1 Salomão também construiu o seu palácio e levou treze anos para terminá-lo. 2,3 O Salão da Floresta do Líbano media quarenta e quatro metros de comprimento por vinte e dois de largura, por treze e meio de altura. Ele tinha três fileiras de colunas de cedro, havendo quinze colunas em cada fileira, com vigas de cedro que se apoiavam nelas. O teto era de cedro, estendendo-se até as despensas, que eram apoiadas pelas colunas. 4 Nas paredes de cada lado havia três fileiras de janelas. 5 Todas as portas e todas as janelas eram quadradas, e as três fileiras de janelas de cada parede ficavam exatamente em frente às fileiras de janelas da parede do outro lado.

6 O Salão das Colunas media vinte e dois metros de comprimento por treze e meio de largura. Ele tinha um pórtico que era coberto e sustentado por colunas.

7 A Sala do Trono, também chamada de Salão do Julgamento, onde Salomão julgava as questões, era forrada de cedro desde o chão até as vigas.

8 Em outro pátio, atrás da Sala do Trono, ficava a casa onde Salomão morava. A construção era do mesmo estilo das outras. Salomão também fez uma casa do mesmo tipo para a sua esposa, a filha do rei do Egito.

9 Todas essas construções e também o grande pátio foram feitos de pedras escolhidas, desde os alicerces até a beira do telhado. As pedras foram preparadas na pedreira e cortadas sob medida, sendo os lados de dentro e de fora cortados com serras. 10 Os alicerces foram feitos com pedras grandes preparadas na pedreira; algumas tinham três metros e meio de comprimento, e outras, quatro metros e meio de comprimento. 11 Por cima delas, foram colocadas pedras caras, cortadas sob medida, e vigas de cedro. 12 O pátio do palácio, o pátio interno do Templo e a sala de entrada do Templo tinham paredes feitas com uma carreira de vigas de cedro para cada três carreiras de pedras cortadas.

13 O rei Salomão mandou buscar um homem chamado Hurã, um artífice que morava na cidade de Tiro e que era especialista em trabalhos de bronze. 14 O seu pai, que já havia morrido, era de Tiro e também havia sido artífice especializado em bronze; a sua mãe era da tribo de Naftali. Hurã era um artífice inteligente e capaz. Ele aceitou o convite de Salomão e se encarregou de todo o trabalho em bronze.

15 Hurã fundiu duas colunas de bronze, cada uma com oito metros de altura e um metro e setenta de diâmetro, e as colocou na entrada do Templo. 16 Ele fez também dois remates de coluna, cada um com dois metros e vinte de altura, para serem colocados no alto das colunas. 17 O alto de cada coluna era enfeitado com um desenho de correntes entrelaçadas 18 e duas carreiras de romãs feitas de bronze.

19 Os remates das colunas tinham o formato de lírios, mediam um metro e oitenta de altura 20 e foram colocados numa parte redonda que ficava por cima do desenho de correntes. Em cada remate de coluna havia duzentas romãs de bronze colocadas em duas carreiras.

21 Hurã colocou essas duas colunas de bronze na frente da entrada do Templo. A que ficava no lado sul se chamava Jaquim , e a que ficava no lado norte se chamava Boaz . 22 Os remates das colunas em forma de lírios, feitos de bronze, estavam no alto das colunas.

E assim foi terminado o trabalho das colunas.

23 Hurã fez um tanque redondo de bronze, com dois metros e vinte de profundidade, quatro metros e quarenta de diâmetro e treze metros e vinte de circunferência. 24 Ao redor da borda de fora do tanque havia duas carreiras de cabaças de bronze que haviam sido fundidas todas em uma só peça junto com o tanque. 25 O tanque se apoiava sobre as costas de doze touros de bronze que olhavam para fora: três olhavam para o norte, três olhavam para o oeste, três olhavam para o sul, e três olhavam para o leste. 26 A grossura das paredes do tanque era de quatro dedos. A sua borda era como a borda de um copo, curvando-se para fora como as pétalas de um lírio. A capacidade do tanque era de mais ou menos quarenta mil litros.

27 Hurã fez também dez carretas de bronze. Cada uma media um metro e oitenta de comprimento, um metro e oitenta de largura e um metro e trinta de altura. 28 Elas foram feitas de painéis quadrados, que eram montados em molduras. 29 Nesses painéis havia figuras de leões, touros e querubins. E, nas molduras acima e abaixo dos leões e dos touros, havia desenhos de espirais em relevo. 30 Cada carreta tinha quatro rodas de bronze, com eixos de bronze. Nos quatro cantos havia apoios de bronze para uma bacia; os apoios eram enfeitados com figuras de espirais em relevo. 31 No alto havia uma guarnição redonda para a bacia. Essa guarnição passava quarenta e cinco centímetros para cima do alto da carreta e dezoito centímetros para baixo, para dentro dela. Ao redor dela havia entalhes. 32 As rodas tinham sessenta e sete centímetros de altura; elas ficavam debaixo dos painéis, e os eixos eram feitos em uma só peça com as carretas. 33 As rodas eram como as rodas de uma carruagem; os seus eixos, bordas, raios e os seus cubos eram todos de bronze. 34 Havia quatro apoios nos cantos, debaixo de cada carreta, os quais formavam uma só peça com a carreta. 35 Havia uma braçadeira de vinte e dois centímetros ao redor do alto de cada carreta; os seus apoios e os painéis formavam uma só peça com a carreta. 36 Os apoios e os painéis eram enfeitados com figuras de querubins, leões e palmeiras, que cobriam todo o espaço que havia; e ao redor dessas figuras havia desenhos em espiral. 37 Foi assim, então, que as carretas foram feitas; todas elas eram iguais, tendo o mesmo tamanho e formato.

38 Hurã fez também dez bacias de bronze, uma para cada carreta. Cada bacia tinha um metro e oitenta de diâmetro, e a sua capacidade era de mais ou menos oitocentos e trinta litros. 39 Ele colocou cinco carretas no lado sul do Templo e as outras cinco no lado norte. O tanque ele colocou no canto sudeste.

40-45 Hurã fez também caldeirões, pás e bacias e assim terminou todo o trabalho encomendado pelo rei Salomão para o Templo do Senhor. Esta é a lista do que ele fez:

duas colunas;

dois remates em forma de taças, que ficavam em cima das colunas;

desenhos de correntes entrelaçadas de cada remate;

quatrocentas romãs de bronze, em duas carreiras de cem, ao redor do desenho de cada remate;

dez carretas;

dez bacias;

um tanque;

doze touros que sustentavam o tanque;

caldeirões, pás e bacias.

Todos os objetos destinados ao Templo que Hurã fez para o rei Salomão eram de bronze polido. 46 O rei mandou que tudo fosse feito na fundição, entre Sucote e Sartã, no vale do rio Jordão. 47 Salomão não mandou pesar esses objetos de bronze porque eram muitos, e por isso o seu peso nunca foi calculado.

48 Salomão também mandou fazer para o Templo os seguintes objetos de ouro: o altar; a mesa para os pães oferecidos a Deus; 49 os dez castiçais que ficavam em frente ao Lugar Santíssimo, cinco no lado sul e cinco no lado norte; as flores, as lamparinas e as tenazes; 50 as taças, as tesouras de cortar pavios de lamparinas, as bacias, os pratos para o incenso e os braseiros; as dobradiças para as portas do Lugar Santíssimo e para as portas do Templo que davam para fora. Todos esses objetos foram feitos de ouro.

51 Quando o rei Salomão terminou todo o trabalho do Templo, colocou na sala do tesouro do Templo todas as coisas que Davi, o seu pai, havia separado para o Senhor Deus, isto é, a prata, o ouro e outros objetos.

1 But, his own house, was Solomon thirteen years in building,so he finished all his house.

2 Yea he built the house of the forest of Lebanon, a hundred cubits, the length thereof, and, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and, thirty cubits, the height thereof,upon four rows of pillars of cedar, with beams of cedar, upon the pillars;

3 and it was covered with cedar above upon the joists, that were on forty-five pillars,fifteen in a row.

4 And there were, window spaces, in three rows,and light over against light, three times.

5 And, all the openings and the posts, were square in their frame,and light was over against light, three times.

6 And, a porch of pillars, made he, fifty cubits, in length, and, thirty cubits, in breadth,and, a porch, was on the one front of them, and pillars and threshold, were on the other front of them.

7 And, a porch for the throne, where he should judge, even the porch of judgment, made he, and it was wainscotted with cedar, from floor to ceiling.

8 And, his own house where he should dwell, in the other court within the porch, was, of like workmanship unto this,a house also, made he, for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken , in a similar porch.

9 All these, were of costly stones, after the dimensions of hewn stones, sawn with saws, within and without,even from the foundation, unto the coping, and without as far as the great court.

10 And, the foundation, was of costly stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11 And, above, were costly stones, after the dimensions of hewn stone, and cedar.

12 And, the great court round about, was of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of beams of cedar,both to the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and to the porch of the house.

13 And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram, out of Tyre:

14 son of a widow woman, was he of the tribe of Naphtali, but, his father, was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze, and he was filled with wisdom, and discernment, and knowledge, for executing all manner of work in bronze,so he came unto King Solomon, and executed all his work.

15 And he cast two pillars of bronze,eighteen cubits, the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, would surround the second pillar.

16 And, two capitals, made he, to set upon the tops of the pillars, of molten bronze,five cubits, was the height of the one capital, and, five cubits, the height of the other capital;

17 with a frame of checker work, wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars,seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

18 So he made the pillars,and, two rows round about, upon the one frame of checker work, covering the capitals which were upon the top with pomegranates, thus also, did he for the other capital.

19 And, the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily work, in span, four cubits.

20 And there were capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close by the belly, which was beside the checker work,and there were two hundred pomegranates, in rows round about, upon either capital.

21 So he reared the pillars for the porch of the temple,yea he reared the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin, and reared the left pillar, and called the name thereof, Boaz.

22 And, upon the top of the pillars, was lily work,which gave finish to the work of the pillars.

23 And he made a molten sea,ten cubits from the one brim to the other, it was round all about, and, five cubits, was the height thereof, and, a line of thirty cubits, would encompass it round about.

24 And, colocynths, were under the brim thereof round about, encompassing it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea, round about,two rows of colocynths, made in the casting thereof:

25 standing upon twelve oxen, three looking northward, and three looking westward, and three looking southward, and three looking eastward, the sea, being upon them above,all their hinder parts, being, inward.

26 And, the thickness thereof, was a hand breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim-work of a cup, of lily-blossoms,two thousand baths, did it contain.

27 And he made ten stands of bronze,four cubits, the length of each stand, and, four cubits, the breadth thereof, and, three cubits, the height thereof.

28 And, this, was the work of the stand, there were, side walls, to them,and, the side-walls, were between joining ledges;

29 and, upon the side-walls which were between the ledges, were lions, oxen, and cherubim, and, upon the ledges, was a pedestal above, and, beneath the lions and oxen, a wreath of hanging work.

30 And, four wheels of bronze, had each stand, with axles of bronze, and, the four steps thereof, had shoulder pieces,under the laver, were the molten shoulder-pieces, over against each wreath.

31 And, the mouth thereof, within the capital and upwards, was a cubit, and, the mouth thereof, was round, of pedestal work, a cubit and a half,moreover also, upon the mouth thereof, were gravings, with their side-walls four-square, not round.

32 And, four wheels, were beneath the side-walls, the axletrees of the wheels, being in the stands,and, the height of each wheel, was a cubit and a half:

33 and, the work of the wheels, was like the work of a chariot-wheel; and, their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, the whole, were molten.

34 And there were, four shoulder-pieces, at the four corners of each stand, of the stand itself, were the shoulder-pieces thereof.

35 And, in the top of the stand, half a cubit in height, was a circular piece round about,and, on the top of the stand, the tenons thereof, and, the side-walls thereof, were of the same.

36 Then carved he, upon the plates of the tenons thereof, and upon the side-walls thereof, cherubim, lions, and palm-trees,according to the open space of each with a wreath round about.

37 Thus, made he the ten stands,one mould, one measure, one shape, had they, all.

38 Then made he ten lavers of bronze,forty baths, would each laver contain, four cubits, was each laver, one laver, was on each of, the ten stands.

39 And he set the stands, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house,but, the sea, he set on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south.

40 And Hiram made lavers, and shovels, and bowls,and Hiram ended the doing of all the work which he wrought for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh:

41 two pillars,and the bowls of the capitals which were upon the top of the two pillars,and the two frames of checker-work, covering the two bowls of the capitals, which were upon the top of the pillars;

42 and the four hundred pomegranates, for the two frames of checker-work,two rows of pomegranates to each frame, for covering the two bowls of the capitals, which were on the face of the pillars;

43 and the ten stands,with the ten lavers upon the stands;

44 and the one sea,with the twelve oxen under the sea;

45 and the pans, and the shovels, and the tossing bowls, and, all these vessels which Hiram made King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, were of burnished bronze.

46 In the circuit of the Jordan, did the king cast them, in the clay ground,between Succoth and Zarethan.

47 And Solomon let all the vessels be, because of their exceeding great multitude,the weight of the bronze was not found out.

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh,the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereon was the presence-bread;

49 and the lamp-holdersfive on the right and five on the left, before the shrine, of pure gold,with the blossoms, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

50 and the bowls, and the snuffers, and the tossing bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold,and the hinge-holes, for the doors of the inner house, the holy of holies, and for the doors of the house itself, the temple, of, gold.

51 So was completed all the work which King Solomon made for the house of Yahweh, and Solomon brought in the hallowed things of David his fatherthe silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.