قصر سليمان
1 وبَنى سُليمانُ قصرَهُ في ثَلاثَ عشْرَةَ سنَةً. 2 فبَنى قاعةً دَعاها غابةَ لبنانَ وطُولُها مئَةُ ذِراعٍ، وعَرضُها خَمسونَ ذِراعا وارتِفاعُها ثَلاثونَ ذِراعا. بَناها على أربَعةِ صُفوفٍ مِنْ أعمِدَةِ الأرْزِ. وكانَ على الأعمدَةِ عَوارِضُ مِنَ الأرْزِ، 3 سقَفَها بِالأرْزِ على الغُرَفاتِ الخَمسِ والأربَعينَ الّتي على الأعمِدَةِ وكُلُّ صَفٍّ خَمسَ عشْرَةَ غُرفَةً. 4 وكانتِ النَّوافِذُ ثَلاثةَ صُفوفٍ، كُلُّ صَفٍّ خَمسَ عشْرَةَ نافِذةً، وكُلُّ نافِذَةٍ مُقابِلَ النَّافِذَةِ الأُخرى. 5 وكانَت جميعُ المَداخِلِ والنَّوافِذِ مُربَّعةَ الأُطُرِ، وكُلُّ نافِذةٍ مُقابِلَ الأخرى على ثَلاثَةِ صُفوفٍ.
6 وجعَلَ رِواقَ الأعمِدةِ خَمسينَ ذِراعا في الطُّولِ، وثَلاثينَ ذِراعا في العَرضِ، فكانَ أمامَ أعمِدةِ غابةِ لبنانَ رِواقٌ وأعمِدةٌ وسُقفيَّةٌ. 7 وجعَلَ رِواقَ العرشِ حَيثُ كانَ يُصدِرُ الأحكامَ، وهوَ رِواقُ القضاءِ، مُصَفَّحا بِالأرْزِ مِنَ الأرضِ إلى السَّقفِ.
8 وأمَّا مَسكِنُهُ في الدَّارِ الأخرى داخِلَ الرِّواقِ، فكانَ مُتَشابِها لِهذا البِناءِ، وكذلِكَ البَيتُ الّذي بَناهُ لابنةِ فِرعَونَ زَوجَتِهِ. 9 وهذِهِ الأبنيَةُ كُلُّها كانَت مِنْ حِجارةٍ ثمينةٍ مَنحوتَةٍ على القياسِ ومَنشورَةٍ بِمَناشيرَ مِنْ داخِلِها وخارِجِها، مِنَ الأساسِ إلى الإفْريزِ، ومِنْ دارِ هَيكَلِ الرّبِّ إلى الدَّارِ الكبـيرةِ. 10 وكانَ الأساسُ مِنْ حجارةٍ ضَخمَةٍ ثمينةٍ، بَعضُها عَشْرُ أذرُعٍ وبَعضُها ثماني أذرُعٍ في الطُّولِ. 11 وفوقَها حجارةٌ ثمينةٌ على القِـياسِ وعَوارِضُ مِنْ أرْزٍ. 12 ولِلدَّارِ الكبـيرةِ على مُحيطِها ثَلاثةُ صُفوفٍ مِنَ الحجارةِ المَنحوتَةِ وصَفٌّ مِنْ عَوارِضِ الأرْزِ، كما لِدارِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ الدَّاخِليَّةِ ولِرِواقِهِ.
مصنوعات من نحاس لهيكل الرب
13 واستقدَمَ المَلِكُ سُليمانُ حيرامَ مِنْ صُورَ 14 وهوَ صانِعُ نُحاسٍ، أُمُّهُ أرمَلةٌ مِنْ سِبْطِ نَفتالي، وأبوهُ مِنْ صُورَ. وكانَ حيرامُ كثيرَ الفَهْمِ والمَهارةِ والمعرفةِ في كُلِّ ما يَصنَعُ مِنَ النُّحاسِ. فقَدِمَ إلى المَلِكِ سُليمانَ وتوَلَّى كُلَّ عمَلٍ مِنِ اختِصاصِهِ.
أعمدة النحاس
(2أخ 3:15-17)15 وصنَعَ حيرامُ عَمودَينِ مِنْ نُحاسٍ، طُولُ الواحدِ ثماني عشْرَةَ ذِراعا ومُحيطُه اثنَتا عشْرَةَ ذِراعا وكانَ أجوفَ بِسَماكَةِ أربَعِ أصابِـعَ، 16 وصنَعَ تاجَينِ مِنْ نُحاسٍ مَسبوكٍ لِـيكونا على رأسَي العَمودَينِ، عُلُوُّ كُلٍّ مِنهُما خَمسُ أذرُعٍ. 17 وصنَعَ لِكُلٍّ مِنَ التَّاجَينِ حَبـيكَةً مُخرَّمةً، 18 ورُمَّاناتٍ مِنْ نُحاسٍ وضَعَها في صَفَّينِ على مُحيطِ كُلٍّ مِنَ الحَبـيكتَينِ لِتَغطيَةِ التَّاجِ. 19 وكانَ التَّاجانِ اللَّذانِ على رأسَي العَمودَينِ في الرِّواقِ على شكلِ السَّوسَنِ، عُلُوُّ كُلِّ واحدٍ أربَعُ أذرُعٍ. 20 وكانا على مُستَديرةٍ بارِزةٍ وراءَ الحَبـيكَةِ. وكانتِ الرُمَّاناتُ مئَتينِ لِلصَفَّينِ المُحيطَينِ بِالتَّاجِ الواحدِ. 21 ونصَبَ العَمودَينِ في رِواقِ الهَيكلِ، الأيمَنَ وسَمَّاه ياكينَ، والأيسَرَ وسَمَّاهُ بوعَزَ. 22 وكانَ على رأسِ كُلٍّ مِنَ العَمودَينِ واحدٌ مِنَ التَّاجَينِ اللَّذينِ على شكلِ السَّوسَنِ. وهكذا صِناعةُ العَمودَينِ.
23 وصنَعَ حيرامُ حَوضا مِنَ النُّحاسِ مَسبوكا مُستَديرا، قَطْرُهُ مِنْ حافَّةٍ إلى حافَّةٍ عشْرُ أذرُعٍ، بارْتِفاعِ خَمسِ أذرُعٍ، ومُحيطُهُ ثَلاثونَ ذِراعا. 24 وكانَ تَحتَ حافَّتِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهةٍ يَقطينٌ مِنْ نُحاسٍ يُحيطُ بهِ، لِكُلِّ ذِراعٍ عشْرٌ مِنَ اليَقطينِ على صَفَّينِ مُحيطَينِ بِالحَوضِ كُلِّهِ، واليَقطينُ مَسبوكٌ معَ الحَوضِ. 25 وكانَ الحَوضُ قائِما على اثنَي عشَرَ ثورا، ثَلاثَةٌ مِنها مُوجَّهةٌ نحوَ الشَّمالِ، وثَلاثَةٌ نحوَ الغربِ، وثَلاثَةٌ نحوَ الجنوبِ، وثلاثَةٌ نحوَ الشَّرقِ، ومُؤخَّرَةُ كُلٍّ مِنها إلى الدَّاخِلِ. 26 وكانَت سَماكَةُ الحَوضِ شِبرا، وحافَّتُهُ كحافَّةِ كأسٍ على مِثالِ زَهْرِ السَّوسَنِ، وكانَ يَسَعُ مئتينِ وخَمسينَ برميلا.
27 وصنَعَ حيرامُ القواعِدَ العَشْرَ مِنْ نُحاسٍ، طُولُ القاعِدةِ الواحدةِ أربَعُ أذرُعٍ، وعَرضُها أربَعُ أذرُعٍ، وعُلُوُّها ثَلاثُ أذرُعٍ. 28 وكانَت لها صَفائِحُ في وسَطِ أُطُرٍ 29 وعلَيها أسودٌ وثيرانٌ وكَروبـيمُ، وعلى الأُطُرِ مِنْ فَوقِ الأُسودِ والثِّيرانِ ومِنْ تَحتِها قلائِدُ زُهورٍ مُتدَلِّيَّةٍ. 30 وكانَت لِكُلِّ قاعدةٍ أربعَةُ دَواليـبَ مِنْ نُحاسٍ، بِمَحاوِرَ نُحاسيَّةٍ، ولِزَواياها الأربَعِ أكتافٌ مَسبوكَةٌ تَحتَ المَغسَلِ، وكُلُّ واحدةٍ بِـجانِبِ الأُخرى. 31 وفَمُها مِنْ مُلتَقى الأكتافِ إلى فَوقُ ذِراعٌ واحدةٌ، وهوَ مُستَديرٌ على شكلِ مَقعَدِ إبريقٍ مِنْ ذِراعٍ ونِصفِ ذِراعٍ وعلى فَمِها أيضا كانَت نُقوشٌ، غيرَ أنَّ صَفائِحَها كانَت مُربَّعةً لا مُدَوَّرَةً. 32 وكانتِ الدَّواليـبُ الأربعَةُ تَحتَ الصَّفائِحِ ومَحاوِرِها في القاعدةِ وعُلُوُّ الدُّولابِ الواحدِ ذِراعٌ ونِصفُ ذِراعٍ. 33 وكانتِ الدَّواليـبُ مَصنوعةً على شاكِلَةِ دَواليـبِ المَركبةِ، وجميعُ مَحاوِرِها وأُطُرِها وأصابِــعِها وقُبوبِها مِنْ نُحاسٍ مَسبوكٍ. 34 وكانَ هُنالِكَ أربَعُ أكتافٍ في الزَّوايا الأربَعِ مِنْ كُلِّ قاعدةٍ، وأكتافُ القاعدةِ مِنها وفيها. 35 وفي أعلى القاعدةِ شريطُ نُحاسٍ مُستَديرٌ على ارْتِفاعِ نِصفِ ذِراعٍ، وأيدٍ وصَفائِحُ مِنها وفيها. 36 وعلى ظاهِرِ أيدي صَفائِحِها نُقِشَت كروبـيمُ وأُسودٌ ونَخيلٌ على قَدْرِ ما يَتَّسِعُ كُلٌّ مِنها، وقلائِدُ زُهورٍ مِنْ حَولِها. 37 وصنَعَ حيرامُ القواعدَ العَشْرَ سَبْكا واحدا وقياسا واحدا وصَوغا واحدا.
38 ثُمَّ صنَعَ عَشْرَ مَغاسِلَ مِنْ نُحاسٍ، كُلٌّ مِنها يسَعُ خمسةَ براميلَ ومُحيطُهُ أربَعُ أذرُعٍ، وكانَ على كُلِّ قاعدةٍ مِنَ القواعِدِ العَشْرِ مَغسِلٌ.
39 وجعَلَ القواعِدَ خَمسا على الجانِبِ الأيمَنِ مِنَ الهَيكلِ، وخَمسا على الجانِبِ الأيسَرِ، وجعَلَ الحَوضَ في الجانِبِ الأيمَنِ مِنَ الهَيكلِ إلى الشَّرقِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الجنوبِ.
الأواني المعدنية
40 وصنَعَ حيرامُ القُدورَ والمَجارِفَ والكُؤوسَ. وفرَغَ مِنْ كُلِّ عمَلِهِ لِهَيكلِ الرّبِّ كما أمَرَهُ المَلِكُ سُليمانُ. وهذا ما عَمِلَهُ: 41 العمودانِ، وغِلافا التَّاجَينِ اللَّذينِ على العَمودَينِ، والحَبـيكتانِ اللَّتانِ تُغَطِّيانِ التَّاجَينِ، 42 والرُّمّاناتُ الأربَعُ مئَةٍ الّتي لِلحَبـيكتَينِ لِتَغطيَةِ التَّاجَينِ، 43 والقواعِدُ العَشْرُ والمَغاسِلُ العَشْرُ الّتي علَيها، 44 والحَوضُ والثِّيرانُ الاثنا عشَرَ الّتي تَحتَهُ، 45 والقُدورُ والمَجارِفُ والكُؤوسُ وجميعُ الأدواتِ الّتي مِنْ نُحاسٍ مَصقولٍ لِهَيكلِ الرّبِّ: 46 هذِهِ كُلُّها أمَرَ المَلِكُ سُليمانُ بِسَبْكِها في غَورِ الأُردُنِّ، في أرضٍ خَزَفيَّةٍ بَينَ سُكُّوتَ وصَرَتانَ. 47 ولم يَزِنْ هذِهِ الأدَواتِ النُّحاسيَّةَ لأنَّها كانَت كثيرةً جِدًّا.
48 وصنَعَ سُليمانُ جميعَ أدَواتِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ مِنَ الذَّهبِ: المذبَحُ والمائِدَةُ الّتي علَيها خُبزُ القُربانِ، 49 والمَنائِرُ: خَمسا عَنِ اليمينِ وخَمسا عَنِ الشِّمالِ أمامَ المِحرابِ، والأزهارُ والسُّرُجُ والمَلاقِطُ، 50 والطُّسوتُ والمَقاريضُ والكُؤُوسُ والصُّحونُ والمَجامِرُ، والمَفاصِلُ لِمَصاريعِ قُدسِ الأقداسِ ومَصاريعِ الهَيكلِ.
51 ولمَّا أكمَلَ المَلِكُ سُليمانُ بِناءَ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ، أدخَلَ إليهِ جميعَ أدَواتِ الفِضَّةِ والذَّهبِ الّتي خصَّصَها داوُدُ أبوهُ لِلرّبِّ، وحَفِظَها في خَزائِنِه.
1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 ¶ He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
6 ¶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
7 ¶ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
8 ¶ And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife , like unto this porch. 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
13 ¶ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23 ¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
38 ¶ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
40 ¶ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was , 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side , and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit , of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.