1 Salomão começou a construir o Templo do Senhor Deus em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde Deus havia aparecido ao rei Davi, o pai de Salomão. O lugar que Davi tinha escolhido era o terreiro de malhar trigo de Araúna, o jebuseu. 2 Salomão começou a construção no segundo mês do quarto ano do seu reinado. 3 O Templo que Salomão construiu media vinte e sete metros de comprimento por nove de largura, de acordo com o padrão antigo. 4 A sala de entrada tinha nove metros de largura, que era a mesma largura do santuário, e a sua altura era de nove metros. Salomão revestiu de ouro puro o lado de dentro da sala. 5 Ele forrou de madeira de pinho o Lugar Santo, revestiu de ouro puro a madeira e fez entalhes de figuras representando palmeiras e correntes. 6 Enfeitou o Templo com pedras preciosas e com ouro do país de Parvaim. 7 Revestiu de ouro as vigas, os batentes, as paredes e as portas do Templo e mandou gravar figuras de querubins nas paredes. 8 A sala interna, isto é, o Lugar Santíssimo, media nove metros de comprimento por nove de largura, que era a mesma largura do Templo. Para revestir as paredes do Lugar Santíssimo foram usados mais de vinte mil quilos de ouro. 9 O ouro usado para dourar os pregos pesava mais de meio quilo. E as paredes das salas de cima também foram revestidas de ouro.

10 Salomão mandou fazer dois querubins de madeira, que foram folheados a ouro, e os colocou no Lugar Santíssimo. 11,12 Cada querubim tinha duas asas, e cada asa media dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de comprimento. Os querubins estavam com as 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. Portanto, as asas se estendiam por nove metros, de uma parede à outra. 13 Os querubins estavam de pé, olhando para o Lugar Santo. 14 Salomão mandou fazer uma cortina para o Lugar Santíssimo. Era tecida de linho fino e de fios de lã azul, púrpura e vermelha e bordada com figuras de querubins.

15 O rei mandou fazer duas colunas, cada uma medindo quinze metros e meio de altura, e as colocou em frente do Templo. Cada coluna tinha no alto um remate de dois metros e vinte de altura. 16 O alto das colunas era enfeitado com um desenho de correntes entrelaçadas e de romãs de bronze, que eram em número de cem. 17 As colunas foram postas 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 .

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Yahweh] appeared to 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 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 width twenty cubits.

4 And the porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height 120; and he overlaid it inside with pure gold.

5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought on it 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 its walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made the most holy house: its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width 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 molten 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], sticking 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 on it.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars of 35 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.