But Solomon built Him a house.

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 it was Solomon who built Him a house.

But Solomon built him an house.

But Solomon built a house for him.

But Solomon built him a house.

So the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

Then Solomon determined to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal house for himself.Solomon selected seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.Behold, I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

Now it came to pass, when David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet,“ See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent curtains.”

Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always loved David.Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under the soles of his feet.But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying,“ Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians.So it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people!Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have considered the message which you sent me, and I will do all you desire concerning the cedar and cypress logs.My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household.Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire.And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men.And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains,besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.So Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple.And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.Now the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

Now King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre.He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of each.Then he made two capitals of cast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.He made a lattice network, with wreaths of chainwork, for the capitals which were on top of the pillars: seven chains for one capital and seven for the other capital.So he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals that were on top; and thus he did for the other capital.The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were in the shape of lilies, four cubits.The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.Then he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz.The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.Below its brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it was cast.It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained two thousand baths.He also made ten carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames;on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen were wreaths of plaited work.Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter; and the opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside diameter; and also on the opening were engravings, but the panels were square, not round.Under the panels were the four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were joined to the cart. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits.The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axle pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast bronze.And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports were part of the cart itself.On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it was perfectly round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels were of the same casting.On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around.Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of the same mold, one measure, and one shape.Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver contained forty baths, and each laver was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a laver.And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the Sea on the right side of the house, toward the southeast.Huram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the Lord:the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars;four hundred pomegranates for the two networks( two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the pillars);the ten carts, and ten lavers on the carts;one Sea, and twelve oxen under the Sea;the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. All these articles which Huram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze.In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zaretan.And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread;the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold;the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner room( the Most Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

Then speak to him, saying,‘ Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:“ Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the Lord;Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on His throne; So He shall be a priest on His throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’