But it was Solomon who actually built it.

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.

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 a house for him.

But Solomon built him a house.

“ And now the Lord has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

The foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.

He is the one who will build a house— a temple— for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord, and also a royal palace for himself.He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the hill country, and 3,600 foremen.Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram at Tyre:“ Send me cedar logs as you did for my father, David, when he was building his palace.I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the Lord our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.

When David was settled in his palace, he summoned Nathan the prophet.“ Look,” David said,“ I am living in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant is out there under a tent!”

So Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David’s son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.Then Solomon sent this message back to Hiram:“ You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord his God because of the many wars waged against him by surrounding nations. He could not build until the Lord gave him victory over all his enemies.But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side; I have no enemies, and all is well.So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God, just as he had instructed my father, David. For the Lord told him,‘ Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.’“ Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!”When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he was very pleased and said,“ Praise the Lord today for giving David a wise son to be king of the great nation of Israel.”Then he sent this reply to Solomon:“ I have received your message, and I will supply all the cedar and cypress timber you need.My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired.In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil.So the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he had promised. And Hiram and Solomon made a formal alliance of peace.Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,and 3,600 foremen to supervise the work.At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.Men from the city of Gebal helped Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders prepare the timber and stone for the Temple.It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.The Temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

King Solomon then asked for a man named Huram to come from Tyre.He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1/2 feet tall.Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.The capitals on the pillars were shaped like water lilies. And so the work on the pillars was finished.Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1/2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.Huram also made ten bronze water carts, each 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet tall.They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.Both the panels and the crossbars were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim. Above and below the lions and oxen were wreath decorations.Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1/2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 1/4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round.Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2 1/4 feet in diameterand were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.There were handles at each of the four corners of the carts, and these, too, were cast as one unit with the cart.Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide. The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.Carvings of cherubim, lions, and palm trees decorated the panels and corner supports wherever there was room, and there were wreaths all around.All ten water carts were the same size and were made alike, for each was cast from the same mold.Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water.He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls. So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the Lord:the two pillars; the two bowl shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals( two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);the ten water carts holding the ten basins;the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls. Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the Lord, just as King Solomon had directed.The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the Lord: the gold altar; the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place; the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs— all of gold;the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners— all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the Lord. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated— the silver, the gold, and the various articles— and he stored them in the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple.

Tell him,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the Lord.Yes, he will build the Temple of the Lord. Then he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne, and there will be perfect harmony between his two roles.’