2Crônicas 3

A construção do templo começa

1 *1Rs 6.1, etc.Salomão começou a edificar a Casa de Jeová em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde Jeová apareceu a Davi, seu pai, no lugar que tinha preparado Davi *1Cr 21.18na eira de Ornã, jebuseu. 2 Começou a edificar no segundo dia do segundo mês, no quarto ano do seu reinado. 3 Estes são os alicerces que Salomão lançou para a edificação da Casa de Deus. O comprimento em cúbitos, segundo a primitiva medida, era de sessenta cúbitos, e a largura, de vinte cúbitos. 4 O pórtico que estava defronte da casa tinha de comprimento vinte cúbitos, correspondendo à largura da casa, e de altura cento e vinte cúbitos; e, por dentro, o cobriu com ouro puro. 5 Também fez forrar de madeira de cipreste *1Rs 6.17a casa maior, e a cobriu de ouro puro, e gravou nela palmas e cadeiazinhas. 6 Para beleza, guarneceu a casa de pedras preciosas; e o ouro era de Parvaim. 7 Com ouro *1Rs 6.20-22cobriu também a casa, as suas traves, os seus umbrais, as suas paredes e as suas portas; e *1Rs 6.29-35fez esculpir querubins nas paredes.

8 Fez a *Êx 26.33;1Rs 6.16casa do Santo dos Santos, cujo comprimento era de vinte cúbitos, correspondendo à largura da casa, e a largura, de vinte cúbitos; e cobriu-a de ouro fino, do peso de seiscentos talentos. 9 O peso dos pregos era de cinquenta siclos de ouro. Cobriu com ouro *1Cr 28.11as câmaras superiores.

Os dois querubins

10 *1Rs 6.23-28Na casa do Santo dos Santos, fez dois querubins, de obra de madeira, e cobriram-nos de ouro. 11 As asas dos querubins tinham de comprimento vinte cúbitos. A asa dum querubim tinha cinco cúbitos e tocava na parede da casa; e a outra asa, que igualmente tinha cinco cúbitos, tocava na asa do outro querubim. 12 A asa do outro querubim tinha cinco cúbitos e tocava na parede da casa; e a outra asa tinha igualmente cinco cúbitos e estava unida à asa do outro querubim. 13 As asas desses querubins estendiam-se por vinte cúbitos; eles estavam postos em pé, e os seus rostos virados para a casa. 14 *Êx 26.31Fez o véu de azul, púrpura, carmesim e de linho fino e fez bordar nele querubins.

As colunas

15 *1Rs 7.15-20Também fez diante da casa duas colunas que tinham trinta e cinco cúbitos de altura; e o capitel que estava em cima de cada uma delas tinha cinco cúbitos. 16 Fez cadeiazinhas na forma de colar, pondo-as sobre as sumidades das colunas; também fez cem romãs, que pôs nas cadeiazinhas. 17 *1Rs 7.21Erigiu as colunas diante do templo, uma à direita e a outra à esquerda; a que estava à direita, chamou-lhe Jaquim, e a que estava à esquerda, chamou-lhe Boaz.

1 Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 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 God’s house: the length by cubits*3:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. 4 The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. 6 He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

8 He made the most holy place. 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.*3:8 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels*3:9 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces. of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

10 In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving, and they overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves out twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 14 He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.

15 Also he made before the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 He made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 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.