Solomon Builds His Palace
1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,7:2 That is, about 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 45 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 4Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
6He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
7He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor 8And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
9All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. 10The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits7:10 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verse 23 and some eight.7:10 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.6 meters 11Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 12The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.
The Temple’s Furnishings
13King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45 14whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.
15He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference 16He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits7:16 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 23 high. 17A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. 18He made pomegranates in two rows7:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts made the pillars, and there were two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.7:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts pomegranates He did the same for each capital. 19The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38 high. 20On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. 21He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes. and the one to the north Boaz.7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength. 22The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.
23He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters to measure around it. 24Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
25The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 26It was a handbreadth7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
27He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high 28This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit7:31 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.7:31 That is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32 Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.
34Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit7:35 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.
38He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. 40He also made the pots7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:
41the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
42the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
43the ten stands with their ten basins;
44the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
45the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.
All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 47Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
48Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:
the golden altar;
the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;
49the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);
the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;
50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers;
and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
51When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
Solomoni kọ́ ààfin rẹ̀
1Solomoni sì lo ọdún mẹ́tàlá láti fi kọ́ ààfin rẹ̀, ó sì parí gbogbo iṣẹ́ ààfin rẹ̀. 2Ó kọ́ ilé igbó Lebanoni pẹ̀lú; gígùn rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ ọgọ́rùn-ún ìgbọ̀nwọ́, àti àádọ́ta ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní ìbú rẹ̀ àti gíga rẹ̀ ọgbọ̀n ìgbọ̀nwọ́; pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ mẹ́rin igi kedari, àti ìdábùú igi kedari lórí òpó náà. 3A sì fi igi kedari tẹ́ ẹ lókè lórí yàrá tí ó jókòó lórí ọ̀wọ́n márùnlélógójì, mẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dógún ní ọ̀wọ́. 4Fèrèsé rẹ̀ ni a gbé sókè ní ọ̀wọ́ mẹ́ta, kọjú sí ara wọn. 5Gbogbo ìlẹ̀kùn àti òpó sì dọ́gba ní igun mẹ́rin: wọ́n sì wà ní apá iwájú ní ọ̀wọ́ mẹ́ta, wọ́n kọjú sí ara wọn.
6Ó sì fi ọ̀wọ́n ṣe gbàngàn ìdájọ́: àádọ́ta ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ni gígùn rẹ̀, ìbú rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ ọgbọ̀n (30) ìgbọ̀nwọ́. Ìloro kan sì wà níwájú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọ̀wọ́n àti ìbòrí ìgúnwà níwájú wọn.
7Ó sì ṣe gbàngàn ìtẹ́, gbàngàn ìdájọ́, níbi tí yóò ti ṣe ìdájọ́, ó sì fi igi kedari bò ó láti ilẹ̀ dé àjà ilé. 8Ààfin rẹ̀ níbi tí yóò sì gbé wà ní àgbàlá lẹ́yìn ààfin, irú kan náà ni wọ́n. Solomoni sì kọ́ ààfin tí ó rí bí gbàngàn yìí fún ọmọbìnrin Farao tí ó ní ní aya.
9Gbogbo wọ̀nyí láti òde dé apá àgbàlá ńlá, àti láti ìpìlẹ̀ dé ìbòrí òkè ilé, wọ́n sì jẹ́ òkúta iyebíye gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ̀n òkúta gbígbẹ, tí a fi ayùn rẹ́ nínú àti lóde. 10Ìpìlẹ̀ náà jẹ́ òkúta iyebíye, àní òkúta ńláńlá, àwọn mìíràn wọn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá, àwọn mìíràn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́jọ. 11Lókè ni òkúta iyebíye wà nípa ìwọ̀n òkúta tí a gbẹ́ àti igi kedari. 12Àgbàlá ńlá náà yíkákiri ògiri pẹ̀lú ọ̀wọ́ mẹ́ta òkúta gbígbẹ́ àti ọ̀wọ́n kan igi ìdábùú ti kedari, bí ti inú lọ́hùn ún àgbàlá ilé Olúwa pẹ̀lú ìloro rẹ̀.
Ọ̀ṣọ́ tẹmpili
13Solomoni ọba ránṣẹ́ sí Tire, ó sì mú Hiramu wá, 14ẹni tí ìyá rẹ̀ jẹ́ opó láti inú ẹ̀yà Naftali àti tí baba rẹ̀ sì ṣe ará Tire, alágbẹ̀dẹ idẹ. Hiramu sì kún fún ọgbọ́n àti òye, àti ìmọ̀ láti ṣe oríṣìíríṣìí iṣẹ́ idẹ. Ó wá sọ́dọ̀ Solomoni ọba, ó sì ṣe gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí wọ́n gbé fún un.
157.15-21: 2Ki 3.15-17.Ó sì dá ọ̀wọ́n idẹ méjì, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ méjì-dínlógún ní gíga okùn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ méjìlá ni ó sì yí wọn ká. 16Ó sì túnṣe ìparí méjì ti idẹ dídá láti fi sókè àwọn ọ̀wọ́n náà, ìparí kan sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún ní gíga. 17Onírúurú iṣẹ́, àti ohun híhun ẹ̀wọ̀n fún àwọn ìparí tí ń bẹ lórí àwọn ọ̀wọ́n náà, méje fún ìparí kọ̀ọ̀kan. 18Ó sì ṣe àwọn pomegiranate ní ọ̀wọ́ méjì yíkákiri lára iṣẹ́ ọ̀wọ́n náà, láti fi bo àwọn ìparí ti ń bẹ lókè, ó sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ fún ìparí kejì. 19Àwọn ìparí tí ń bẹ ní òkè àwọn ọ̀wọ́n náà tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀dẹ̀dẹ̀ náà dàbí àwòrán lílì, ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́rin ní gíga. 20Lórí àwọn ìparí ọ̀wọ́n méjì náà lókè, wọ́n sì súnmọ́ ibi tí ó yẹ lára ọ̀wọ́n tí ó wà níbi iṣẹ́ ọ̀wọ́n, wọ́n sì jẹ́ igba (200) pomegiranate ní ọ̀wọ́ yíkákiri. 21Ó sì gbé àwọn ọ̀wọn náà ró ní ìloro tẹmpili, ó sì pe orúkọ ọ̀wọ́n tí ó wà ní gúúsù ní Jakini àti èyí tí ó wà ní àríwá ní Boasi. 22Àwọn ìparí lókè sì jẹ́ àwòrán lílì. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni iṣẹ́ ti àwọn ọ̀wọ́n sì parí.
237.23-26: 2Ki 4.2-5.Ó sì ṣe agbádá dídá, ó ṣe bíríkítí, ó wọn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá láti etí kan dé èkejì àti ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún ní gíga rẹ̀. Ó sì gba okùn ọgbọ̀n ìgbọ̀nwọ́ láti wọ́n yí i ká. 24Ní ìsàlẹ̀ etí rẹ̀, kókó wá yí i ká, mẹ́wàá nínú ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan. Ó yí agbádá náà káàkiri, a dá kókó náà ní ọ̀wọ́ méjì, nígbà tí a dá a.
25Ó sì dúró lórí màlúù méjìlá, mẹ́ta kọjú sí àríwá, mẹ́ta sì kọjú sí ìwọ̀-oòrùn, mẹ́ta kọjú sí gúúsù, mẹ́ta sì kọjú sí ìlà-oòrùn. Agbada náà sì jókòó lórí wọn, gbogbo apá ẹ̀yìn wọn sì ń bẹ nínú. 26Ó sì nípọn tó ìbú àtẹ́lẹwọ́, etí rẹ̀ sì dàbí etí ago, bí ìtànná lílì. Ó sì gba ẹgbàá (2,000) ìwọ̀n bati.
27Ó sì túnṣe ẹsẹ̀ idẹ tí a lè gbé mẹ́wàá, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́rin ní gígùn, ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́rin ní ìbú àti ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́ta ní gíga. 28Báyìí ni a sì ṣe ẹsẹ̀ náà: Wọ́n ní àlàfo ọnà àárín tí a so mọ́ agbede-méjì ìpàdé etí. 29Lórí àlàfo ọnà àárín tí ó wà lágbedeméjì ni àwòrán kìnnìún, màlúù, àti àwọn kérúbù wà, àti lórí ìpàdé etí bákan náà. Lókè àti nísàlẹ̀ àwọn kìnnìún, màlúù sì ni iṣẹ́ ọ̀ṣọ́ wà. 30Ẹsẹ̀ kọ̀ọ̀kan sì ni kẹ̀kẹ́ idẹ mẹ́rin pẹ̀lú ọ̀pá kẹ̀kẹ́ idẹ, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ni ó ní ìfẹsẹ̀tẹ̀ lábẹ́, tí a gbẹ́, iṣẹ́ ọ̀ṣọ́ wà ní ìhà gbogbo rẹ̀. 31Nínú ẹsẹ̀ náà ẹnu kan wà tí ó kọ bíríkítí tí ó jìn ní ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan. Ẹnu yìí ṣe róbótó àti pẹ̀lú iṣẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan àti ààbọ̀. Ní àyíká ẹnu rẹ̀ ni ohun ọnà gbígbẹ́ wà. Àlàfo ọ̀nà àárín ẹsẹ̀ náà sì ní igun mẹ́rin, wọn kò yíká. 32Kẹ̀kẹ́ mẹ́rin sì wà nísàlẹ̀ àlàfo ọ̀nà àárín, a sì so ọ̀pá àyíká kẹ̀kẹ́ náà mọ́ ẹsẹ̀ náà. Gíga àyíká kẹ̀kẹ́ kan sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan àti ààbọ̀. 33A sì ṣe àyíká kẹ̀kẹ́ náà bí i iṣẹ́ kẹ̀kẹ́; igi ìdálu, ibi ihò, ibi ìpàdé, àti ọ̀pá tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́ wọn, gbogbo wọn sì jẹ́ irin dídà.
34Ẹsẹ̀ kọ̀ọ̀kan sì ní ìfẹsẹ̀tẹ̀ mẹ́rin, ọ̀kan ní igun kọ̀ọ̀kan, tí ó yọrí jáde láti ẹsẹ̀. 35Lókè ẹsẹ̀ náà ni àyíká kan wà tí ó jẹ́ ààbọ̀ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní jíjìn. Ẹ̀gbẹ́ etí rẹ̀ àti àlàfo ọ̀nà àárín rẹ̀ ni a so mọ́ òkè ẹsẹ̀ náà. 36Ó sì gbẹ́ àwòrán kérúbù, kìnnìún àti igi ọ̀pẹ, sára ìgbátí rẹ̀ àti sára pákó tí ó gbé ró, ní gbogbo ibi tí ààyè wà, pẹ̀lú iṣẹ́ ọ̀ṣọ́ yíkákiri. 37Báyìí ni ó ṣe ṣe àwọn ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wá. Wọ́n sì gbẹ́ gbogbo wọn bákan náà, ìwọ̀n kan náà àti títóbi kan náà.
387.38-51: 2Ki 4.6; 5.1.Nígbà náà ni ó ṣe agbádá idẹ mẹ́wàá, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan gbà tó ogójì ìwọ̀n bati, ó sì wọn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́rin, lórí ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wá náà ni agbádá kọ̀ọ̀kan wà. 39Ó sì fi ẹsẹ̀ márùn-ún sí apá ọ̀tún ìhà gúúsù ilé náà àti márùn-ún sí apá òsì ìhà àríwá. Ó sì gbé agbádá ńlá ka apá ọ̀tún, ní apá ìlà-oòrùn sí ìdojúkọ gúúsù ilé náà. 40Ó sì túnṣe ìkòkò, àti ọkọ́ àti àwokòtò.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Huramu sì parí gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí ó ṣe fún ilé Olúwa fún Solomoni ọba:
41Àwọn ọ̀wọ́n méjì;
Ọpọ́n méjì ìparí tí ó wà lókè àwọn ọ̀wọ́n iṣẹ́;
àwọn méjì ní láti bo ọpọ́n méjì ìparí tí ń bẹ lókè àwọn ọ̀wọ́n;
42Irínwó (400) pomegiranate fún iṣẹ́ àwọn méjì, ọ̀wọ́ méjì pomegiranate fún iṣẹ́ àwọn kan láti bo àwọn ọpọ́n méjì ìparí tí ń bẹ lókè àwọn ọ̀wọ́n;
43Ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́wàá pẹ̀lú agbádá mẹ́wàá wọn;
44Agbada ńlá náà, àti màlúù méjìlá tí ó wà lábẹ́ rẹ̀;
45Ìkòkò, ọkọ́ àti àwokòtò.
Gbogbo ohun èlò wọ̀nyí tí Hiramu ṣe fún Solomoni ọba nítorí iṣẹ́ Olúwa sì jẹ́ idẹ dídán. 46Ọba sì dá wọn ní ilẹ̀ amọ̀ ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ Jordani lágbedeméjì Sukkoti àti Saretani. 47Solomoni sì jọ̀wọ́ gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí láìwọ́n, nítorí tí wọ́n pọ̀jù; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò sì mọ ìwọ̀n idẹ.
48Solomoni sì túnṣe gbogbo ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ tí ń ṣe ti ilé Olúwa pẹ̀lú:
pẹpẹ wúrà;
tábìlì wúrà lórí èyí tí àkàrà ìfihàn gbé wà;
49Ọ̀pá fìtílà kìkì wúrà, márùn-ún ní apá ọ̀tún àti márùn-ún ní apá òsì, níwájú ibi mímọ́ jùlọ; ìtànná ewéko;
fìtílà àti ẹ̀mú wúrà;
50Ọpọ́n kìkì wúrà, alumagaji fìtílà, àti àwokòtò, àti ṣíbí àti àwo tùràrí ti wúrà dáradára;
àti àgbékọ́ wúrà fún ìlẹ̀kùn inú ilé ibi mímọ́ jùlọ àti fún ìlẹ̀kùn ilé náà, àní ti tẹmpili.
51Nígbà tí gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí Solomoni ọba ṣe fún ilé Olúwa parí, ó mú gbogbo nǹkan tí Dafidi baba rẹ̀ ti yà sí mímọ́ wá; fàdákà, wúrà àti ohun èlò, ó sì fi wọ́n sínú ìṣúra ilé Olúwa.
