But Solomon built a house for him.

却是所罗门为神造成殿宇。

但却是所罗门为上帝造成殿宇。

但却是所罗门为神造成殿宇。

结果是他的儿子所罗门为上帝建成了圣殿。

而由所罗门为他建造殿宇。

但为神建造殿宇的却是所罗门。

卻是所羅門為神造成殿宇。

但卻是所羅門為上帝造成殿宇。

但卻是所羅門為神造成殿宇。

結果是他的兒子所羅門為上帝建成了聖殿。

而由所羅門為他建造殿宇。

然而是所羅門才為上帝建殿的。

但為神建造殿宇的卻是所羅門。

而所羅門為之建室、

所羅門建之、

所羅門為天主建殿、

至所羅門始為天主建殿。

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

But it was Solomon who built the temple for God.

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

But it was Solomon who actually built it.

It was Solomon, rather, who built him a house,

But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

But Solomon built Him a house.

But Solomon built him a house.

But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

But Solomon built him an house.

But Solomon built him a house.

The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple.In the eleventh year, in the month Bul( the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

( 1: 18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.( 2: 1) Solomon had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre:“ Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the LORD our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.

When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“ Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under a tent.”

Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

( 5: 15) King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place.( Hiram had always been an ally of David.)Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:“ You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the LORD his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the LORD subdued his enemies.But now the LORD my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘ Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said,“ The LORD is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”Hiram then sent this message to Solomon:“ I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews.Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,besides 3,300 officials who supervised the workers.By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv( the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments.When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around.He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz.The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.He also made the large bronze basin called“ The Sea.” It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet.Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with“ The Sea.”“ The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward.“ The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.The stands were constructed with frames between the joints.On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths.Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand.On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put“ The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars( each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),the ten movable stands with their ten basins,the big bronze basin called“ The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.Solomon also made all these items for the LORD’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary( five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary( the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.When King Solomon finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David( the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

Then say to him,‘ The LORD who rules over all says,“ Look– here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the LORD.Indeed, he will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.