The plan and ornaments of the temple: the cherubims, the veil, and the pillars.
The Temple is begunne to be built in mount Moria, the fourth yeare of Salomons reigne. 3. the forme wherof is described, and the precious matter, 8. especially of Sancta sanctorum. 14. with a costlie veile, 15. and two excellent pillers before the gate.
1And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Salomone diede principio alla fabbrica della casa del Signore in Gerusalemme sul monte Moria additato già a Davidde suo padre, nel luogo preparato da Davidde nell'aja di Ornan Jebuseo.AND Salomon began to build the house of our Lord in Ierusalem, in mount Moria, which had bene shewed to Dauid his father, in the place, which Dauid had prepared in the floore of Ornan the Iebuseite.Et cœpit Salomon ædificare domum Domini in Jerusalem in monte Moria, qui demonstratus fuerat David patri ejus, in loco quem paraverat David in area Ornan Jebusæi. 2And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.E diede principio alla fabbrica il secondo mese dell'anno, quarto del suo regno.And he began to build in the second moneth, in the fourth yeare of his kingdom.Cœpit autem ædificare mense secundo, anno quarto regni sui. 3Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits.Ed ecco le misure de' fondamenti gettati da Salomone: la lunghezza era di sessanta cubiti dell'antica misura, la larghezza venti cubiti.And these be the fundations, which Salomon layd, to build the house of God, of length in the first measure sixtie cubites, of bredth twentie cubites.Et hæc sunt fundamenta quæ jecit Salomon, ut ædificaret domum Dei: longitudinis cubitos in mensura prima sexaginta, latitudinis cubitos viginti. 4And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.Il vestibolo poi, che era in faccia avea la sua lunghezza corrispondente alla larghezza della casa, di venti cubiti: e l'altezza era di cento venti cubiti: e (Salomone) là fece tutta indorare al di dentro d'oro finissimo.But the porch before the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the bredth of the house, of twentie cubites: moreouer the height was of an hundred twentie cubites: and he did guilt it on the inside with most pure gold.Porticum vero ante frontem, quæ tendebatur in longum juxta mensuram latitudinis domus, cubitorum viginti: porro altitudo centum viginti cubitorum erat: et deauravit eam intrinsecus auro mundissimo. 5And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another.E la casa maggiore la rivesti di tavole di abete, e vi affisse sopra da tutte le parti lamine d'oro purissimo: e vi fece scolpire delle palme, e come catenelle infilate le une nelle altre.Also the greater house he couered with wodden bordes of firretree, and he fastened on plates of fine gold throughout: and he graued in it palme trees, and as it were litle chaines embracing one an other.Domum quoque majorem texit tabulis ligneis abiegnis, et laminas auri obrizi affixit per totum: sculpsitque in ea palmas, et quasi catenulas se invicem complectentes.
6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.E lastricò il pavimento del tempio di prezioso marmo a grande ornamento.He paued also the floore of the Temple with most precious marble, in much beautie.Stravit quoque pavimentum templi pretiosissimo marmore, decore multo. 7And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls.Finissimo poi era l'oro, col quale ridotto in lamine coperse la casa, e le sue travi, e i pilastri e le pareti, e le porte: e sulle pareti fece de' Cherubini d'intaglio.Moreouer it was most tried gold, of the plates wherof he couered the house, and the beames therof, and the postes, and the walles, and the doores: and he graued cherubs in the walles.Porro aurum erat probatissimum, de cujus laminis texit domum, et trabes ejus, et postes, et parietes, et ostia: et cælavit cherubim in parietibus. 8He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.Fece parimente la casa del Santo de' Santi: la di cui lunghezza era, come la larghezza del tempio, di venti cubiti, e la larghezza pure di venti cubiti, e la vesti di lamine d'oro di peso circa secento talenti.He made also the house of Sanctum sanctorum: the length according to the bredth of the house, of twentie cubites: and the bredth likewise of it twentie cubites: and he couered it with plates of gold, as it were six hundred talentes.Fecit quoque domum Sancti sanctorum: longitudinem juxta latitudinem domus cubitorum viginti: et latitudinem similiter viginti cubitorum: et laminis aureis texit eam, quasi talentis sexcentis. 9He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold.E i chiodi stessi li fece d'oro, e ognuno di essi chiodi pesava cinquanta sicli e la soffitta la coperse parimente d'oro.Yea and he made nailes of gold, so that euerie naile weighed fiftie sicles a peece: the vpper chambers also he couered with gold.Sed et clavos fecit aureos, ita ut singuli clavi siclos quinquagenos appenderent: cœnacula quoque texit auro. 10He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.E fece ancora nella casa del Santo de' Santi due statue di Cherubini: e le ricoperse d'oro.He made also in the house of Sanctum sanctorum two Cherubs of statuarie worke: and he couered them with gold.Fecit etiam in domo Sancti sanctorum cherubim duos, opere statuario: et texit eos auro.
11The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.Le ale de' Cherubini aveano di estensione venti cubiti, talmente che un'ala dell'un di essi avea cinque cubiti, e toccava la muraglia della casa: e l'altra aveva anch'essa cinque cubiti, e toccava l'ala dell'altro Cherubino.The winges of the cherubs were extended twentie cubites, so that one wing had fiue cubites, and touched the wal of the house: and the other hauing fiue cubites, touched the wing of the other cherub.Alæ cherubim viginti cubitis extendebantur, ita ut una ala haberet cubitos quinque et tangeret parietem domus: et altera quinque cubitos habens, alam tangeret alterius cherub. 12In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.Parimente un'ala dell'altro Cherubino avea cinque cubiti, e toccava la muraglia: e l'altra ala avea pur cinque cubiti, e toccava l'ala dell'altro Cherubino.In like maner the wing of the other cherub, had fiue cubites, and touched the wal: and his other wing of fiue cubites, touched the wing of the other Cherub.Similiter cherub alterius ala, quinque habebat cubitos, et tangebat parietem: et ala ejus altera quinque cubitorum, alam cherub alterius contingebat. 13So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.Le ale adunque di ambedue i Cherubini eran distese, e prendevan lo spazio di venti cubiti: ed eglino stavan ritti sui loro piedi, e i loro volti guardavano la casa esteriore.Therfore the winges of both the cherubs were spred forth, and were extended twentie cubites: and they stoode vpright on their feete, and their faces were turned to the vtter house.Igitur alæ utriusque cherubim expansæ erant et extendebantur per cubitos viginti: ipsi autem stabant erectis pedibus, et facies eorum erant versæ ad exteriorem domum. 14He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.Fece anche il velo di giacinto, di porpora, di scarlatto, e di bisso: e vi fece ricamare dei Cherubini.He made also a vele of hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and silke: & woue in it cherubs.Fecit quoque velum ex hyacintho, purpura, cocco, et bysso: et intexuit ei cherubim.
15He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.E di più dinanzi alle porte del tempio due colonne alte trentacinque cubiti: e i loro capitelli di cinque cubiti.Before the doores also of the temple two pillers, which had fiue and thirtie cubites in height: moreouer their heades, of fiue cubites.Ante fores etiam templi duas columnas, quæ triginta et quinque cubitos habebant altitudinis: porro capita earum, quinque cubitorum. 16He made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains.E fece ancora delle catenelle come nel Santuario, e le soprappose ai capitelli delle colonne: e cento meligranati frammischiati colle catenelle.Moreouer also as it were litle chaynes in the oracle, & he put them to the heades of the pillers: pomegranates also an hundred, which he put betwen the litle chaynes.Necnon et quasi catenulas in oraculo, et superposuit eas capitibus columnarum: malogranata etiam centum, quæ catenulis interposuit. 17These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that on the left hand, Booz.E collocò queste colonne nel vestibolo del tempio, una a destra, e l'altra a sinistra: e quella della destra la chiamò Jachin; e quella della sinistra, Booz.The pillers also them selues he put in the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that, which was on the right hand, he called Iachin: and that on the left hand, Boz.Ipsas quoque columnas posuit in vestibulo templi, unam a dextris, et alteram a sinistris: eam quæ a dextris erat, vocavit Jachin: et quæ ad lævam, Booz.
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Year of the World 2992.
Haydock
Second. Hebrew adds, (Du Hamel) "in the second day of the second month." (Protestants, etc.) (Haydock)
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Calmet
By the first, or ancient measure, used before the captivity. The Babylonian cubit was a hand smaller, as Ezechiel (xl. 3.) intimates. (Calmet)
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Calmet
A hundred. The Arabic and some copies of the Septuagint read only twenty. Capellus and Toinard would substitute, ten cubits. A small change in the Hebrew might occasion these variations. (Calmet)
Calmet
In 3 Kings 6:2., we find the height was thirty cubits: but that might be only to the first floor. Many think that the temple was 120 cubits high: but Salien (the year of the world 3024) explains it of the four-square tower, (Menochius) in the front. (Calmet)
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House, between the most holy place and the porch, (Tirinus) or it may comprise all but the porch. Hebrew, "he covered (or boarded) all this great house." (Calmet)
Tirinus
Deal boards interspersed with those of cedar, 3 Kings 6:9. (Tirinus)
Calmet
Fine, (obrizi.) Hebrew, "of Parvaim, which is probably the same as Sepharvaim, Ophir, etc., not far from Media and Colchis. (Calmet)
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Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)
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Sicles. This weight seems enormous for each nail. Mariana supposes every nail weighed one sicle. But who will believe that only fifty were used? Hebrew, "And the weight of the nails was fifty," etc. The Syriac and Arabic omit this verse entirely.
Chambers, or rather "the ceiling."
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Munster
Work. Hebrew, "of the work of young men," or resembling them. (Munster)
Mariana
Septuagint, "the work of wood." Vulgate literally, "of sculpture work," (Haydock) as Le Clerc renders the original. Some moderns translate, "of a work like men in motion." (Mariana, Buxtorf)
The cherubims were in an erect posture.
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Cubits, comprising the breadth of their body. Each occupied ten cubits.
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Calmet
A veil. Abulensis places it between the court and the holy: but Jansenius would have it before the holy of holies. It seems rather that there was a veil in both places, (Barad. t. 2:b. 3:23.; Menochius) as Josephus ([Antiquities?] 8:2., and 12:10.) clearly intimates; and St. Paul speaks of the second veil, Hebrews 9:3. It is not certain which of them was torn at the death of Jesus Christ, Matthew 27:51. Cherubims; extraordinary figures. (Calmet)
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Five. 3 Kings 7:15., we read each was eighteen cubits. It is probable that each was 17.5 and the other half was for the crown, (Calmet) or cornice. (Haydock)
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Menochius
In, or "as in." (Sa) (Menochius)
Haydock
Protestants supply as. (Haydock)
Du Hamel
Hundred, for one row, or 200 for both, 3 Kings. (Du Hamel)
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Booz. "Stability and strength" are derived from God alone. Thus Solomon designed to insinuate that God established the harmony of the universe. (Haydock)
Parkhurst
An orrery, or globe, was therefore placed on each of these pillars. (Parkhurst, in con.)
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This mount Moria, signifying vision, was so named by Abraham, who was there readie to sacrifice his sonne Isaac Gen. 22.
And Dauid, by the appointment of an Angel, offered there sacrifice. •. Reg. 24. •. Par. 21.
Concordance 2 Reg. 24 3. Reg. 6.
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Concordance 3. Reg. 7.
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St Hippolytus † AD 235 On Jeremiah and Ezekiel 1
… For so also the book of Chronicles indicates, saying, “And Solomon began to build the house of God. In length its first measure was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height one hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.”
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John Cassian † AD 435 The Conferences of John Cassian 1.20
… cause and author in the first instance, that we may be able to consider how we ought to yield ourselves to them in accordance with the desert of those who suggest them so that we may, as the Lord’s command bids us, become good money-changers, whose highest skill and whose training is to test what is perfectly pure gold and what is commonly termed tested ,
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3. THE LENGTH IN CUBITS ACCORDING TO THE FIRST MEASURE,—because the second measure was that by which these 60 cubits were divided and measured into two sections, namely so that the Holy Place would have 40 cubits, and the remaining 20 would be for the Holy of Holies. See the remarks in the Third Book of Kings, chapter six, verse 1, at the end.
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5. THE GREATER HOUSE (thus he calls the Holy Place, which was greater than the Holy of Holies) HE COVERED WITH BOARDS OF FIR,—made of fir, but mixed with "cedar ceilings," as is said in the Third Book of Kings vi, 9.
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7. MOREOVER THE GOLD WAS MOST PURE,—In Hebrew, it was gold of Paruaim, namely dug from a place called Ophir, and by aphaeresis Paruaim, or as the Septuagint translates it, gold from Pharnaim. Thus also Pagninus, Vatablus, Arias, Marinus, and others who think Paruaim to be Peru. For the same word and the same letters appear to be in both places. Moreover Paruaim is said in the dual, because the region of Peru is twofold, namely greater and lesser. But the name Peru was then unknown, and even now it is unknown to the natives of Peru. For it was given to this region recently by the Spanish, from a nearby river so called, as Joseph Acosta testifies, who lived in Peru for fifteen years, book I On the New World, chapter XIV. Marinus in his Lexicon writes that some derive Paruaim from par, that is, a young bull, because the gold of Paruaim is red like the blood of a young bull. It is better to say that Ophir and Paruaim are in the East Indies, and are Sumatra, Taprobane, Pegu, and other gold-bearing regions there, which were named by Solomon and the Hebrews Ophir, and Paruaim from the root פרה phara, that is, it bore fruit, because they are exceedingly fertile and most productive of gold. These words also allude to אפר Epher, that is, ashes, because the masses of earth from which gold is melted have an ashen color; just as red ochre, from which iron is melted, has the color of red earth. It also alludes to פאר pear, that is, beauty, splendor, as if to say: Beneath Epher, that is, ash, lies hidden pear, that is, gold beautiful, bright and splendid. See the remarks in the Third Book of Kings, chapter nine, verse last.
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10. IN THE ORACLE,—that is, as in the oracle. For these little chains were on the columns, similar to the little chains of the oracle, or the Holy of Holies.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Araunah, from whom David bought the area for the building of the Temple, was a Jebusite (II Sam. 24:16, 18; II Chron. 3:1). Forced into construction work by Solomon (I Kings 9:20), the J. ended up being dispersed and assimilated by the Israelites. …
… Hebr. in Gen., 22, 2: PL 13, 699) has combined the place of Isaac's sacrifice on the hill of the Temple in Jerusalem and the rabbinic speculation represented in II Chron. 3:1 (har ham-Mōrijāh = Mons Moriah), a very ancient interpolation, earlier than the Septuagint version that reports it.
… When Solomon had the Ark transferred from its temporary dwelling on the S. into the Temple he built on the hill of Moriah (II Par. 3:1 and 5:2), this hill was in the poetic language of the Psalms and the Prophets called S. (Ps. 73:2; Is. 8:18; 10:12; Jer. 31:13; Joel 3:17); indeed the glorious name was used, symbolically, …
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The porch ('ūlām) stood before the door of the sanctuary, 10 cubits long, 20 wide and perhaps 20 high (according to II Chron. 3, 4, 120 cubits, but this is an error). …
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Cherubim (Hebrew Plural Hērubhîm)
… They were ten cubits high, with wings five cubits long each, carved from olive wood and covered with gold (I Kings 6:23-28; II Chron. 3:10-13).
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Cherubim (Hebrew Plural Hērubhîm)
Other c. were woven upon the veil that concealed the Holy of Holies (II Chron. 3:14) and carved in low relief on the inner walls of the Temple, alternately with palms and blossoming flowers (I Kings 6:29; Ezek. 41:18-20, 25).
… There was a golden bolt (or chains). II Chron. 3, 14 also speaks of the curtain woven of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen with representations of cherubim that hung in front. …
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2. - Name (in the Vulgate) of the left column of the porch of Solomon's temple, Heb. bô'az, perhaps for bê'ôz "in strength," referring to the temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chron. 3:17). Giovanni Rinaldi
Jachin (Heb. Jābīn "[He] restores")
… Jābīn "[He] restores"). - One of the two columns erected before the entrance of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chron. 3:17); the other was called Boaz, with evident symbolism in the two names, which together form the phrase "[God] gives stability with strength."
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