Sālamans ceļ templi
(1Ķēn 6:1–22)1 Jeruzālemē Morijas kalnā Sālamans sāka celt namu Kungam, kas tur bija parādījies viņa tēvam Dāvidam, vietā, ko Dāvids bija sagatavojis, kur bija jebūsieša Ornāna klons. 2 Viņš sāka celt savas valdīšanas ceturtā gada otrā mēneša otrajā dienā. 3 Sālamana celtā Dieva nama pamata mēri bija šādi: garums, pēc vecā mēra, sešdesmit elkoņi un platums divdesmit elkoņi. 4 Lieveņa garums bija nama platumā divdesmit elkoņi, augstums simts divdesmit. Iekšpusi viņš pārklāja ar tīru zeltu. 5 Lielo namu viņš pārklāja ar cipreses koku, to pārklāja ar vislabāko zeltu, uz tā bija iegrebtas palmas un ķēžu vītnes. 6 Lai nams būtu grezns, viņš izrotāja to ar dārgakmeņiem. Zelts bija no Parvaimas. 7 Nama sijas, sliekšņus, mūrus un durvis pārklāja ar zeltu, un sienās tika izgrebti ķerubi.
8 Viņš darināja svētumu svētumu, tās garums bija nama platumā – divdesmit elkoņi, arī tās platums – divdesmit elkoņi. Viņš to izklāja ar sešiem simtiem talantu vislabākā zelta. 9 Naglu svars bija piecdesmit šekeļi zelta. Arī iekštelpas viņš izklāja ar zeltu. 10 Svētumu svētumam darināja divus ķerubu tēlus, kurus pārklāja ar zeltu. 11 Ķerubu spārnu garums bija pieci elkoņi. Viena spārna garums – pieci elkoņi, tas pieskārās sienai, un otrs spārns – pieci elkoņi, un tas pieskārās otra ķeruba spārnam, 12 arī otra ķeruba spārna garums bija pieci elkoņi, un tas pieskārās sienai, un arī otrs spārns – pieci elkoņi, un tas savienojās ar pirmā ķeruba spārnu. 13 Šo ķerubu spārni bija izplesti divdesmit elkoņu platumā, ķerubi stāvēja uz savām kājām, un to sejas bija vērstas pret namu.
14 Viņš darināja lina priekškaru – purpurzilu, purpura un karmīna, tajā ieauda ķerubus.
15 Nama priekšā viņš darināja divus trīsdesmit piecus elkoņus augstus stabus. Uz stabu galiem bija piecus elkoņus augsti kapiteļi.
16 Viņš darināja tādas ķēžu vītnes kā iekšnamā un lika tās uz stabu galiem. Viņš darināja arī simts granātābolus un lika tos uz ķēžu vītnēm. 17 Stabus novietoja tempļa priekšā – vienu labajā, otru kreisajā pusē. Tiem viņš deva vārdus – labajā pusē bija Jāhīns, kreisajā – Boazs.
The Temple Is Built
(1 Kings 6.1-38)1-2 Solomon's workers began building the temple in Jerusalem on the second day of the second month, four years after Solomon had become king of Israel. It was built on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to David at the threshing place that had belonged to Araunah from Jebus.
3 The inside of the temple was 27 meters long and 9 meters wide, according to the older standards. 4 Across the front of the temple was a porch 9 meters wide and 9 meters high. The inside walls of the porch were covered with pure gold.
5 Solomon had the inside walls of the temple's main room paneled first with pine and then with a layer of gold, and he had them decorated with carvings of palm trees and designs that looked like chains. 6 He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim 7 to decorate the ceiling beams, the doors, the door frames, and the walls. Solomon also told the workers to carve designs of winged creatures into the walls.
8 The most holy place was nine meters square, and its walls were covered with over 20 tons of fine gold. 9 Five hundred and seventy grams of gold was used to cover the heads of the nails. The walls of the small storage rooms were also covered with gold.
10 Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made to put in the most holy place, and he covered them with gold. 11-13 Each creature had two wings and was four and a half meters from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing. Solomon set them next to each other in the most holy place, facing the doorway. Their wings were spread out and reached all the way across the nine-meter room.
14 A curtain was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with designs of winged creatures.
The Two Columns
(1 Kings 7.15-22)15 Two columns were made for the entrance to the temple. Each one was 16 meters tall and had a cap on top that was over 2 meters high. 16 The top of each column was decorated with designs that looked like chains and with 100 carvings of pomegranates. 17 Solomon had one of the columns placed on the south side of the temple's entrance; it was called Jachin. The other one was placed on the north side of the entrance; it was called Boaz.
