1 Quatrocentos e oitenta anos depois que o povo de Israel havia saído do Egito, no quarto ano do reinado de Salomão em Israel, no mês de zive, o segundo mês, Salomão começou a construir o Templo.

2 O Templo media vinte e sete metros de comprimento por nove de largura, por treze e meio de altura. 3 A sala de entrada media quatro metros e meio de comprimento por nove de largura, isto é, a mesma largura do santuário. 4 As paredes do Templo tinham janelas, que eram mais estreitas do lado de fora do que do lado de dentro. 5 Encostados nos lados e nos fundos do Templo, Salomão construiu três andares de salas, cada andar medindo dois metros e vinte centímetros de altura. 6 As salas do andar de baixo tinham dois metros e vinte de largura, as do andar do meio tinham dois metros e setenta de largura, e as do andar de cima, três metros e dez de largura. Em cada andar, as paredes do Templo eram mais finas do que as do andar de baixo; assim as salas se apoiavam nas paredes, evitando que as vigas entrassem nessas paredes.

7 O Templo foi construído com pedras que haviam sido preparadas nas pedreiras, para que assim, durante a construção, não se ouvisse o barulho de martelos, machados ou qualquer outra ferramenta.

8 A entrada para as salas do andar térreo ficava no lado sul do Templo, e havia escadas para subir ao segundo e ao terceiro andares. 9 E assim o rei Salomão terminou a construção do Templo, colocando um forro feito de vigas e tábuas de cedro. 10 Salomão construiu três andares de salas encostados nas paredes do Templo e ligados com elas por meio de vigas de cedro. Cada andar media dois metros e vinte centímetros de altura.

11 O Senhor Deus disse a Salomão:

12 — Se você obedecer a todas as minhas leis e mandamentos, eu farei por você aquilo que prometi a Davi, o seu pai. 13 Viverei entre o meu povo de Israel neste Templo que você está construindo e nunca os abandonarei.

14 E assim Salomão terminou a construção do Templo.

15 As paredes do Templo foram forradas por dentro com tábuas de cedro, desde o chão até o teto, e o assoalho foi feito de pinho. 16 Na parte de trás do Templo, foi construída uma sala interna, que foi chamada de Lugar Santíssimo. Ela media nove metros de comprimento e era separada por uma divisão feita de tábuas de cedro, que iam desde o chão até o teto. 17 O Lugar Santo, que ficava em frente ao Lugar Santíssimo, tinha dezoito metros de comprimento. 18 A forração de cedro era enfeitada com entalhes em forma de cabaças e de flores. Toda a parte de dentro da sala era revestida de cedro para que as pedras das paredes não ficassem aparecendo.

19 Como já foi dito, na parte de trás do Templo foi feita uma sala, o Lugar Santíssimo, para nela ser colocada a arca da aliança de Deus. 20 Essa sala media nove metros de comprimento por nove de largura, por nove de altura, e era toda revestida de ouro puro. O altar era revestido com tábuas de cedro. 21 O lado de dentro do Templo era revestido de ouro, e na entrada do Lugar Santíssimo foram colocadas correntes de ouro. Essa sala também era revestida de ouro. 22 Todo o Templo por dentro e também o altar do Lugar Santíssimo eram revestidos de ouro.

23 Foram feitos dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, os quais foram colocados no Lugar Santíssimo. Cada um deles media quatro metros e quarenta de altura. 24-26 Os dois querubins tinham o mesmo tamanho e a mesma forma. Cada um tinha duas asas, e cada asa media dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de comprimento; assim a distância da ponta de uma asa até a outra era de quatro metros e meio. 27 Os dois querubins foram colocados no Lugar Santíssimo; eles estavam de asas estendidas, de maneira que a asa de um tocava numa parede, e a asa do outro tocava na outra parede, e no meio da sala a asa de um tocava na asa do outro. 28 Os dois querubins eram folheados a ouro.

29 As paredes do Lugar Santo e do Lugar Santíssimo eram todas enfeitadas com figuras entalhadas, representando querubins, palmeiras e flores. 30 Até mesmo o assoalho das duas divisões era revestido de ouro.

31 Na entrada do Lugar Santíssimo foi colocada uma porta dupla feita de madeira de oliveira; no alto as ombreiras formavam um arco em ponta. 32 As portas eram enfeitadas com figuras entalhadas, representando querubins, palmeiras e flores. As portas, os querubins e as palmeiras eram folheados a ouro. 33 Para a entrada do Lugar Santo foram feitos batentes retangulares de madeira de oliveira. 34 Havia duas portas de duas folhas, que eram feitas de pinho 35 e enfeitadas com figuras entalhadas de querubins, palmeiras e flores, que também eram folheadas a ouro.

36 Em frente ao Templo foi construído um pátio interno, fechado por muros que tinham uma carreira de vigas de cedro para cada três carreiras de pedras.

37 Os alicerces do Templo foram colocados no mês de zive, o segundo mês, no quarto ano do reinado de Salomão. 38 No décimo primeiro ano do reinado de Salomão, no oitavo mês, o mês de bul, o Templo foi completamente terminado, exatamente como havia sido planejado. Salomão levou sete anos para construí-lo.

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 And 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 before 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 before the house.

4 And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.

5 And against the wall of the house he built a side-structure round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the sanctuary; and he made side-chambers round about;

6 the nethermost story of the side-structure was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.--

7 For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.--

8 The door for the lowest row of chambers was in the right side of the house and they went up by winding stairs into the middle row, and out of the middle into the third.

9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.

10 And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each 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 'As for this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes, and execute Mine ordinances, and keep all My commandments to walk in them; then will I establish My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father;

13 in that I will dwell therein 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 within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto the joists of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

16 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

17 And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary , was forty cubits long.

18 And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19 And he prepared the Sanctuary in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

20 And before the Sanctuary which was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof, overlaid with pure gold, he set an altar, which he covered with cedar.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold; and he drew chains of gold across the wall before the Sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold.

22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that belonged to the Sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

23 And in the 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 uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

25 And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

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 the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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 midst 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, within and without.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31 And for the entrance of the Sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood, the door-posts within the frame having five angles.

32 And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.

33 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square;

34 and two doors of cypress-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 he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven 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 the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.