Solomon Builds the Temple
1Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord. It was 480 years after the Israelites came out of Egypt. It was in the fourth year of Solomon’s rule over Israel. He started in the second month. That was the month of Ziv.
2The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long. It was 30 feet wide. And it was 45 feet high. 3The temple had a porch in front of the main hall. The porch was as wide as the temple itself. It was 30 feet wide. It came out 15 feet from the front of the temple. 4Solomon made narrow windows high up in the temple walls. 5He built side rooms around the temple. They were built against the walls of the main hall and the Most Holy Room. 6On the first floor the side rooms were seven and a half feet wide. On the second floor they were nine feet wide. And on the third floor they were ten and a half feet wide. Solomon made the walls of the temple thinner as they went up floor by floor. The result was ledges along the walls. So the floor beams of the side rooms rested on the ledges. The beams didn’t go into the temple walls.
7All the stones used for building the temple were shaped where they were cut. So hammers, chisels and other iron tools couldn’t be heard where the temple was being built.
8The entrance to the first floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the second floor. From there it went on up to the third floor. 9So Solomon built the temple and finished it. He made its roof out of beams and cedar boards. 10He built side rooms all along the temple. Each room was seven and a half feet high. They were joined to the temple by cedar beams.
11A message came to Solomon from the Lord. The Lord said, 12“You are now building this temple. Follow my orders. Keep my rules. Obey all my commands. Then I will make the promise I gave your father David come true. I will do it through you. 13I will live among my people Israel. I will not desert them.”
14So Solomon built the temple and finished it. 15He put cedar boards on its inside walls. He covered them from floor to ceiling. He covered the temple floor with juniper boards. 16He put up a wall 30 feet from the back of the temple. He made it with cedar boards from floor to ceiling. That formed a room inside the temple. It was the Most Holy Room. 17The main hall in front of the room was 60 feet long. 18The inside of the temple was covered with cedar wood. Gourds and open flowers were carved on the wood. Everything was cedar. There wasn’t any stone showing anywhere.
19Solomon prepared the Most Holy Room inside the temple. That’s where the ark of the covenant of the Lord would be placed. 20The Most Holy Room was 30 feet long. It was 30 feet wide. And it was 30 feet high. Solomon covered the inside of it with pure gold. He prepared the cedar altar for burning incense. He covered it with gold. 21Solomon covered the inside of the main hall with pure gold. He placed gold chains across the front of the Most Holy Room. That room was covered with gold. 22So Solomon covered the inside of the whole temple with gold. He also covered the altar for burning incense with gold. It was right in front of the Most Holy Room.
23For the Most Holy Room Solomon made a pair of cherubim. He made them out of olive wood. Each cherub was 15 feet high. 24One wing of the first cherub was seven and a half feet long. The other wing was also seven and a half feet long. So the wings measured 15 feet from tip to tip. 25The second cherub’s wings also measured 15 feet from tip to tip. The two cherubim had the same size and shape. 26Each cherub was 15 feet high. 27Solomon placed the cherubim inside the Most Holy Room in the temple. Their wings were spread out. The wing tip of one cherub touched one wall. The wing tip of the other touched the other wall. The tips of their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. 28Solomon covered the cherubim with gold.
29On the walls all around the temple he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He carved them on the walls of the Most Holy Room and the main hall. 30He also covered the floors of those two rooms with gold.
31For the entrance to the Most Holy Room he made two doors out of olive wood. Each door was one-fifth of the width of the Most Holy Room. 32On the two olive wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He covered the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. 33In the same way he made olive wood doorposts for the entrance to the main hall. Each doorpost was one-fourth of the width of the hall. 34He also made two doors out of juniper wood. Each door had two parts. They turned in bases shaped like cups. 35He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on the doors. He covered the doors with gold. He hammered the gold evenly over the carvings.
36He used blocks of stone to build a wall around the inside courtyard. The first three layers of the wall were made out of stone. The top layer was made out of beautiful cedar wood.
37The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year. It was in the month of Ziv. 38The temple was finished in his 11th year. It was in the month of Bul. That was the eighth month. Everything was finished just as the plans required. Solomon had spent seven years building the temple.
솔로몬의 성전 건축
1이스라엘 백성이 이집트에서 나온 지 480년이 지나고 솔로몬이 왕이 된 지 년째가 되는 해 2월에 성전 건축 공사를 시작하였다.
2성전 규모는 길이가 6:2 히 ‘60규빗’27미터, 폭이 9미터, 높이가 13.5미터였으며
3성전 앞의 현관 폭은 9미터이고 그 길이는 4.5미터였다.
4그리고 성전 벽에는 바깥이 안쪽보다 좁은 환기창들을 내었으며
5성전 옆면과 뒷면에 붙여서 3층 별관을 지었다.
6별관 층에 있는 방의 폭은 6:6 히 ‘5규빗’약 2.3미터, 2층 방의 폭은 2.7미터, 3층 방의 폭은 약 3.2미터였다. 그리고 별관의 들보가 성전 안으로 들어가지 않고 턱에 얹힐 수 있도록 성전 외벽을 층이 지도록 쌓았다.
7이 성전을 건축할 때는 채석장에서 완전히 다듬은 돌을 사용했기 때문에 건축하는 동안에 망치나 도끼나 철 연장 소리가 들리지 않았다.
8별관 층의 출입문은 성전 남쪽으로 만들었으며 거기서 2층으로 올라가는 나사 모양의 층계를 만들고 또 2층에서 3층으로 올라가는 층계를 만들었다.
9이렇게 해서 솔로몬은 성전 외부 공사를 마치고 서까래와 백향목으로 지붕을 만들어 덮었다.
10그리고 그 3층 별관의 들보는 백향목으로 만들었으며 각 방의 높이는 약 2.3미터였다.
11그때 여호와께서는 성전을 건축하는 솔로몬에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
12“네가 만일 내 명령에 순종하고 나의 모든 법과 규정을 지키면 내가 너의 아버지 다윗에게 약속한 것을 이행할 것이다.
13그리고 내가 이스라엘 백성 가운데 살 것이며 그들을 버리지 않을 것이다.”
14솔로몬은 성전 외부 공사를 마친 다음에
15내부 벽을 백향목으로 입히고 마룻바닥은 잣나무로 만들었으며
16성전 뒷벽에서 9미터 떨어진 곳에 바닥에서 천정까지 백향목 널판으로 가로막아 지성소를 만들었다.
17그리고 지성소 앞에 있는 성소의 길이는 6:17 히 ‘40규빗’18미터이며
18또 성전 내부 벽에 입힌 백향목 널판에는 조롱박과 활짝 핀 꽃들을 아로새겼는데 성전 내부 벽이 온통 백향목으로 둘러싸여 돌은 하나도 보이지 않았다.
19여호와의 법궤를 두기 위해 성전 안에 지성소를 만들었다.
20그 길이와 폭과 높이는 각각 9미터였으며 지성소 내부는 온통 순금으로 입히고 그 안에 백향목 단도 만들어 놓았다.
21또 솔로몬은 성소 내부를 순금으로 입히고 지성소 앞에 금사슬을 쳐놓았다.
22이렇게 해서 솔로몬은 성전 내부를 모두 금으로 입히고 또 지성소 안에 있는 단에도 금을 입혔다.
23지성소 안에는 감람나무로 두 그룹 천사를 만들어 놓았는데 그 높이는 각각 4.5미터씩이었으며
24-26둘 다 크기와 모양이 같고 각각 약 2.3미 터 길이의 두 날개를 가졌으며 한쪽 날개 끝에서부터 다른 쪽 날개 끝까지의 길이는 4.5미터였다.
27그리고 그 그룹들은 날개를 펴 서로 맞닿게 했는데 바깥 날개는 양쪽 벽에 닿았고 안쪽 날개는 지성소 중앙에서 서로 맞닿았다.
28솔로몬은 그 그룹들도 역시 금으로 입혔다.
29성소와 지성소의 사면 벽에는 그룹 천사와 종려나무와 활짝 핀 꽃을 아로새겼으며
30성전의 모든 마룻바닥은 금으로 입혔다.
31지성소 출입구에는 오각형의 문틀 안에 감람나무로 두 개의 문을 만들었으며
32그 두 문짝에는 그룹 천사와 종려나무와 활짝 핀 꽃을 아로새기고 그룹 천사와 종려나무에는 금을 입혔다.
33성전 출입구에는 감람나무로 사각형의 문틀을 만들고
34잣나무로 두 문짝을 만들어 세웠으며 문마다 각각 두 쪽으로 접을 수 있게 하였다.
35그리고 이 문짝에도 그룹 천사와 종려나무와 활짝 핀 꽃을 아로새기고 그 위에 정교하게 금을 입혔다.
36또 성전 안뜰은 다듬은 돌을 세 층으로 쌓고 그 위에 백향목 판자 한 층을 얹은 간막이로 만들었다.
37-38솔로몬왕 4년 2월에 성전 기초를 놓았 고 11년 8월에 설계대로 성전이 준공되었으며 솔로몬이 성전을 짓는 데 소요된 총 공사 기간은 6:37-38 원문에는 ‘7년’7년 6개월이었다.
