1 No ano quatrocentos e oitenta depois da saída dos filhos de Israel do Egito, Salomão, no quarto ano do seu reinado, no mês de Ziv, que é o segundo mês, empreendeu a construção do templo do Senhor.2 O templo que o rei Salomão edificou ao Senhor tinha sessenta côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e trinta de altura.3 O pórtico, à entrada do templo, tinha vinte côvados de comprimento, o que igualava a largura do templo, e dez côvados de largura na frente do edifício.4 O rei fez no templo janelas com grades de madeira.5 Construiu, encostados às paredes do edifício, andares que rodeavam o templo e o santuário. Cercou assim o edifício de quartos laterais.6 O andar inferior tinha cinco côvados de largura, o do meio seis e o terceiro sete, porque se tinham posto encostas nos muros exteriores do templo para evitar que as vigas entrassem nas paredes do edifício.7 Na construção do templo só se empregaram pedras lavradas na pedreira, de sorte que não se ouvia durante os trabalhos da construção barulho algum de martelo, de cinzel ou de outro qualquer instrumento de ferro.8 A entrada do andar inferior encontrava-se do lado direito do edifício. Subia-se por uma escada em espiral ao andar do meio, e deste ao terceiro.9 Terminado o edifício, Salomão recobriu-o de tábuas e de forros de cedro.10 Os andares que construiu encostados em todo o edifício eram de cinco côvados de altura cada um e foram ligados ao templo por traves de cedro.11 A palavra do Senhor foi então dirigida a Salomão nestes termos:12 Esta casa que tu edificas... se obedeceres às minhas leis, praticares os meus mandamentos e observares todos os meus preceitos, seguindo-os cuidadosamente, eu cumprirei em ti as promessas que fiz ao teu pai Davi:13 permanecerei no meio dos israelitas e não abandonarei Israel, meu povo.14 Salomão terminou a construção do templo.15 Forrou o interior das paredes do edifício com placas de cedro, desde o pavimento até o teto; revestiu assim de madeira todo o interior e cobriu o pavimento com tábuas de cipreste.16 Revestiu de tábuas de cedro, a partir do fundo do templo, desde o pavimento até o teto, um espaço de vinte côvados, que destinou ao santuário, ou santo dos santos.17 Os quarenta côvados restantes constituíam a parte anterior do templo.18 Dentro do edifício o cedro era esculpido de coloquíntidas e flores abertas; tudo era de cedro; não se via a pedra.19 Salomão dispôs o santuário no interior do templo, bem ao fundo, para ali colocar a arca da aliança do Senhor.20 O santuário tinha por dentro vinte côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e vinte de altura. Salomão revestiu-o de ouro fino, e cobriu o altar de cedro.21 Revestiu de ouro fino o interior do edifício e fechou com cadeias de ouro a frente do santuário, que era também revestido de ouro.22 A casa ficou assim inteiramente coberta de ouro, como também toda a superfície do altar que estava diante do santuário.23 Fez no santuário dois querubins de pau de oliveira, que tinham dez côvados de altura.24 Cada uma das asas dos querubins tinha cinco côvados, o que fazia dez côvados da extremidade de uma asa à extremidade da outra.25 O segundo querubim tinha também dez côvados; os dois tinham a mesma forma e as mesmas dimensões.26 Um e outro tinham dez côvados de altura.27 Salomão pô-los no fundo do templo, no santuário. Tinham as asas estendidas, de sorte que uma asa do primeiro tocava uma das paredes e uma asa do segundo tocava a outra parede, enquanto as outras duas asas se encontravam no meio do santuário.28 Revestiu também de ouro os querubins.29 Mandou esculpir em relevo em todas as paredes da casa, ao redor, no santuário como no templo, querubins, palmas e flores abertas.30 Cobriu de ouro o pavimento do edifício, tanto o do santuário como o do templo.31 Pôs à porta do santuário vigas de pau de oliveira; o seu enquadramento com as ombreiras ocupava a quinta parte da parede.32 Nos dois batentes de pau de oliveira mandou esculpir querubins, palmas e flores desabrochadas, e cobriu-as de ouro; cobriu de ouro tanto os querubins como as palmas.33 Para a porta do templo fez vigas de pau de oliveira que ocupavam a quarta parte da parede,34 bem como dois batentes de madeira de cipreste, sendo cada batente formado de duas folhas móveis.35 Mandou esculpir nelas querubins, palmas e flores desabrochadas, e cobriu tudo de ouro, ajustado às esculturas.36 Construiu, ao redor do átrio interior, um muro de três ordens de pedras talhadas e uma fileira de traves de cedro.37 No mês de Ziv do quarto ano de reinado, foram lançados os fundamentos do templo do Senhor,38 e no ano undécimo, no mês de Bul, que é o oitavo mês, foi o templo acabado em todas as suas partes e em todos os seus pormenores. O templo foi construído em sete anos.

1 And it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the going forth of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, of the reign of Solomon over Israel, that he built the house unto the Lord.2 And the house which king Solomon built unto the Lord, was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.3 And the porch before the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the breadth of the house; and ten cubits in breadth at the east side of the house.4 And he made for the house windows wide without and narrow within.5 And he built on the wall of the house a gallery round about, on the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the most holy place: and he made side–chambers round about.6 The nethermost gallery was five cubits in breadth, and the middle was six cubits in breadth, and the third was seven cubits in breadth; for projections had he made to the house round about on the outside, so as to fasten nothing in the walls of the house.7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of entire stones as they had been prepared at the quarry: so that neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house, while it was in building.8 The door for the middle gallery sidechamber was in the right side of the house: and with winding stairs they went up into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with hollow tiles, and with boards of cedar.10 And he built the gallery against all the house, each five cubits in height; and it was fastened on to the house with timber of cedar.11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,12 This house which thou art building––if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them: then will I perform my word with thee, which I have spoken unto David thy father.13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.14 So did Solomon build the house, and finish it.15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to where the walls touched the ceiling did he overlay it on the inside with wood; and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of fir.16 And he built the twenty cubits on the lower side of the house with boards of cedar, from the floor to the battlements; and he built it within, for the debir, for the holy of holies.17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.18 And the cedar on the house within was carved with colocynths and opening flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.19 And the debir in the house within did he prepare, to set therein the ark of the covenant of the Lord.20 And the interior of the debir was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits was its height: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the altar with cedar–wood.21 And Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he barred by means of chains of gold the front of the debir; 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 was before the debir did he overlay with gold.23 And within the debir he made two cherubims of oleaster–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: there were ten cubits from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other.25 And the other cherub was also ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so that of the other cherub.27 And he set the cherubim within the innermost part of the house: and they spread forth the wings of the cherubim, 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 toward the middle of the house touched one another.28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.29 And on all the wall of the house round about he carved figures of cherubim and palm–trees and opening flowers, in the debir and in the temple.30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold for the debir and for the temple.31 And for the entrance of the debir he made doors of oleaster–wood: the lintel with the side–posts forming five sides.32 And also upon the two doors of oleaster–wood he carved figures of cherubim and palm–trees and opening flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread the gold, by beating, upon the cherubim, and upon the palm–trees.33 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door–posts of oleaster–wood in shape of a square;34 And two doors of fir–wood: the one door having two leaves which were folding, and the other door having two leaves which were folding.35 And he carved thereon cherubim, and palm–trees and opening flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitting upon the carved work.36 And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and one 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 its parts, and according to all its requirements. So was he building it seven years.