2 Chronicles 3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 3
Building of the Temple. 1 (A)Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah,[a] which had been shown to David his father, in the place David had prepared, the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These were the specifications laid down by Solomon for building the house of God: the length was sixty cubits according to the old measure, and the width was twenty cubits;(B) 4 the front porch along the width of the house was also twenty cubits, and it was twenty cubits high.[b] He covered its interior with pure gold.(C) 5 The nave he overlaid with cypress wood and overlaid that with fine gold, embossing on it palms and chains.(D) 6 He also covered the house with precious stones for splendor; the gold was from Parvaim. 7 The house, its beams and thresholds, as well as its walls and its doors, he overlaid with gold, and he engraved cherubim upon the walls. 8 He also made the room of the holy of holies. Its length corresponded to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width was also twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold to the amount of six hundred talents.(E) 9 The weight of the nails was fifty gold shekels. The upper chambers he likewise overlaid with gold.
10 (F)For the room of the holy of holies he made two cherubim of carved workmanship, which were then covered with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim spanned twenty cubits: one wing of each cherub, five cubits in length, extended to a wall of the house, while the other wing, also five cubits in length, touched the corresponding wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the cherub, five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, five cubits, was joined to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The combined wingspread of the two cherubim was thus twenty cubits. They stood upon their own feet, facing toward the nave. 14 He made the veil[c] of violet, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and had cherubim embroidered upon it.(G)
15 (H)In front of the house he set two columns thirty-five cubits high; the capital of each was five cubits. 16 He devised chains in the form of a collar with which he encircled the capitals of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates which he set on the chains. 17 He set up the columns to correspond with the nave, one for the right side and the other for the left, and he called the one to the right Jachin and the one to the left Boaz.
Footnotes
- 3:1 Mount Moriah: Gn 22:2 speaks of a “height in the land of Moriah.” This is the only place in the Bible where the Temple mount is identified with the site where Abraham was to have sacrificed Isaac.
- 3:4 The front porch…twenty cubits high: this figure, not given in 1 Kgs 7, is based on a variant Greek text that may be due to a later revision. The Hebrew text itself has “one hundred and twenty cubits high.” The Chronicler nearly doubles the height of the two free-standing columns adjacent to the porch in 2 Chr 3:15 as compared with the source, 1 Kgs 7:15–16.
- 3:14 The veil: this was suspended at the entrance of the holy of holies, in imitation of the veil of the Mosaic meeting tent (Ex 26:31–32). Solomon’s Temple had doors at this point, according to 1 Kgs 6:31. Apparently the Temple of the Chronicler’s time did have a veil, just as did Herod’s Temple (Mt 27:51; Mk 15:38; Lk 23:45).
2 Crónicas 3
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Salomón construye el templo
(1 R 6:1-38)
3 Salomón empezó a construir el templo del SEÑOR en Jerusalén en el monte Moria, donde el SEÑOR se le había aparecido a su papá David. Ese era el lugar que David había destinado para ello, o sea en el lugar donde Arauna el jebuseo trillaba el trigo. 2 Salomón comenzó la obra el día dos del segundo mes del cuarto año de su reinado.
3 Salomón dispuso que las medidas de los cimientos del templo fueran 27 metros de largo por 9 de ancho.[a] 4 El vestíbulo que estaba delante del templo medía lo mismo que el ancho del templo, o sea, 9 metros[b] de largo; su altura también era de 9 metros. Salomón hizo recubrir de oro puro las paredes y el cielo raso. 5 Recubrió la parte principal del templo con madera de ciprés y recubrió la madera con oro puro grabado con figuras de palmeras y cadenas. 6 Adornó el templo con piedras preciosas y con oro de la mejor calidad traído de Parvayin. 7 Las vigas, los umbrales, las paredes y las puertas del templo estaban enchapados con oro y las paredes estaban grabadas con figuras de querubines.
8 En el templo hizo construir el Lugar Santísimo. Medía lo mismo que el ancho del templo, o sea 9 metros de largo por 9 de ancho. Luego lo recubrió con 23 toneladas[c] de oro fino. 9 Se usaron clavos que pesaban medio kilo[d] de oro puro cada uno. También hizo recubrir de oro los salones del piso alto.
10 Dentro del Lugar Santísimo hizo tallar dos querubines, que también estaban recubiertos de oro. 11 Las alas de los dos querubines se extendían en una longitud de unos 9 metros en total. Cada ala de los querubines medía 2.25 metros de largo, un ala tocaba la pared y la otra tocaba la punta del ala del otro querubín. 12 Cada ala del segundo querubín medía lo mismo, 2.25 metros, y una de ellas tocaba la punta del ala del primer querubín y la otra tocaba la pared. 13 Las alas extendidas de los dos querubines medían 9 metros. Estaban de pie haciendo guardia, con el rostro hacia el Lugar Santo. 14 Salomón mandó hacer una cortina de tela azul y roja, carmesí y lino fino, e hizo bordar querubines en ella.
Salomón hizo dos columnas
(1 R 7:15-22)
15 Para la fachada del templo hizo dos columnas de 16 metros de alto con capiteles de 2.25 metros de alto. 16 Como había hecho un diseño de cadenas dentro del santuario, lo hizo también para la parte más alta de las columnas, e hizo cien granadas y las puso en las cadenas. 17 Instaló las columnas en la fachada del templo, una a la derecha y otra a la izquierda. A la columna que estaba a la derecha la llamó Jaquín, y a la que estaba a la izquierda Boaz.
Footnotes
- 3:3 27 […] de ancho Textualmente 60 codos de largo por 20 de ancho, conforme a la medida antigua. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 3:4 9 metros Textualmente 20 codos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas. También en 4:1.
- 3:8 23 toneladas Textualmente 600 talentos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 3:9 medio kilo Textualmente 50 siclos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
2 Chronicles 3
New International Version
Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
3 Then Solomon began to build(B) the temple of the Lord(C) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a](D) the Jebusite, the place provided by David. 2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.(E)
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[b](F) (using the cubit of the old standard). 4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[c] long across the width of the building and twenty[d] cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(G) and chain designs. 6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim(H) on the walls.
8 He built the Most Holy Place,(I) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[e] of fine gold. 9 The gold nails(J) weighed fifty shekels.[f] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair(K) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. 11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[g] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12 Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim(L) extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.[h]
14 He made the curtain(M) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(N) worked into it.
15 For the front of the temple he made two pillars,(O) which together were thirty-five cubits[i] long, each with a capital(P) five cubits high. 16 He made interwoven chains[j](Q) and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates(R) and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin[k] and the one to the north Boaz.[l]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 Or facing inward
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters
- 2 Chronicles 3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
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