outer rooms.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, in the inner and outer rooms.

31 And for the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

32 The two doors also were of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.

33 So also he made for the door of the temple posts of olive wood, a fourth part of the wall.

34 And the two doors were of fir wood: 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 upon the carved work.

36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn 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 Ziv:

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its plans. So was he seven years in building it.

1 E sucedeu que, no ano quatrocentos e oitenta, depois de saírem os filhos de Israel do Egito, no ano quarto do reinado de Salomão sobre Israel, no mês de zive (este é o mês segundo), Salomão começou a edificar a Casa do Senhor. 2 E a casa que o rei Salomão edificou ao Senhor era de sessenta côvados de comprimento, e de vinte côvados de largura, e de trinta côvados de altura. 3 E o pórtico diante do templo da casa era de vinte côvados de comprimento, segundo a largura da casa, e de dez côvados de largura, diante da casa. 4 E fez à casa janelas de vista estreita. 5 Edificou ao redor da parede da casa câmaras, ao redor das paredes da casa, tanto do templo como do oráculo; e assim lhe fez câmaras colaterais em redor. 6 A câmara de baixo era de cinco côvados de largura, e a do meio, de seis côvados de largura, e a terceira, de sete côvados de largura, porque, pela parte de fora da casa ao redor, fizera encostos, para não travarem as paredes da casa. 7 E edificava-se a casa com pedras preparadas; como as traziam, se edificava, de maneira que nem martelo, nem machado, nem nenhum outro instrumento de ferro se ouviu na casa quando a edificavam. 8 A porta da câmara do meio estava do lado direito da casa, e por caracóis se subia à do meio, e da do meio, à terceira. 9 Assim, pois, edificou a casa, e a aperfeiçoou, e cobriu a casa com pranchões e tabuados de cedro. 10 Também edificou as câmaras a toda a casa, de cinco côvados de altura, e as travou 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 fizeres os meus juízos, e guardares todos os meus mandamentos, andando neles, confirmarei 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 de Israel.

14 Assim edificou Salomão aquela casa e a aperfeiçoou. 15 Também cobriu as paredes da casa por dentro com tábuas de cedro; desde o soalho da casa até ao teto, tudo cobriu com madeira por dentro e cobriu o soalho da casa com tábuas de faia. 16 Edificou mais vinte côvados de tábuas de cedro nos lados da casa, desde o soalho até às paredes, e por dentro lhas edificou para o oráculo, para o Santo dos Santos. 17 Era, pois, a casa de quarenta côvados, a saber, o templo interior. 18 E o cedro da casa por dentro era lavrado de botões e flores abertas; tudo era cedro; pedra nenhuma se via. 19 E, por dentro da casa interior, preparou o oráculo, para pôr ali a arca do concerto do Senhor. 20 E o oráculo no interior era de vinte côvados de comprimento, e de vinte côvados de largura, e de vinte côvados de altura; e o cobriu de ouro puro e também cobriu de cedro o altar. 21 E cobriu Salomão a casa por dentro de ouro puro, e, com cadeias de ouro, pôs um véu diante do oráculo, e o cobriu com ouro. 22 Assim, toda a casa cobriu de ouro, até acabar toda a casa; também todo o altar que estava diante do oráculo cobriu de ouro.

23 E, no oráculo, fez dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um da altura de dez côvados. 24 E uma asa de um querubim era de cinco côvados, e a outra asa do querubim, de outros cinco côvados; dez côvados havia desde a extremidade de uma das suas asas até à extremidade da outra das suas asas. 25 Assim era também de dez côvados o outro querubim; ambos os querubins eram de uma mesma medida e de um mesmo talhe. 26 A altura de um querubim, de dez côvados, e, assim, a do outro querubim. 27 E pôs estes querubins no meio da casa de dentro; e os querubins estendiam as asas, de maneira que a asa de um tocava na parede, e a asa do outro querubim tocava na outra parede, e as suas asas no meio da casa tocavam uma na outra. 28 E cobriu de ouro os querubins.

29 E todas as paredes da casa ao redor lavrou de esculturas e de entalhes de querubins, e de palmas, e de flores abertas, por dentro e por fora. 30 Também cobriu de ouro o soalho da casa, por dentro e por fora. 31 E, à entrada do oráculo, fez portas de madeira de oliveira; a verga com as ombreiras formavam a quinta parte da parede. 32 Também as duas portas eram da madeira de oliveira; e lavrou nelas entalhes de querubins, e de palmas, e de flores abertas, os quais cobriu de ouro; também estendeu ouro sobre os querubins e sobre as palmas. 33 E assim fez à porta do templo ombreiras de madeira de oliveira, da quarta parte da parede. 34 E eram as duas portas de madeira de faia; e as duas folhas de uma porta eram dobradiças, assim como eram também dobradiças as duas folhas entalhadas das outras portas. 35 E as lavrou de querubins, e de palmas, e de flores abertas e as cobriu de ouro acomodado ao lavor.

36 Também edificou o pátio interior de três ordens de pedras lavradas 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 mês oitavo, se acabou esta casa com todas as suas dependências e com tudo o que lhe convinha; e a edificou em sete anos.