Solomon Builds the Temple
1 Four hundred and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple. 2 Inside it was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 3 The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself. 4 The walls of the Temple had openings in them, narrower on the outside than on the inside. 5 Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annex was built, each story 7½ feet high. 6 Each room in the lowest story was 7½ feet wide, in the middle story 9 feet wide, and in the top story 10½ feet wide. The Temple wall on each floor was thinner than on the floor below, so that the rooms could rest on the wall without having their beams built into it.
7 The stones with which the Temple was built had been prepared at the quarry, so that there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was being built.
8 The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories. 9 So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar. 10 The three-storied annex, each story 7½ feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.
11 The Lord said to Solomon, 12 “If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David. 13 I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them.”
14 So Solomon finished building the Temple.
The Interior Furnishings of the Temple
(2 Chronicles 3.8-14)15 The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine. 16 An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling. 17 The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long. 18 The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
19 In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord's Covenant Box was to be placed. 20 This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels. 21 The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room, which was also covered with gold. 22 The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
23 Two winged creatures were made of olive wood and placed in the Most Holy Place, each one 15 feet tall. 24-26 Both were of the same size and shape. Each had two wings, each wing 7½ feet long, so that the distance from one wing tip to the other was 15 feet. 27 They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place, so that two of their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls. 28 The two winged creatures were covered with gold.
29 The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. 30 Even the floor was covered with gold.
31 A double door made of olive wood was set in place at the entrance of the Most Holy Place; the top of the doorway was a pointed arch. 32 The doors were decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the winged creatures, and the palm trees were covered with gold. 33 For the entrance to the main room a rectangular doorframe of olive wood was made. 34 There were two folding doors made of pine 35 and decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold.
36 An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
37 The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign. 38 In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It had taken Solomon seven years to build it.
Sālamans ceļ templi
(2L 3:1–14)1 Četri simti astoņdesmitajā gadā kopš Israēla dēlu iziešanas no Ēģiptes zemes, kad Sālamans ceturto gadu valdīja pār Israēlu, ziva mēnesī, tas ir otrais mēnesis, viņš sāka celt namu Kungam. 2 Nams, kuru ķēniņš Sālamans cēla Kungam, bija sešdesmit elkoņus garš, divdesmit plats un trīsdesmit elkoņus augsts. 3 Lievenis tempļa priekšā bija divdesmit elkoņus plats – nama platumā un desmit elkoņus garš nama priekšā. 4 Viņš taisīja namam logus ar ārpusē sašaurinātām logu ailām. 5 Viņš cēla visapkārt nama mūrim piebūvi, visapkārt templim un vissvētākajai vietai viņš taisīja telpas. 6 Apakšējā stāva platums bija pieci elkoņi, vidējais bija sešus elkoņus plats un trešais bija septiņus elkoņus plats. Ārpusē, visapkārt namam viņš lika balstus, lai piebūve nebalstās uz nama mūriem. 7 Namu viņš cēla no plēstiem akmeņiem, tā ka, namu ceļot, nedzirdēja ne āmuru, ne cirvi, ne kādu citu dzelzs rīku. 8 Ieeja vidējā stāva telpās bija nama labajā pusē – vītņu kāpnes veda augšup uz vidējo un no vidējā uz trešo stāvu. 9 Viņš namu cēla un pabeidza to, un pārsedza namu ar ciedra koka sijām un dēļiem. 10 Visapkārt namam viņš uzcēla piebūvi piecu elkoņu augstumā, ciedru baļķi to savienoja ar namu.
11 Un Kunga vārds nāca pār Sālamanu: 12 “Par namu, ko tu cel, – ja tu staigāsi manos likumos, pildīsi manus spriedumus un nenovērsdamies turēsi visus manus baušļus, tad es pildīšu pie tevis savu vārdu, kuru es teicu tavam tēvam Dāvidam, – 13 es dzīvošu Israēla dēlu vidū, un es neatstāšu savu tautu Israēlu.”
14 Un Sālamans cēla namu un pabeidza to. 15 Nama mūrus iekšpusē no grīdas līdz griestiem viņš noklāja ar ciedra koku un nama grīdu pārklāja ar cipreses koku. 16 Divdesmit elkoņu attālumā no nama gala viņš uzcēla sienu no ciedra koka, no grīdas līdz griestiem, un tur taisīja iekšnamu – svētumu svētumu. 17 Bet templis, proti, priekšējā svētnīca, bija četrdesmit elkoņu garumā. 18 Nama iekšpuse bija no ciedra ar grieztiem pumpuru un plaukstošu ziedu rotājumiem, viss bija no ciedra, akmens nebija redzams. 19 Iekšpusi, iekšnamu, viņš sagatavoja, lai noliktu tur Kunga derības šķirstu. 20 Iekšnams bija divdesmit elkoņus garš, divdesmit plats un divdesmit elkoņus augsts. Viņš to pārklāja ar tīru zeltu un pārklāja arī ciedra koka altāri. 21 Sālamans pārklāja nama iekšpusi ar tīru zeltu, iekšnamu aizšķērsoja ar zelta ķēdēm un pārklāja to ar zeltu. 22 Visu namu viņš pārklāja ar zeltu, līdz viss nams bija pabeigts, arī visu altāri, kas bija iekšnama priekšā, arī to viņš pārklāja ar zeltu.
Iekšnama iekārtojums
(2L 4:1–10, 2L 19–222L 5:1)23 Iekšnamā viņš no eļļas koka darināja divus ķerubus – desmit olektis augstus. 24 Viens ķeruba spārns bija piecus elkoņus un otrs piecus elkoņus plats – desmit elkoņi no viena spārna gala līdz otra spārna galam. 25 Tāpat desmit elkoņus plats bija otrs ķerubs, viens mērs un viens veids bija abiem ķerubiem. 26 Viena ķeruba augstums bija desmit elkoņi un tikpat arī otram ķerubam. 27 Viņš novietoja ķerubus iekštelpas vidū. Ķerubu spārni bija izplesti, tā ka viens spārns pieskārās sienai un otra ķeruba spārns pieskārās otrai sienai, un viņu spārni telpas vidū saskārās – spārns ar spārnu. 28 Ķerubus viņš pārklāja ar zeltu.
29 Visās nama sienās visapkārt viņš kokā iegreba ķerubus, palmas un plaukstošus ziedus – gan iekštelpās, gan ārējās telpās, 30 un nama grīdu viņš pārklāja ar zeltu – gan iekštelpās, gan ārējās telpās.
31 Iekšnama ieejai darināja eļļas koka durvis ar piecstūru durvju apmalēm. 32 Eļļas koka divviru durvis viņš izrotāja izgrieztiem ķerubiem, palmām un plaukstošiem ziediem un pārklāja tos ar zeltu, un apkala ķerubus un palmu rakstus ar zeltu.
33 Tāpat viņš darināja tempļa ieejai četrstūru eļļas koka apmales 34 un divviru cipreses koka durvis, katra durvju puse bija verama. 35 Viņš izgreba ķerubus, palmas un izplaukušus ziedus un pārklāja kokgriezumus ar zeltu. 36 Viņš uzcēla arī iekšējo pagalmu – trīs rindas skaldīta akmens un rinda tēstu ciedru.
37 Ceturtā gada ziva mēnesī Kunga namam tika likti pamati, 38 un vienpadsmitā gada būla mēnesī, tas ir astotais mēnesis, tika pabeigtas visas nama daļas un viss, kas bija paredzēts. Viņš to uzcēla septiņos gados.
