1 King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction 2 in the second month of the fourth year that he was king. 3 The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. 4 The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, 30 feet, and was 180 feet high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold. 5 The main room was paneled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns. 6 The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim. 7 He used the gold to overlay the Temple walls, the rafters, the entryways, and the doors. On the walls the workers carved designs of winged creatures. 8 The inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was 30 feet long and 30 feet wide, which was the full width of the Temple. Twenty-five tons of gold were used to cover the walls of the Most Holy Place; 9 twenty ounces of gold were used for making nails, and the walls of the upper rooms were also covered with gold.
10 The king also had his workers make two winged creatures out of metal, cover them with gold, and place them in the Most Holy Place, 11-13 where they stood side by side facing the entrance. Each had two wings, each wing 7½ feet long, which were spread out so that they touched each other in the center of the room and reached to the wall on either side of the room, stretching across the full width of 30 feet. 14 A curtain for the Most Holy Place was made of linen and of other material, which was dyed blue, purple, and red, with designs of the winged creatures worked into it.
The Two Bronze Columns
(1 Kings 7.15-22)15 The king had two columns made, each one 52 feet tall, and placed them in front of the Temple. Each one had a capital 7½ feet tall. 16 The tops of the columns were decorated with a design of interwoven chains and one hundred bronze pomegranates. 17 The columns were set at the sides of the Temple entrance: the one on the south side was named Jachin and the one on the north side was named Boaz.
(1مل 6:1-38؛ 1مل 7:15-22)
1 وبدأَ سليمانُ بِبِناءِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ في أورُشليمَ، في جبَلِ المُريَّا الّذي تَراءَى الرّبُّ فيهِ لِداوُدَ أبـيهِ، في مكانٍ أعدَّهُ داوُدُ في بَيدَرِ أرنانَ اليَبُوسيِّ. 2 بدأَ بالبِناءِ في اليومِ الثَّاني مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثَّاني مِنَ السَّنةِ الرَّابِــعةِ لِمُلْكِهِ، 3 وكانَ طُولُ الأسُسِ الّتي وضَعَها سليمانُ لِبِناءِ الهَيكل سِتِّينَ ذِراعا وعَرْضُها عِشرينَ 4 وطُولُ الرِّواقِ مِنَ الأمامِ عِشرينَ ذِراعا، على مُحاذاةِ عَرْضِ الهَيكلِ وارْتِفاعُهُ مئَةً وعِشرينَ ذِراعا، وغَشَّاهُ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ بِذَهبٍ خالصٍ 5 وألبسَ سليمانُ الغُرفةَ الكُبرى خشَبَ سَرْوٍ وغَشَّاهُ بِذَهبٍ خالِصٍ ورسَمَ علَيهِ نخيلا وسلاسِلَ، 6 ورصَّعَ الغُرفةَ بِـحِجارةٍ كريمةٍ للزِّينةِ. وكانَ الذَّهبُ مِنْ أرضِ فَروايمَ. 7 وألبسَ الرَّوافِدَ والأعتابَ والجُدرانَ والمَصاريعَ ذَهبا، وعلى الجُدرانِ نَقَشَ كروبـيمَ 8 وصنَعَ قُدْسَ الأقداسِ، على مُحاذاةِ عَرْضِ الهَيكلِ، وكانَ طُولُهُ عِشرينَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ عِشرينَ ذِراعا، وألبسَهُ ذهَبا خالِصا وَزْنُهُ مئَةُ قِنطارٍ. 9 وكانَ وَزْنُ المَساميرِ رَطلينِ مِنَ الذَّهب، وألبسَ الغُرَفَ العُليا ذهَبا.
10 وصنَعَ في قُدْسِ الأقداسِ كَروبَينِ مِنْ مَعدَنٍ وغَشَّاهُما بِالذَّهبِ. 11 وكانَ طُولُ أجنِحَةِ الكروبَينِ معا عِشرينَ ذِراعا، وطُولُ الجَناحِ الواحدِ مِنَ الكَروبِ الواحِدِ خمسَ أذرُعٍ، ويُلامِسُ جَناحُ الكَروبِ جناحَ الكَروبِ الآخَرِ. 12 وجَناحُ الكَروبِ وطُولُه خمسُ أذرُعٍ، يُلامِسُ حائِطَ الهَيكلِ، والجَناحُ الآخَرُ وطُولُهُ خمسُ أذرعٍ، يَتَّصِلُ بِـجَناحِ الكَروبِ الآخَرِ. 13 وطُولُ أجنِحَةِ هذَينِ الكَروبَينِ، وهيَ مُنبسِطَةٌ عِشرونَ ذِراعا، وهُما واقِفانِ على أرجُلِهِما وأوجُهُهما إلى المَدخَلِ 14 وصنَعَ الحِجابَ مِنْ سَمَنجونيٍّ وأرجوانٍ وقِرمِزٍ وكَتَّانٍ ورسَمَ علَيهِ كَروبـيمَ.
15 وأقامَ أمامَ الهَيكلِ عَمودَينِ طُولُهُما خمسٌ وثَلاثونَ ذِراعا، وارتِفاعُ التَّاجَينِ اللَّذَينِ على رأسَيهِما خمسُ أذرُعٍ. 16 وصنَعَ سلاسِلَ على شكْلِ قلادَةٍ وجعَلَها على رأسَي العَمودَينِ، وصنَعَ مئَةَ رُمَّانَةٍ وجعَلَها بَينَ السَّلاسِلِ، 17 ونصَبَ العَمودَينِ أمامَ الهَيكلِ، واحدا عَنِ اليَمينِ وسَمَّاهُ ياكينَ، وواحدا عَنِ اليَسارِ وسَمَّاهُ بوعَزَ.