A Construção do Templo
1Quatrocentos e oitenta6.1 A Septuaginta diz 440. anos depois que os israelitas saíram do Egito, no quarto ano do reinado de Salomão em Israel, no mês de zive6.1 Aproximadamente abril/maio; também no versículo 37., o segundo mês, ele começou a construir o templo do Senhor.
2O templo que o rei Salomão construiu para o Senhor media vinte e sete metros de comprimento, nove metros de largura e treze metros e meio de altura6.2 Hebraico: 60 côvados de comprimento, 20 de largura e 30 de altura. O côvado era uma medida linear de cerca de 45 centímetros.. 3O pórtico da entrada do santuário tinha a largura do templo, que era de nove metros, e avançava quatro metros e meio à frente do templo. 4Ele fez para o templo janelas com grades estreitas. 5Junto às paredes do átrio principal e do santuário interior, construiu uma estrutura em torno do edifício, na qual havia salas laterais. 6O andar inferior tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de largura, o andar intermediário tinha dois metros e setenta centímetros e o terceiro andar tinha três metros e quinze centímetros. Ele fez saliências de apoio nas paredes externas do templo, de modo que não houve necessidade de perfurar as paredes.
7Na construção do templo só foram usados blocos lavrados nas pedreiras, e não se ouviu no templo nenhum barulho de martelo, nem de talhadeira, nem de qualquer outra ferramenta de ferro durante a sua construção.
8A entrada para o andar inferior6.8 Conforme a Septuaginta. O Texto Massorético diz intermediário. ficava no lado sul do templo; uma escada conduzia até o andar intermediário e dali ao terceiro. 9Assim ele construiu o templo e o terminou, fazendo-lhe um forro com vigas e tábuas de cedro. 10E fez as salas laterais ao longo de todo o templo. Cada uma tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de altura, e elas estavam ligadas ao templo por vigas de cedro.
11E a palavra do Senhor veio a Salomão dizendo: 12“Quanto a este templo que você está construindo, se você seguir os meus decretos, executar os meus juízos e obedecer a todos os meus mandamentos, cumprirei por meio de você a promessa que fiz ao seu pai, Davi, 13viverei no meio dos israelitas e não abandonarei Israel, o meu povo”.
14Assim Salomão concluiu a construção do templo. 15Forrou as paredes do templo por dentro com tábuas de cedro, cobrindo-as desde o chão até o teto, e fez o soalho do templo com tábuas de pinho. 16Separou nove metros na parte de trás do templo, fazendo uma divisão com tábuas de cedro, do chão ao teto, para formar dentro do templo o santuário interno, o Lugar Santíssimo. 17O átrio principal em frente dessa sala media dezoito metros de comprimento. 18O interior do templo era de cedro, com figuras entalhadas de frutos e flores abertas. Tudo era de cedro; não se via pedra alguma.
19Preparou também o santuário interno no templo para ali colocar a arca da aliança do Senhor. 20O santuário interno tinha nove metros de comprimento, nove de largura e nove de altura. Ele revestiu o interior de ouro puro e também revestiu de ouro o altar de cedro. 21Salomão cobriu o interior do templo de ouro puro e estendeu correntes de ouro em frente do santuário interno, que também foi revestido de ouro. 22Assim, revestiu de ouro todo o interior do templo e também o altar que pertencia ao santuário interno.
23No santuário interno ele esculpiu dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um com quatro metros e meio de altura. 24As asas abertas dos querubins mediam dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros: quatro metros e meio da ponta de uma asa à ponta da outra. 25Os dois querubins tinham a mesma medida e a mesma forma. 26A altura de cada querubim era de quatro metros e meio. 27Ele colocou os querubins, com as asas abertas, no santuário interno do templo. A asa de um querubim encostava numa parede, e a do outro encostava na outra. As suas outras asas encostavam uma na outra no meio do santuário. 28Ele revestiu os querubins de ouro.
29Nas paredes ao redor do templo, tanto na parte interna como na externa, ele esculpiu querubins, tamareiras e flores abertas. 30Também revestiu de ouro os pisos, tanto na parte interna como na externa do templo.
31Para a entrada do santuário interno fez portas de oliveira com batentes de cinco lados. 32E nas duas portas de madeira de oliveira esculpiu querubins, tamareiras e flores abertas e revestiu os querubins e as tamareiras de ouro batido. 33Também fez pilares de quatro lados, de madeira de oliveira para a entrada do templo. 34Fez também duas portas de pinho, cada uma com duas folhas que se articulavam por meio de dobradiças. 35Entalhou figuras de querubins, de tamareiras e de flores abertas nas portas e as revestiu de ouro batido.
36E construiu o pátio interno com três camadas de pedra lavrada e uma de vigas de cedro.
37O alicerce do templo do Senhor foi lançado no mês de zive, do quarto ano. 38No mês de bul6.38 Aproximadamente outubro/novembro., o oitavo mês, do décimo primeiro ano, o templo foi terminado em todos os seus detalhes, de acordo com as suas especificações. Salomão levou sete anos para construí-lo.
1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.6.1 began…: Heb. built 2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.6.4 of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed
5¶ And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:6.5 against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall6.5 built chambers: Heb. built floors6.5 made chambers: Heb. made ribs 6The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.6.6 narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements 7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.6.8 side: Heb. shoulder 9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.6.9 with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar 10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 12Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.6.15 both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc 16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.6.18 knops: or, gourds6.18 open: Heb. openings of 19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.6.20 pure: Heb. shut up 21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.6.23 olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil 24And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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 touched one another in the midst of the house.6.27 they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings 28And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.6.29 open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers 30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31¶ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.6.31 a fifth…: or, fivesquare 32The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.6.32 two…: or, leaves of the doors6.32 open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers 33So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.6.33 a fourth…: or, foursquare 34And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: 38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.6.38 throughout…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof
