The Second Book of the Chronicles
1:1 And Solomon the son of David was
strengthened in his kingdom, and
the LORD his God was with him, and magnified
him exceedingly.
1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to
the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to
every governor in all
Israel, the chief of the fathers.
1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation
with him, went to the high
place that was at Gibeon; for there was the
tabernacle of the
congregation of God, which Moses the servant
of the LORD had made in
the wilderness.
1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up
from Kirjathjearim to the
place which David had prepared for it: for
he had pitched a tent for
it at Jerusalem.
1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel
the son of Uri, the son
of Hur, had made, he put before the
tabernacle of the LORD: and
Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the
brasen altar before the LORD,
which was at the tabernacle of the
congregation, and offered a
thousand burnt offerings upon it.
1:7 In that night did God appear unto
Solomon, and said unto him, Ask
what I shall give thee.
1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast
shewed great mercy unto David
my father, and hast made me to reign in his
stead.
1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto
David my father be
established: for thou hast made me king over
a people like the dust of
the earth in multitude.
1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that
I may go out and come in
before this people: for who can judge this
thy people, that is so
great? 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because
this was in thine heart,
and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or
honour, nor the life of
thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long
life; but hast asked wisdom
and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest
judge my people, over whom
I have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and
knowledge is granted unto thee;
and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and
honour, such as none of
the kings have had that have been before
thee, neither shall there any
after thee have the like.
1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to
the high place that was at
Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the
tabernacle of the congregation,
and reigned over Israel.
1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and
horsemen: and he had a thousand
and four hundred chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, which he
placed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem.
1:15 And the king made silver and gold at
Jerusalem as plenteous as
stones, and cedar trees made he as the
sycomore trees that are in the
vale for abundance.
1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of
Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at
a price.
1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth
out of Egypt a chariot for
six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse
for an hundred and fifty:
and so brought they out horses for all the
kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, by their means.
2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house
for the name of the LORD,
and an house for his kingdom.
2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten
thousand men to bear
burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in
the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of
Tyre, saying, As thou didst
deal with David my father, and didst send
him cedars to build him an
house to dwell therein, even so deal with
me.
2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of
the LORD my God, to
dedicate it to him, and to burn before him
sweet incense, and for the
continual shewbread, and for the burnt
offerings morning and evening,
on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and
on the solemn feasts of the
LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever
to Israel.
2:5 And the house which I build is great:
for great is our God above
all gods.
2:6 But who is able to build him an house,
seeing the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am
I then, that I should
build him an house, save only to burn
sacrifice before him? 2:7 Send
me now therefore a man cunning to work in
gold, and in silver, and in
brass, and in iron, and in purple, and
crimson, and blue, and that can
skill to grave with the cunning men that are
with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and
algum trees, out of
Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can
skill to cut timber in
Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be
with thy servants, 2:9 Even
to prepare me timber in abundance: for the
house which I am about to
build shall be wonderful great.
2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy
servants, the hewers that cut
timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand
baths of wine, and twenty
thousand baths of oil.
2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in
writing, which he sent to
Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his
people, he hath made thee
king over them.
2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel, that made
heaven and earth, who hath given to David
the king a wise son, endued
with prudence and understanding, that might
build an house for the
LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man,
endued with understanding, of
Huram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman
of the daughters of Dan,
and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to
work in gold, and in
silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in
timber, in purple, in
blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of
graving, and to find out every device which
shall be put to him, with
thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of
my lord David thy father.
2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the
barley, the oil, and the wine,
which my lord hath spoken of, let him send
unto his servants: 2:16 And
we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as
thou shalt need: and we
will bring it to thee in floats by sea to
Joppa; and thou shalt carry
it up to Jerusalem.
2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers
that were in the land of
Israel, after the numbering wherewith David
his father had numbered
them; and they were found an hundred and
fifty thousand and three
thousand and six hundred.
2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand
of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers
in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred overseers to
set the people a work.
3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of
the LORD at Jerusalem in
mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto
David his father, in the
place that David had prepared in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite.
3:2 And he began to build in the second day
of the second month, in
the fourth year of his reign.
3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon
was instructed for the
building of the house of God. The length by
cubits after the first
measure was threescore cubits, and the
breadth twenty cubits.
3:4 And the porch that was in the front of
the house, the length of it
was according to the breadth of the house,
twenty cubits, and the
height was an hundred and twenty: and he
overlaid it within with pure
gold.
3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir
tree, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees
and chains.
3:6 And he garnished the house with precious
stones for beauty: and
the gold was gold of Parvaim.
3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams,
the posts, and the walls
thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold;
and graved cherubims on the
walls.
3:8 And he made the most holy house, the
length whereof was according
to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine
gold, amounting to six
hundred talents.
3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty
shekels of gold. And he
overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
3:10 And in the most holy house he made two
cherubims of image work,
and overlaid them with gold.
3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were
twenty cubits long: one wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching
to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was likewise five cubits,
reaching to the wing of
the other cherub.
3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was
five cubits, reaching to the
wall of the house: and the other wing was
five cubits also, joining to
the wing of the other cherub.
3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread
themselves forth twenty
cubits: and they stood on their feet, and
their faces were inward.
3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and
purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
3:15 Also he made before the house two
pillars of thirty and five
cubits high, and the chapiter that was on
the top of each of them was
five cubits.
3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle,
and put them on the heads
of the pillars; and made an hundred
pomegranates, and put them on the
chains.
3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the
temple, one on the right
hand, and the other on the left; and called
the name of that on the
right hand Jachin, and the name of that on
the left Boaz.
4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass,
twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth
thereof, and ten cubits the
height thereof.
4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits
from brim to brim, round
in compass, and five cubits the height
thereof; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen,
which did compass it
round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the
sea round about. Two rows
of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4:4 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.
4:5 And the thickness of it was an
handbreadth, and the brim of it
like the work of the brim of a cup, with
flowers of lilies; and it
received and held three thousand baths.
4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on
the right hand, and five
on the left, to wash in them: such things as
they offered for the
burnt offering they washed in them; but the
sea was for the priests to
wash in.
4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold
according to their form, and
set them in the temple, five on the right
hand, and five on the left.
4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them
in the temple, five on
the right side, and five on the left. And he
made an hundred basons of
gold.
4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the
priests, and the great court,
and doors for the court, and overlaid the
doors of them with brass.
4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of
the east end, over
against the south.
4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the
shovels, and the basons. And
Huram finished the work that he was to make
for king Solomon for the
house of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars,
and the pommels, and the
chapiters which were on the top of the two
pillars, and the two
wreaths to cover the two pommels of the
chapiters which were on the
top of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred
pomegranates on the two
wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each
wreath, to cover the two
pommels of the chapiters which were upon the
pillars.
4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he
upon the bases; 4:15 One
sea, and twelve oxen under it.
4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the
fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to
king Solomon for the house
of the LORD of bright brass.
4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king
cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredathah.
4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in
great abundance: for the
weight of the brass could not be found out.
4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that
were for the house of God,
the golden altar also, and the tables
whereon the shewbread was set;
4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their
lamps, that they should burn
after the manner before the oracle, of pure
gold; 4:21 And the
flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made
he of gold, and that
perfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the
basons, and the spoons,
and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry
of the house, the inner
doors thereof for the most holy place, and
the doors of the house of
the temple, were of gold.
5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for
the house of the LORD was
finished: and Solomon brought in all the
things that David his father
had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold,
and all the instruments,
put he among the treasures of the house of
God.
5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel, and all the heads of
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the
children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the
city of David, which is Zion.
5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselves unto the king
in the feast which was in the seventh month.
5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and
the Levites took up the
ark.
5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the
tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that
were in the tabernacle,
these did the priests and the Levites bring
up.
5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the
congregation of Israel that were
assembled unto him before the ark,
sacrificed sheep and oxen, which
could not be told nor numbered for
multitude.
5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, to the oracle of the house,
into the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8
For the cherubims spread
forth their wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubims covered
the ark and the staves thereof above.
5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark,
that the ends of the
staves were seen from the ark before the
oracle; but they were not
seen without. And there it is unto this day.
5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the
two tables which Moses put
therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a
covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests
were come out of the holy
place: (for all the priests that were
present were sanctified, and did
not then wait by course: 5:12 Also the
Levites which were the singers,
all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun,
with their sons and their
brethren, being arrayed in white linen,
having cymbals and psalteries
and harps, stood at the east end of the
altar, and with them an
hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:) 5:13 It came even
to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were
as one, to make one sound
to be heard in praising and thanking the
LORD; and when they lifted up
their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
and instruments of musick,
and praised the LORD, saying, For he is
good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: that then the house was filled
with a cloud, even the house
of the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could
not stand to minister by
reason of the cloud: for the glory of the
LORD had filled the house of
God.
6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said
that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
6:2 But I have built an house of habitation
for thee, and a place for
thy dwelling for ever.
6:3 And the king turned his face, and
blessed the whole congregation
of Israel: and all the congregation of
Israel stood.
6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, who hath with his
hands fulfilled that which he spake with his
mouth to my father David,
saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought
forth my people out of the
land of Egypt I chose no city among all the
tribes of Israel to build
an house in, that my name might be there;
neither chose I any man to
be a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I
have chosen Jerusalem,
that my name might be there; and have chosen
David to be over my
people Israel.
6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my
father to build an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
6:8 But the LORD said to David my father,
Forasmuch as it was in thine
heart to build an house for my name, thou
didst well in that it was in
thine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt
not build the house; but
thy son which shall come forth out of thy
loins, he shall build the
house for my name.
6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his
word that he hath spoken:
for I am risen up in the room of David my
father, and am set on the
throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and
have built the house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein
is the covenant of the
LORD, that he made with the children of
Israel.
6:12 And he stood before the altar of the
LORD in the presence of all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands: 6:13 For
Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five
cubits long, and five
cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had
set it in the midst of
the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled
down upon his knees
before all the congregation of Israel, and
spread forth his hands
toward heaven.
6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there
is no God like thee in the
heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest
covenant, and shewest mercy
unto thy servants, that walk before thee
with all their hearts: 6:15
Thou which hast kept with thy servant David
my father that which thou
hast promised him; and spakest with thy
mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel,
keep with thy servant David
my father that which thou hast promised him,
saying, There shall not
fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the
throne of Israel; yet so
that thy children take heed to their way to
walk in my law, as thou
hast walked before me.
6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy
word be verified, which
thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with
men on the earth? behold,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot
contain thee; how much less
this house which I have built! 6:19 Have
respect therefore to the
prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to
hearken unto the cry and the prayer which
thy servant prayeth before
thee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon
this house day and night,
upon the place whereof thou hast said that
thou wouldest put thy name
there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy
servant prayeth toward
this place.
6:21 Hearken therefore unto the
supplications of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, which they shall make
toward this place: hear thou
from thy dwelling place, even from heaven;
and when thou hearest,
forgive.
6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and
an oath be laid upon him
to make him swear, and the oath come before
thine altar in this house;
6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and
judge thy servants, by
requiting the wicked, by recompensing his
way upon his own head; and
by justifying the righteous, by giving him
according to his
righteousness.
6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the
worse before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee; and
shall return and confess
thy name, and pray and make supplication
before thee in this house;
6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and
forgive the sin of thy
people Israel, and bring them again unto the
land which thou gavest to
them and to their fathers.
6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there
is no rain, because they
have sinned against thee; yet if they pray
toward this place, and
confess thy name, and turn from their sin,
when thou dost afflict
them; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and
forgive the sin of thy
servants, and of thy people Israel, when
thou hast taught them the
good way, wherein they should walk; and send
rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given unto thy people for an
inheritance.
6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if
there be pestilence, if there
be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or
caterpillers; if their enemies
besiege them in the cities of their land;
whatsoever sore or
whatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what
prayer or what
supplication soever shall be made of any
man, or of all thy people
Israel, when every one shall know his own
sore and his own grief, and
shall spread forth his hands in this house:
6:30 Then hear thou from
heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
render unto every man
according unto all his ways, whose heart
thou knowest; (for thou only
knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
6:31 That they may fear
thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they
live in the land which thou
gavest unto our fathers.
6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which
is not of thy people
Israel, but is come from a far country for
thy great name's sake, and
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm;
if they come and pray in
this house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the
heavens, even from thy
dwelling place, and do according to all that
the stranger calleth to
thee for; that all people of the earth may
know thy name, and fear
thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may
know that this house which I
have built is called by thy name.
6:34 If thy people go out to war against
their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray unto
thee toward this city which
thou hast chosen, and the house which I have
built for thy name; 6:35
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer
and their supplication,
and maintain their cause.
6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is
no man which sinneth
not,) and thou be angry with them, and
deliver them over before their
enemies, and they carry them away captives
unto a land far off or
near; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in
the land whither they are
carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee
in the land of their
captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have
done amiss, and have dealt
wickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with
all their heart and with
all their soul in the land of their
captivity, whither they have
carried them captives, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest
unto their fathers, and toward the city
which thou hast chosen, and
toward the house which I have built for thy
name: 6:39 Then hear thou
from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, their prayer and their
supplications, and maintain their cause, and
forgive thy people which
have sinned against thee.
6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine
eyes be open, and let
thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is
made in this place.
6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into
thy resting place, thou,
and the ark of thy strength: let thy
priests, O LORD God, be clothed
with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice
in goodness.
6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of
thine anointed: remember
the mercies of David thy servant.
7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of
praying, the fire came down
from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering
and the sacrifices; and
the glory of the LORD filled the house.
7:2 And the priests could not enter into the
house of the LORD,
because the glory of the LORD had filled the
LORD's house.
7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw
how the fire came down,
and the glory of the LORD upon the house,
they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground upon the pavement,
and worshipped, and
praised the LORD, saying, For he is good;
for his mercy endureth for
ever.
7:4 Then the king and all the people offered
sacrifices before the
LORD.
7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of
twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand
sheep: so the king and all
the people dedicated the house of God.
7:6 And the priests waited on their offices:
the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the LORD, which
David the king had made to
praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth
for ever, when David
praised by their ministry; and the priests
sounded trumpets before
them, and all Israel stood.
7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of
the court that was before
the house of the LORD: for there he offered
burnt offerings, and the
fat of the peace offerings, because the
brasen altar which Solomon had
made was not able to receive the burnt
offerings, and the meat
offerings, and the fat.
7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the
feast seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great congregation,
from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn
assembly: for they kept
the dedication of the altar seven days, and
the feast seven days.
7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of
the seventh month he sent
the people away into their tents, glad and
merry in heart for the
goodness that the LORD had shewed unto
David, and to Solomon, and to
Israel his people.
7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the
LORD, and the king's
house: and all that came into Solomon's
heart to make in the house of
the LORD, and in his own house, he
prosperously effected.
7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by
night, and said unto him, I
have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this
place to myself for an
house of sacrifice.
7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no
rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if I send
pestilence among my people;
7:14 If my people, which are called by my
name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and
will heal their land.
7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine
ears attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified
this house, that my name may
be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine
heart shall be there
perpetually.
7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk
before me, as David thy father
walked, and do according to all that I have
commanded thee, and shalt
observe my statutes and my judgments; 7:18
Then will I stablish the
throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy
father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man to be ruler in Israel.
7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my
statutes and my commandments,
which I have set before you, and shall go
and serve other gods, and
worship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up
by the roots out of my
land which I have given them; and this
house, which I have sanctified
for my name, will I cast out of my sight,
and will make it to be a
proverb and a byword among all nations.
7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be
an astonishment to every
one that passeth by it; so that he shall
say, Why hath the LORD done
thus unto this land, and unto this house?
7:22 And it shall be
answered, Because they forsook the LORD God
of their fathers, which
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
and laid hold on other
gods, and worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath he brought
all this evil upon them.
8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty
years, wherein Solomon
had built the house of the LORD, and his own
house, 8:2 That the
cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,
Solomon built them, and
caused the children of Israel to dwell
there.
8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and
prevailed against it.
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness,
and all the store cities,
which he built in Hamath.
8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and
Bethhoron the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
8:6 And Baalath, and all
the store cities that Solomon had, and all
the chariot cities, and the
cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon
desired to build in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout
all the land of his
dominion.
8:7 As for all the people that were left of
the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites,
which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their
children, who were left
after them in the land, whom the children of
Israel consumed not, them
did Solomon make to pay tribute until this
day.
8:9 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no servants for his
work; but they were men of war, and chief of
his captains, and
captains of his chariots and horsemen.
8:10 And these were the chief of king
Solomon's officers, even two
hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the
people.
8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of
Pharaoh out of the city of
David unto the house that he had built for
her: for he said, My wife
shall not dwell in the house of David king
of Israel, because the
places are holy, whereunto the ark of the
LORD hath come.
8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings
unto the LORD on the altar
of the LORD, which he had built before the
porch, 8:13 Even after a
certain rate every day, offering according
to the commandment of
Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new
moons, and on the solemn
feasts, three times in the year, even in the
feast of unleavened
bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the
feast of tabernacles.
8:14 And he appointed, according to the
order of David his father, the
courses of the priests to their service, and
the Levites to their
charges, to praise and minister before the
priests, as the duty of
every day required: the porters also by
their courses at every gate:
for so had David the man of God commanded.
8:15 And they departed not from the
commandment of the king unto the
priests and Levites concerning any matter,
or concerning the
treasures.
8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was
prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and
until it was finished. So the
house of the LORD was perfected.
8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to
Eloth, at the sea side in
the land of Edom.
8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his
servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the sea; and
they went with the
servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took
thence four hundred and fifty
talents of gold, and brought them to king
Solomon.
9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the
fame of Solomon, she came
to prove Solomon with hard questions at
Jerusalem, with a very great
company, and camels that bare spices, and
gold in abundance, and
precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with
him of all that was in her heart.
9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions:
and there was nothing hid
from Solomon which he told her not.
9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the
wisdom of Solomon, and
the house that he had built, 9:4 And the
meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the attendance
of his ministers, and
their apparel; his cupbearers also, and
their apparel; and his ascent
by which he went up into the house of the
LORD; there was no more
spirit in her.
9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true
report which I heard in
mine own land of thine acts, and of thy
wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believed
not their words, until I came, and mine eyes
had seen it: and, behold,
the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom
was not told me: for thou
exceedest the fame that I heard.
9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these
thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy
wisdom.
9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which
delighted in thee to set thee
on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy
God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever,
therefore made he thee king over
them, to do judgment and justice.
9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and
twenty talents of gold, and
of spices great abundance, and precious
stones: neither was there any
such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king
Solomon.
9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the
servants of Solomon,
which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum
trees and precious
stones.
9:11 And the king made of the algum trees
terraces to the house of the
LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps
and psalteries for singers:
and there were none such seen before in the
land of Judah.
9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of
Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she
had brought unto the king.
So she turned, and went away to her own
land, she and her servants.
9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year was six
hundred and threescore and six talents of
gold; 9:14 Beside that which
chapmen and merchants brought. And all the
kings of Arabia and
governors of the country brought gold and
silver to Solomon.
9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one
target.
9:16 And three hundred shields made he of
beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold went to one shield. And the
king put them in the house
of the forest of Lebanon.
9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it
with pure gold.
9:18 And there were six steps to the throne,
with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays
on each side of the
sitting place, and two lions standing by the
stays:
9:19 And twelve
lions stood there on the one side and on the
other upon the six steps.
There was not the like made in any kingdom.
9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king
Solomon were of gold, and
all the vessels of the house of the forest
of Lebanon were of pure
gold: none were of silver; it was not any
thing accounted of in the
days of Solomon.
9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish
with the servants of Huram:
every three years once came the ships of
Tarshish bringing gold, and
silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings
of the earth in riches and
wisdom.
9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought
the presence of Solomon, to
hear his wisdom, that God had put in his
heart.
9:24 And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and
spices, horses, and mules,
a rate year by year.
9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls
for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed
in the chariot cities, and
with the king at Jerusalem.
9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from
the river even unto the
land of the Philistines, and to the border
of Egypt.
9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem
as stones, and cedar trees
made he as the sycomore trees that are in
the low plains in abundance.
9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses
out of Egypt, and out of all
lands.
9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon,
first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan the prophet,
and in the prophecy of
Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of
Iddo the seer against
Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 And Solomon
reigned in Jerusalem over
all Israel forty years.
9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and
he was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son
reigned in his stead. |
