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2 Crônicas 3

BLIVRE · Chapter 3/36

1E começou Salomão a edificar a casa em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá que havia sido mostrado a Davi seu pai, no lugar que Davi havia preparado na eira de Ornã jebuseu.

2E começou a edificar no mês segundo, a dois do mês, no quarto ano de seu reinado.

3Estas são as medidas de que Salomão fundou o edifício da casa de Deus. A primeira medida foi do comprimento de sessenta côvados; e a largura de vinte côvados.

4O pórtico que estava na dianteira do comprimento, era de vinte côvados à frente da largura da casa, e sua altura de cento e vinte: e cobriu-o por dentro de ouro puro.

5E forrou a casa maior com madeira de faia, a qual cobriu de bom ouro, e fez ressaltar sobre ela palmas e correntes.

6Cobriu também a casa de pedras preciosas por excelência: e o ouro era ouro de Parvaim.

7Assim cobriu a casa, suas vigas, seus umbrais, suas paredes, e suas portas, com ouro; e esculpiu querubins pelas paredes.

8Fez assim a casa do lugar santíssimo, cujo comprimento era de vinte côvados segundo a largura da frente da casa, e sua largura de vinte côvados: e cobriu-a de bom ouro que pesava seiscentos talentos.

9E o peso dos pregos teve cinquenta siclos de ouro. Cobriu também de ouro as salas.

10E dentro do lugar santíssimo fez dois querubins esculpidos, os quais cobriram de ouro.

11O comprimento das asas dos querubins era de vinte côvados: porque a uma asa era de cinco côvados: a qual chegava até a parede da casa; e a outra asa de cinco côvados, a qual chegava à asa do outro querubim.

12Da mesma maneira a uma asa do outro querubim era de cinco côvados: a qual chegava até a parede da casa; e a outra asa era de cinco côvados, que tocava a asa do outro querubim.

13Assim as asas destes querubins estavam estendidas por vinte côvados: e eles estavam em pé com os rostos até a casa.

14Fez também o véu de azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho, e fez ressaltar em ele querubins.

15Diante da casa fez duas colunas de trinta e cinco côvados de comprimento, com seus capitéis encima, de cinco côvados.

16Fez também correntes, [como no] compartimento interno, e as pôs sobre os capitéis das colunas: e fez cem romãs, as quais pôs nas correntes.

17E assentou as colunas diante do templo, a uma à mão direita, e a outra à esquerda; e à da mão direita chamou Jaquim, e à da esquerda, Boaz.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Construction of the temple begins on Mount Moriah, on the very site where David had bought the threshing floor of Ornan. Architectural details are described: dimensions, gold overlay, the carved cherubim, and the two bronze pillars at the entrance, named Jachin and Boaz.

Explanation

The temple's exact location on Mount Moriah connects this moment to two deeply significant earlier events: Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) and David's purchase of the land after the plague (1 Chronicles 21). This geographical continuity suggests that God was guiding the history of his people through centuries toward this culminating point of establishing a permanent place of worship. The extravagant details of gold covering nearly every interior surface show the effort to visually represent the majesty and holiness of God through the physical beauty of the sacred space.

Fun facts

  • The bronze pillars at the temple entrance, named Jachin ('he shall establish') and Boaz ('in him is strength'), stood 35 cubits tall (about 16 meters/52 feet) and were likely decorative and symbolic rather than structural, visually marking the entrance to the sacred space.
  • Solomon's temple had relatively modest dimensions compared to temples of other contemporary ancient civilizations, but it was considered extraordinarily rich in precious materials, especially gold.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Crônicas 3:1The temple is built on Mount Moriah, on the very plot David bought from Ornan to raise an altar, told earlier in Chronicles. Jewish tradition links this same mountain to the place where Abraham nearly sacrificed Isaac in Genesis — a site with symbolic weight long before it became the temple’s address.
  2. 2 Crônicas 3:2The start of the work is dated with precision — the second month, the second day, the fourth year of Solomon’s reign — a way of anchoring the temple’s construction to an exact historical moment.
  3. 2 Crônicas 3:3The temple’s base measurements — sixty cubits long by twenty wide, a cubit being roughly a foot and a half — follow the same standard used since the tabernacle in the wilderness.
  4. 2 Crônicas 3:4The porch at the entrance had the same width as the house and an impressive height, all overlaid with pure gold inside — a portico built to impress before anyone even entered the temple.
  5. 2 Crônicas 3:5The main hall was lined with cypress wood and then covered with fine gold, decorated with carved palm trees and chains.
  6. 2 Crônicas 3:6Besides the gold, precious stones decorated the house, and the gold used came specifically from Parvaim, a place famous for that metal at the time.
  7. 2 Crônicas 3:7Beams, doorframes, walls, and doors of the temple were all covered with gold, and the walls had carved cherubim — luxury and religious symbolism side by side.
  8. 2 Crônicas 3:8The Most Holy Place, the innermost and most sacred room of the temple, was a perfect cube twenty cubits on each side, covered inside with an enormous amount of fine gold.
  9. 2 Crônicas 3:9Even the nails used there were gold, and the upper chambers were also given this overlay — a level of detail that shows how carefully the project was carried out.
  10. 2 Crônicas 3:10Inside the Most Holy Place, Solomon sets up two cherub statues covered in gold, appearing to stand upright, guarding that most sacred space.
  11. 2 Crônicas 3:11The cherubim’s wings were enormous — five cubits each — and stretched out to touch the wall on one side and the other cherub’s wing in the middle.
  12. 2 Crônicas 3:12The description continues detailing the second cherub’s wings, mirroring the first one’s measurements exactly, forming a symmetrical pair.
  13. 2 Crônicas 3:13Together, the two cherubim’s wings spanned twenty cubits wide, and the figures stood facing inward toward the temple’s main hall.
  14. 2 Crônicas 3:14The veil separating the Most Holy Place was fine linen dyed blue, purple, and crimson, embroidered with cherubim — the same combination used since Moses’s tabernacle.
  15. 2 Crônicas 3:15In front of the temple, Solomon raises two enormous bronze pillars, thirty-five cubits tall, each crowned with a five-cubit capital.
  16. 2 Crônicas 3:16Decorative chains, similar to those in the Most Holy Place, are placed on top of these pillars, along with a hundred carved pomegranates among them — purely symbolic ornament at the entrance.
  17. 2 Crônicas 3:17The two pillars at the temple entrance receive proper names, Jachin and Boaz, which in Hebrew suggest something like ‘he establishes’ and ‘in it is strength.’ They held nothing up above, being purely decorative, but they carried that symbolic meaning right at the entrance for anyone arriving.

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