< Chronicles II 3 >

1 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, where the Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
וַיָּ֣חֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנֹ֤ות אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם בְּהַר֙ הַמֹּ֣ורִיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִרְאָ֖ה לְדָוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יהוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵכִין֙ בִּמְקֹ֣ום דָּוִ֔יד בְּגֹ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃
2 And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
וַ֠יָּחֶל לִבְנֹ֞ות בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי֙ בַּשֵּׁנִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֖ע לְמַלְכוּתֹֽו׃
3 And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הוּסַ֣ד שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה לִבְנֹ֖ות אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֹ֡רֶךְ אַמֹּ֞ות בַּמִּדָּ֤ה הָרִֽאשֹׁונָה֙ אַמֹּ֣ות שִׁשִּׁ֔ים וְרֹ֖חַב אַמֹּ֥ות עֶשְׂרִֽים׃
4 And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house [was] twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
וְהָאוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמֹּ֣ות עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ מִפְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֥ב טָהֹֽור׃
5 And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains.
וְאֵ֣ת ׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַגָּדֹ֗ול חִפָּה֙ עֵ֣ץ בְּרֹושִׁ֔ים וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֣ב טֹ֑וב וַיַּ֧עַל עָלָ֛יו תִּמֹרִ֖ים וְשַׁרְשְׁרֹֽות׃
6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim.
וַיְצַ֧ף אֶת־הַבַּ֛יִת אֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָ֖ה לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְהַזָּהָ֖ב זְהַ֥ב פַּרְוָֽיִם׃
7 And he gilded the house, and its [inner] walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.
וַיְחַ֨ף אֶת־הַבַּ֜יִת הַקֹּרֹ֧ות הַסִּפִּ֛ים וְקִֽירֹותָ֥יו וְדַלְתֹותָ֖יו זָהָ֑ב וּפִתַּ֥ח כְּרוּבִ֖ים עַל־הַקִּירֹֽות׃ ס
8 And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front [of the other house], the breadth of the house [was] twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded [it] with pure gold for cherubs, to [the amount of] six hundred talents.
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכֹּ֞ו עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמֹּ֣ות עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבֹּ֖ו אַמֹּ֣ות עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב טֹ֔וב לְכִכָּרִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֹֽות׃
9 And the weight of the nails, [even] the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold.
וּמִשְׁקָ֛ל לְמִסְמְרֹ֥ות לִשְׁקָלִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים זָהָ֑ב וְהָעֲלִיֹּ֖ות חִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃
10 And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold.
וַיַּ֜עַשׂ בְּבֵֽית־קֹ֤דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ כְּרוּבִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה צַעֲצֻעִ֑ים וַיְצַפּ֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃
11 And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
וְכַנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים אָרְכָּ֖ם אַמֹּ֣ות עֶשְׂרִ֑ים כְּנַ֨ף הָאֶחָ֜ד לְאַמֹּ֣ות חָמֵ֗שׁ מַגַּ֙עַת֙ לְקִ֣יר הַבַּ֔יִת וְהַכָּנָ֤ף הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ אַמֹּ֣ות חָמֵ֔שׁ מַגִּ֕יעַ לִכְנַ֖ף הַכְּר֥וּב הָאַחֵֽר׃
וּכְנַ֨ף הַכְּר֤וּב הָאֶחָד֙ אַמֹּ֣ות חָמֵ֔שׁ מַגִּ֖יעַ לְקִ֣יר הַבָּ֑יִת וְהַכָּנָ֤ף הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ אַמֹּ֣ות חָמֵ֔שׁ דְּבֵקָ֕ה לִכְנַ֖ף הַכְּר֥וּב הָאַחֵֽר׃
13 And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
כַּנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה פֹּֽרְשִׂ֖ים אַמֹּ֣ות עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וְהֵ֛ם עֹמְדִ֥ים עַל־רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם לַבָּֽיִת׃ ס
14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־הַפָּרֹ֔כֶת תְּכֵ֥לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֖ן וְכַרְמִ֣יל וּב֑וּץ וַיַּ֥עַל עָלָ֖יו כְּרוּבִֽים׃ ס
15 Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapters of five cubits.
וַיַּ֜עַשׂ לִפְנֵ֤י הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַמּוּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם אַמֹּ֕ות שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ אֹ֑רֶךְ וְהַצֶּ֥פֶת אֲשֶׁר־עַל־רֹאשֹׁ֖ו אַמֹּ֥ות חָמֵֽשׁ׃ ס
16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ שַׁרְשְׁרֹות֙ בַּדְּבִ֔יר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמֻּדִ֑ים וַיַּ֤עַשׂ רִמֹּונִים֙ מֵאָ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֖ן בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֹֽות׃
17 And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand 'Stability,' and the name of the one on the left 'Strength.'
וַיָּ֤קֶם אֶת־הָֽעַמּוּדִים֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַהֵיכָ֔ל אֶחָ֥ד מִיָּמִ֖ין וְאֶחָ֣ד מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹ֑אול וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵׁם־הַיְמִינִי (הַיְמָנִי֙) יָכִ֔ין וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשְּׂמָאלִ֖י בֹּֽעַז׃ ס

< Chronicles II 3 >