1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.** 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.* 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.* 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.*

11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.*

14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.* 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.* 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.**

1 Então, Salomão começou a construir o templo do Senhor em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde o Senhor havia aparecido a Davi, o seu pai, na eira de Araúna,* o jebuseu, local que havia sido providenciado por Davi. 2 Começou a construção no segundo dia do segundo mês do quarto ano do seu reinado.

3 Os alicerces que Salomão lançou para o templo de Deus tinham sessenta côvados* de comprimento por vinte côvados* de largura, pela medida* antiga. 4 O pórtico da entrada do templo tinha vinte côvados de largura por vinte côvados* de altura. Ele o revestiu por dentro de ouro puro. 5 Recobriu de madeira de junípero o átrio principal, revestiu‑o de ouro puro e decorou‑o com desenhos de palmeiras e correntes. 6 Ornamentou o templo com pedras preciosas. O ouro utilizado era de Parvaim. 7 Também revestiu de ouro as vigas do forro, os batentes, as paredes e as portas do templo, e esculpiu querubins nas paredes.

8 Fez o Lugar Santíssimo, com vinte côvados de comprimento por vinte côvados de largura, igual à largura do templo. Ele o revestiu por dentro com seiscentos talentos* de ouro puro. 9 Os pregos de ouro pesavam cinquenta siclos.* Também revestiu de ouro as salas superiores.

10 No Lugar Santíssimo, esculpiu e revestiu de ouro dois querubins, 11 os quais, de asas abertas, mediam juntos vinte côvados. Cada asa, de cinco côvados,* tocava, de um lado, na parede do templo 12 e, do outro lado, na asa do outro querubim. 13 Os querubins, com asas que se estendiam por vinte côvados, estavam em pé, de frente para o átrio principal.*

14 Ele fez o véu de tecido azul, púrpura, escarlate e linho fino, com querubins bordados nele.

15 Fez na frente do templo duas colunas, que, juntas, tinham trinta e cinco côvados,* cada uma tendo em cima um capitel com cinco côvados. 16 Fez correntes entrelaçadas* e colocou‑as no alto das colunas. Fez também cem romãs, colocando‑as nas correntes. 17 Depois, levantou as colunas na frente do templo, uma ao sul, outra ao norte; à que ficava ao sul deu o nome Jaquim* e à que ficava ao norte, Boaz.*