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Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Salomon bygger sit eget paladskompleks

1 Det tog Salomon 13 år at opføre sit eget paladskompleks. 2-3 En af bygningerne kaldte han „Libanonskovhallen”. Den var 45 m lang, 22,5 m bred og 13,5 m høj. Den var bygget op omkring fire rækker cedertræssøjler. Loftkonstruktionen bestod af 3 gange 15 store tværbjælker af cedertræ, som hvilede på disse cedertræssøjler. Oven på tværbjælkerne var der lagt et bræddeloft bestående af cedertræsplanker.^[1] 4 I hallens langsider var der vinduer, der sad over for hinanden i tre niveauer. 5 I hver ende af hallen var der tre rektangulære døråbninger, der også sad over for hinanden. 6 Han byggede også „Søjlehallen”. Den var 22,5 m lang og 13,5 m bred med en overdækket terrasse, hvis tag blev båret af en række søjler. 7 Desuden byggede han „Domhuset”, hvor hans trone stod. Det var her, han afsagde dom i de forskellige retssager, der blev bragt til ham. Det var indvendigt beklædt med cedertræspaneler fra gulv til loft. 8 Salomons private beboelseshuse lå bag Domhuset inden for den mur, som omgav hele paladskomplekset. Det hus, han lod opføre til den egyptiske prinsesse, han havde giftet sig med, svarede i størrelse og udstyr til hans eget. 9 Husene blev bygget af store, smukke sandsten, som var blevet hugget ud og savet til i bestemte mål. Disse sten blev brugt til husmurene, hele vejen fra nederst til øverst, og de blev også brugt til muren omkring paladsgården. 10 Stenene til fundamentet var ekstra store, nogle var 4,5 m lange, andre 3,6 m. 11 Oven på fundamentet blev der så bygget med de andre sten, der var tilhugget efter bestemte mål, samt med cedertræ. 12 Muren omkring paladsets gård bestod af tre lag tilhugne sten med et lag cedertræsbjælker ovenpå, svarende til den mur, der omgav templet og forhallen foran templet.

Huram laver de øvrige ting til templet

13-14 Kong Salomon sendte bud til Tyrus efter en kunsthåndværker og fik fat i en mand ved navn Huram,^[2] som var ekspert i bronzestøbning. Han var søn af en enke fra Naftalis stamme, og hans far havde været en dygtig bronzesmed i Tyrus. Således kom Huram i arbejde hos kong Salomon. (2.Krøn 2,12) 15 Han lavede to bronzesøjler,^[3] 8,1 m i højden og 5,4 m i omkreds. 16 Derefter formede han to søjlehoveder af bronze, der var 2,25 m høje. 17 Hvert søjlehoved var dekoreret med syv rækker kædelignende bronzefletværk. 18 Oven over dem anbragte han to rækker granatæbler i bronze. 19 De øverste 1,8 m af søjlehovederne var bøjet udad som en liljeblomst. 20 De to rækker granatæbler, 100 i hver række, var anbragt over den fortykkede kant forneden på søjlehovedet ved siden af fletværket. 21 Disse to søjler blev placeret foran tempelindgangen. Søjlen mod syd blev kaldt Jakin, og søjlen mod nord blev kaldt Boaz. 22 Dermed var søjlerne færdige. 23 Han støbte også en stor, rund vandbeholder, 2,25 m dyb, 4,5 m i diameter og 13,5 m i omkreds. Den blev kaldt „bronzehavet”. 24 På ydersiden lige under kanten hele vejen rundt lavede han to rækker græskarlignende udsmykninger med ca. 5 cm mellem hver, formet i ét med resten af bronzehavet. 25 Beholderen stod på 12 bronzeokser, der vendte halerne mod hinanden, således at okserne tre og tre så i retning af de fire verdenshjørner. 26 Beholderens tykkelse var en håndsbred, og kanten var bøjet udad som kanten på en kop eller som toppen af en liljeblomst. Den rummede ca. 44.000 liter vand.^[4] 27 Derpå lavede han ti rulleborde af bronze, 1,8 m lange, 1,8 m brede og 1,35 m høje. 28 Bordene var konstrueret med sidepaneler, som var sat fast på de fire ben i hjørnerne. 29 Sidepanelerne var dekoreret med løver, okser og keruber. Både over og under løverne og okserne var der dekorationer formet som kranse, der hang nedad. 30 Alle disse borde havde fire bronzehjul med bronzeaksler. I hvert side var der en lodret stang, som ragede lidt op, så det tilhørende vandfad kunne blive holdt på plads oven på bordet. Også disse støttestænger var af bronze, og de var dekoreret med kranselignende ornamenter. 31 På oversiden af hvert rullebord var der en cirkulær fordybning som et underlag til støtte for vandfadet. Den var 45 cm dyb med en støttehylde nedenunder på ekstra 22,5 cm. Der var også dekorationer ved kanten af denne fordybning. Sidepanelerne var dog firkantede, ikke runde. 32 De fire hjul sad under sidepanelerne og havde en diameter på 67 cm. Hjulakslerne gik igennem de fire hjørneben. 33 Hjulene lignede almindelige vognhjul, men både aksler, eger, fælge og nav var støbt i metal. 34 I hvert hjørne var der et håndtag, som var ud i ét stykke med resten af bordet. 35 Ved overkanten af bordet var der en bort på en halv alens bredde, der gik hele vejen rundt.^[5] 36 Keruber, løver, palmetræer og kransedekorationer smykkede det hele, hvor der var plads. 37 Alle ti rulleborde var fuldstændig ens, idet de blev støbt ved brug af de samme forme. 38 Derefter lavede han ti store vandfade af bronze og placerede dem i den dertil indrettede fordybning i rullebordene. Hvert fad var 1,8 m i diameter og rummede knap 900 liter vand.^[6] 39 De ti rulleborde med tilhørende vandfade blev placeret i templets forgård, fem på templets sydside og fem på nordsiden. Bronzehavet blev placeret ved templets sydøstlige hjørne. 40 Endelig lavede Huram diverse redskaber såsom askebakker, skovle og stænkeskåle. Derefter var han færdig med inventaret til Herrens hus og havde således fuldført den opgave, kong Salomon havde givet ham. 41-42 Det følgende er en liste over de ting, Huram lavede: De to søjler; de to liljeformede søjlehoveder med tilhørende fletværk og de 400 granatæbler; 43 de ti rulleborde med de ti store vandfade; 44 bronzehavet og dets fundament bestående af 12 okser; 45-46 askebakkerne, skovlene og stænkeskålene. Alle disse genstande var lavet af blankpoleret bronze og støbt i lerforme i Jordandalen mellem Sukkot og Zaretan. 47 Totalvægten af den bronze, der blev brugt til Hurams arbejde, vides ikke; der gik simpelt hen så meget bronze til, at Salomon opgav at veje det. 48 Salomon fik al inventaret til brug inde i selve templet belagt med rent guld—både redskaberne, røgelsesalteret, bordet til de hellige brød, 49 de ti lysestager (fem stager ved hver langvæg i tempelrummet uden for det allerhelligste rum), alle blomsterdekorationerne, lamperne, vægetængerne, 50 baljerne, vægesaksene, stænkeskålene, fadene og bakkerne til gløder. Både hængslerne til dørene ind til det allerhelligste rum og dørene ved templets hovedindgang blev belagt med guld. 51 Da Herrens hus stod færdigt, tog kong Salomon de gaver af sølv og guld og andre kostbarheder, som hans far havde givet til Herren, og han placerede det hele i skatkammeret i Herrens hus.

King James Version

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' 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' 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.