1 Salomão começou a edificar a Casa do Senhor em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde o Senhor havia aparecido a Davi, seu pai, lugar que Davi tinha designado na eira de Ornã, o jebuseu. 2 Começou a edificar no segundo dia do segundo mês, no quarto ano do seu reinado. 3 Foram estas as medidas dos alicerces que Salomão lançou para edificar a Casa de Deus: vinte e sete metros de comprimento por nove de largura, segundo o padrão antigo. 4 O pórtico diante da casa tinha nove metros no sentido da largura do Lugar Santo, e a altura era de cinquenta e quatro metros. Salomão revestiu o interior do pórtico de ouro puro. 5 Também fez forrar de madeira de cipreste a sala grande, revestiu-a de ouro puro e gravou nela palmeiras e correntes. 6 Também enfeitou a sala com pedras preciosas; e o ouro era de Parvaim. 7 Revestiu de ouro a sala, as vigas, os umbrais, as paredes e as portas; e esculpiu querubins nas paredes. 8 Fez o Santo dos Santos, cujo comprimento era de nove metros, segundo a largura da sala grande, e a largura também era de nove metros. Revestiu o seu interior com vinte toneladas de ouro puro. 9 O peso dos pregos era de seiscentos gramas de ouro. Também revestiu de ouro os cenáculos.

10 No Santo dos Santos, Salomão fez dois querubins de madeira e os revestiu de ouro. 11 As asas estendidas dos querubins mediam, juntas, quatro metros e meio; a asa de um deles, de dois metros e vinte e cinco, tocava na parede do templo; e a outra asa, igualmente de dois metros e vinte e cinco, tocava na asa do outro querubim. 12 Também a asa do outro querubim era de dois metros e vinte e cinco e tocava na outra parede; e a outra asa, igualmente de dois metros e vinte e cinco, estava unida à asa do outro querubim. As asas destes querubins se estendiam por nove metros. 13 Eles estavam em pé, com o rosto voltado para o Santo Lugar. 14 Salomão também fez o véu de pano azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino; e mandou bordar nele figuras de querubins.

15 Salomão fez também diante da sala duas colunas de quinze metros e meio de altura, com um capitel de dois metros e vinte sobre cada uma delas. 16 Também fez correntes, como as do Santo dos Santos, e as pôs no alto das colunas; fez também cem romãs, as quais pôs nas correntes. 17 Levantou as colunas diante do templo, uma à direita e outra à esquerda. À coluna da direita deu o nome de Jaquim, e à coluna da esquerda deu o nome de Boaz.

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor 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 foundations which Solomon laid 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 before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought 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 thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was 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 cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the 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 the 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 cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he set 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.