The Old Testament of the
King James Version of the Bible
The First Book of the Kings
Commonly Called:
The Third Book of the Kings
1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in
years; and they covered
him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him,
Let there be sought for my
lord the king a young virgin: and let her
stand before the king, and
let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy
bosom, that my lord the
king may get heat.
1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel
throughout all the coasts of
Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and
brought her to the king.
1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and
cherished the king, and
ministered to him: but the king knew her
not.
1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted
himself, saying, I will
be king: and he prepared him chariots and
horsemen, and fifty men to
run before him.
1:6 And his father had not displeased him at
any time in saying, Why
hast thou done so? and he also was a very
goodly man; and his mother
bare him after Absalom.
1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah
helped him.
1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and Nathan
the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the
mighty men which belonged to
David, were not with Adonijah.
1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat
cattle by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called
all his brethren the king's
sons, and all the men of Judah the king's
servants: 1:10 But Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty
men, and Solomon his brother,
he called not.
1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba
the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah
the son of Haggith doth
reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1:12 Now therefore come,
let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that
thou mayest save thine
own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and
say unto him, Didst not
thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine
handmaid, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he
shall sit upon my throne?
why then doth Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold,
while thou yet talkest
there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and confirm thy
words.
1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king
into the chamber: and the
king was very old; and Abishag the
Shunammite ministered unto the
king.
1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance
unto the king. And the
king said, What wouldest thou? 1:17 And she
said unto him, My lord,
thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine
handmaid, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit upon
my throne.
1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and
now, my lord the king,
thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain
oxen and fat cattle and
sheep in abundance, and hath called all the
sons of the king, and
Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of
the host: but Solomon thy
servant hath he not called.
1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of
all Israel are upon thee,
that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit
on the throne of my lord
the king after him.
1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when
my lord the king shall
sleep with his fathers, that I and my son
Solomon shall be counted
offenders.
1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the
king, Nathan the prophet
also came in.
1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold
Nathan the prophet. And
when he was come in before the king, he
bowed himself before the king
with his face to the ground.
1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast
thou said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne? 1:25 For he is gone
down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat
cattle and sheep in
abundance, and hath called all the king's
sons, and the captains of
the host, and Abiathar the priest; and,
behold, they eat and drink
before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant
Solomon, hath he not called.
1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king,
and thou hast not shewed
it unto thy servant, who should sit on the
throne of my lord the king
after him? 1:28 Then king David answered and
said, Call me Bathsheba.
And she came into the king's presence, and
stood before the king.
1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the
LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30
Even as I sware unto thee
by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne in my stead; even so
will I certainly do this day.
1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to
the earth, and did
reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord
king David live for ever.
1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.
And they came before the
king.
1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with
you the servants of your
lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon
mine own mule, and bring
him down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the
priest and Nathan the
prophet anoint him there king over Israel:
and blow ye with the
trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that
he may come and sit upon my
throne; for he shall be king in my stead:
and I have appointed him to
be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
answered the king, and said,
Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say
so too.
1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the
king, even so be he with
Solomon, and make his throne greater than
the throne of my lord king
David.
1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, went down, and
caused Solomon to ride upon king David's
mule, and brought him to
Gihon.
1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of
oil out of the tabernacle,
and anointed Solomon. And they blew the
trumpet; and all the people
said, God save king Solomon.
1:40 And all the people came up after him,
and the people piped with
pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that
the earth rent with the
sound of them.
1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that
were with him heard it as
they had made an end of eating. And when
Joab heard the sound of the
trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of
the city being in an
uproar? 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold,
Jonathan the son of
Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said
unto him, Come in; for
thou art a valiant man, and bringest good
tidings.
1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to
Adonijah, Verily our lord king
David hath made Solomon king.
1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok
the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride
upon the king's mule:
1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the
prophet have anointed him
king in Gihon: and they are come up from
thence rejoicing, so that the
city rang again. This is the noise that ye
have heard.
1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne
of the kingdom.
1:47 And moreover the king's servants came
to bless our lord king
David, saying, God make the name of Solomon
better than thy name, and
make his throne greater than thy throne. And
the king bowed himself
upon the bed.
1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be
the LORD God of Israel,
which hath given one to sit on my throne
this day, mine eyes even
seeing it.
1:49 And all the guests that were with
Adonijah were afraid, and rose
up, and went every man his way.
1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon,
and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying,
Behold, Adonijah feareth king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the
horns of the altar,
saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today
that he will not slay his
servant with the sword.
1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew
himself a worthy man, there
shall not an hair of him fall to the earth:
but if wickedness shall be
found in him, he shall die.
1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought
him down from the altar.
And he came and bowed himself to king
Solomon: and Solomon said unto
him, Go to thine house.
2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die; and he charged
Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of
all the earth: be thou
strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
2:3 And keep the charge of
the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to
keep his statutes, and his
commandments, and his judgments, and his
testimonies, as it is written
in the law of Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou doest,
and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4
That the LORD may continue
his word which he spake concerning me,
saying, If thy children take
heed to their way, to walk before me in
truth with all their heart and
with all their soul, there shall not fail
thee (said he) a man on the
throne of Israel.
2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the
son of Zeruiah did to me,
and what he did to the two captains of the
hosts of Israel, unto Abner
the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
Jether, whom he slew, and
shed the blood of war in peace, and put the
blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his
shoes that were on his
feet.
2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace.
2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and
let them be of those that eat at thy table:
for so they came to me
when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei
the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a
grievous curse in the day
when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to
meet me at Jordan, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not
put thee to death with
the sword.
2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless:
for thou art a wise man, and
knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him;
but his hoar head bring
thou down to the grave with blood.
2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of
David.
2:11 And the days that David reigned over
Israel were forty years:
seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty
and three years reigned
he in Jerusalem.
2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of
David his father; and his
kingdom was established greatly.
2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou
peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to
say unto thee. And she said,
Say on.
2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the
kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should
reign: howbeit the kingdom
is turned about, and is become my brother's:
for it was his from the
LORD.
2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee,
deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.
2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto
Solomon the king, (for he
will not say thee nay,) that he give me
Abishag the Shunammite to
wife.
2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak
for thee unto the king.
2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king
Solomon, to speak unto him for
Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her,
and bowed himself unto
her, and sat down on his throne, and caused
a seat to be set for the
king's mother; and she sat on his right
hand.
2:20 Then she said, I desire one small
petition of thee; I pray thee,
say me not nay. And the king said unto her,
Ask on, my mother: for I
will not say thee nay.
2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy
brother to wife.
2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto
his mother, And why dost
thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for
Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom
also; for he is mine elder brother; even for
him, and for Abiathar the
priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD,
saying, God do so to me, and
more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this
word against his own life.
2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth,
which hath established me, and
set me on the throne of David my father, and
who hath made me an
house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put
to death this day.
2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he fell upon him that he died.
2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the
king, Get thee to Anathoth,
unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy
of death: but I will not at
this time put thee to death, because thou
barest the ark of the LORD
God before David my father, and because thou
hast been afflicted in
all wherein my father was afflicted.
2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from
being priest unto the LORD;
that he might fulfil the word of the LORD,
which he spake concerning
the house of Eli in Shiloh.
2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had
turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab
fled unto the tabernacle
of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of
the altar.
2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab
was fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is
by the altar. Then Solomon
sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying,
Go, fall upon him.
2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of
the LORD, and said unto
him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he
said, Nay; but I will die
here. And Benaiah brought the king word
again, saying, Thus said Joab,
and thus he answered me.
2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he
hath said, and fall upon
him, and bury him; that thou mayest take
away the innocent blood,
which Joab shed, from me, and from the house
of my father.
2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood
upon his own head, who fell
upon two men more righteous and better than
he, and slew them with the
sword, my father David not knowing thereof,
to wit, Abner the son of
Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether,
captain of the host of Judah.
2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon
the head of Joab, and
upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon
David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne,
shall there be peace for ever
from the LORD.
2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,
and fell upon him, and
slew him: and he was buried in his own house
in the wilderness.
2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada in his room over the
host: and Zadok the priest did the king put
in the room of Abiathar.
2:36 And the king sent and called for
Shimei, and said unto him, Build
thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there,
and go not forth thence
any whither.
2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou
goest out, and passest over
the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for
certain that thou shalt surely
die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The
saying is good: as my lord the
king hath said, so will thy servant do. And
Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem
many days.
2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the
servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son
of Maachah king of Gath.
And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy
servants be in Gath.
2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass,
and went to Gath to Achish
to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and
brought his servants from
Gath.
2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had
gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
2:42 And the king sent and called for
Shimei, and said unto him, Did I
not make thee to swear by the LORD, and
protested unto thee, saying,
Know for a certain, on the day thou goest
out, and walkest abroad any
whither, that thou shalt surely die? and
thou saidst unto me, The word
that I have heard is good.
2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
2:44 The king said
moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart
is privy to, that thou didst to David my
father: therefore the LORD
shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head; 2:45 And king Solomon
shall be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before
the LORD for ever.
2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada; which went
out, and fell upon him, that he died. And
the kingdom was established
in the hand of Solomon.
3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and took
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the
city of David, until he
had made an end of building his own house,
and the house of the LORD,
and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high
places, because there was no
house built unto the name of the LORD, until
those days.
3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in
the statutes of David his
father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense
in high places.
3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice
there; for that was the
great high place: a thousand burnt offerings
did Solomon offer upon
that altar.
3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night: and
God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto
thy servant David my
father great mercy, according as he walked
before thee in truth, and
in righteousness, and in uprightness of
heart with thee; and thou hast
kept for him this great kindness, that thou
hast given him a son to
sit on his throne, as it is this day.
3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made
thy servant king instead of
David my father: and I am but a little
child: I know not how to go out
or come in.
3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy
people which thou hast
chosen, a great people, that cannot be
numbered nor counted for
multitude.
3:9 Give therefore thy servant an
understanding heart to judge thy
people, that I may discern between good and
bad: for who is able to
judge this thy so great a people? 3:10 And
the speech pleased the
LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou
hast asked this thing, and
hast not asked for thyself long life;
neither hast asked riches for
thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine
enemies; but hast asked for
thyself understanding to discern judgment;
3:12 Behold, I have done
according to thy words: lo, I have given
thee a wise and an
understanding heart; so that there was none
like thee before thee,
neither after thee shall any arise like unto
thee.
3:13 And I have also given thee that which
thou hast not asked, both
riches, and honour: so that there shall not
be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days.
3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to
keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk,
then I will lengthen thy
days.
3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was
a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, and
offered up burnt offerings, and offered
peace offerings, and made a
feast to all his servants.
3:16 Then came there two women, that were
harlots, unto the king, and
stood before him.
3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I
and this woman dwell in one
house; and I was delivered of a child with
her in the house.
3:18 And it came to pass the third day after
that I was delivered,
that this woman was delivered also: and we
were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save we two
in the house.
3:19 And this woman's child died in the
night; because she overlaid
it.
3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my
son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her
bosom, and laid her dead
child in my bosom.
3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give
my child suck, behold, it
was dead: but when I had considered it in
the morning, behold, it was
not my son, which I did bear.
3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the
living is my son, and the
dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the
dead is thy son, and the
living is my son. Thus they spake before the
king.
3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This
is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the other
saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword.
And they brought a sword
before the king.
3:25 And the king said, Divide the living
child in two, and give half
to the one, and half to the other.
3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living
child was unto the king,
for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she
said, O my lord, give her
the living child, and in no wise slay it.
But the other said, Let it
be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give
her the living child, and
in no wise slay it: she is the mother
thereof.
3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment
which the king had judged;
and they feared the king: for they saw that
the wisdom of God was in
him, to do judgment.
4:1 So king Solomon was king over all
Israel.
4:2 And these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of Zadok
the priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the
sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah
the son of Nathan was over
the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan
was principal officer, and
the king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over
the household: and
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the
tribute.
4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all
Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household:
each man his month in a year
made provision.
4:8 And these are their names: The son of
Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim,
and Bethshemesh, and
Elonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in
Aruboth; to him pertained
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The
son of Abinadab, in all
the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo,
and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah
beneath Jezreel, from
Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the
place that is beyond Jokneam:
4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to
him pertained the towns of
Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in
Gilead; to him also pertained
the region of Argob, which is in Bashan,
threescore great cities with
walls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son
of Iddo had Mahanaim:
4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took
Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of
Hushai was in Asher and in
Aloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah,
in Issachar: 4:18 Shimei
the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the
son of Uri was in the
country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon
king of the Amorites, and
of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only
officer which was in the
land.
4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand
which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making
merry.
4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms
from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the border
of Egypt: they brought
presents, and served Solomon all the days of
his life.
4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was
thirty measures of fine
flour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23
Ten fat oxen, and twenty
oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and
roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
4:24 For he had dominion over all the region
on this side the river,
from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the
kings on this side the river:
and he had peace on all sides round about
him.
4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,
every man under his vine and
under his fig tree, from Dan even to
Beersheba, all the days of
Solomon.
4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen.
4:27 And those officers provided victual for
king Solomon, and for all
that came unto king Solomon's table, every
man in his month: they
lacked nothing.
4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they
unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his
charge.
4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that is
on the sea shore.
4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of
the east country, and all the wisdom of
Egypt.
4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than
Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of
Mahol: and his fame was in
all nations round about.
4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a
thousand and five.
4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar
tree that is in Lebanon
even unto the hyssop that springeth out of
the wall: he spake also of
beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things,
and of fishes.
4:34 And there came of all people to hear
the wisdom of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had heard of
his wisdom.
5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants
unto Solomon; for he had
heard that they had anointed him king in the
room of his father: for
Hiram was ever a lover of David.
5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3
Thou knowest how that David
my father could not build an house unto the
name of the LORD his God
for the wars which were about him on every
side, until the LORD put
them under the soles of his feet.
5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me
rest on every side, so that
there is neither adversary nor evil
occurrent.
5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house
unto the name of the LORD
my God, as the LORD spake unto David my
father, saying, Thy son, whom
I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he
shall build an house unto
my name.
5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew
me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy
servants: and unto thee
will I give hire for thy servants according
to all that thou shalt
appoint: for thou knowest that there is not
among us any that can
skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard
the words of Solomon, that
he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be
the LORD this day, which
hath given unto David a wise son over this
great people.
5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I
have considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: and I will do
all thy desire concerning
timber of cedar, and concerning timber of
fir.
5:9 My servants shall bring them down from
Lebanon unto the sea: and I
will convey them by sea in floats unto the
place that thou shalt
appoint me, and will cause them to be
discharged there, and thou shalt
receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my
desire, in giving food for
my household.
5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and
fir trees according to all
his desire.
5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand
measures of wheat for food
to his household, and twenty measures of
pure oil: thus gave Solomon
to Hiram year by year.
5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he
promised him: and there
was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and
they two made a league
together.
5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of
all Israel; and the levy
was thirty thousand men.
5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten
thousand a month by courses: a
month they were in Lebanon, and two months
at home: and Adoniram was
over the levy.
5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten
thousand that bare burdens,
and fourscore thousand hewers in the
mountains; 5:16 Beside the chief
of Solomon's officers which were over the
work, three thousand and
three hundred, which ruled over the people
that wrought in the work.
5:17 And the king commanded, and they
brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the
foundation of the house.
5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's
builders did hew them, and the
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and
stones to build the house.
6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred
and eightieth year after
the children of Israel were come out of the
land of Egypt, in the
fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel,
in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the
house of the LORD.
6:2 And the house which king Solomon built
for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits.
6:3 And the porch before the temple of the
house, twenty cubits was
the length thereof, according to the breadth
of the house; and ten
cubits was the breadth thereof before the
house.
6:4 And for the house he made windows of
narrow lights.
6:5 And against the wall of the house he
built chambers round about,
against the walls of the house round about,
both of the temple and of
the oracle: and he made chambers round
about: 6:6 The nethermost
chamber was five cubits broad, and the
middle was six cubits broad,
and the third was seven cubits broad: for
without in the wall of the
house he made narrowed rests round about,
that the beams should not be
fastened in the walls of the house.
6:7 And the house, when it was in building,
was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither: so that
there was neither hammer
nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the
house, while it was in
building.
6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in
the right side of the
house: and they went up with winding stairs
into the middle chamber,
and out of the middle into the third.
6:9 So he built the house, and finished it;
and covered the house with
beams and boards of cedar.
6:10 And then he built chambers against all
the house, five cubits
high: and they rested on the house with
timber of cedar.
6:11 And the word of the LORD came to
Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerning
this house which thou art in building, if
thou wilt walk in my
statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep
all my commandments to
walk in them; then will I perform my word
with thee, which I spake
unto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell
among the children of
Israel, and will not forsake my people
Israel.
6:14 So Solomon built the house, and
finished it.
6:15 And he built the walls of the house
within with boards of cedar,
both the floor of the house, and the walls
of the ceiling: and he
covered them on the inside with wood, and
covered the floor of the
house with planks of fir.
6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides
of the house, both the
floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he
even built them for it
within, even for the oracle, even for the
most holy place.
6:17 And the house, that is, the temple
before it, was forty cubits
long.
6:18 And the cedar of the house within was
carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone
seen.
6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house
within, to set there the
ark of the covenant of the LORD.
6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was
twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits
in the height thereof: and
he overlaid it with pure gold; and so
covered the altar which was of
cedar.
6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within
with pure gold: and he made
a partition by the chains of gold before the
oracle; and he overlaid
it with gold.
6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with
gold, until he had finished
all the house: also the whole altar that was
by the oracle he overlaid
with gold.
6:23 And within the oracle he made two
cherubims of olive tree, each
ten cubits high.
6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the
cherub, and five cubits
the other wing of the cherub: from the
uttermost part of the one wing
unto the uttermost part of the other were
ten cubits.
6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits:
both the cherubims were of
one measure and one size.
6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten
cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
6:27 And he set the cherubims within the
inner house: and they
stretched forth the wings of the cherubims,
so that the wing of the
one touched the one wall, and the wing of
the other cherub touched the
other wall; and their wings touched one
another in the midst of the
house.
6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with
gold.
6:29 And he carved all the walls of the
house round about with carved
figures of cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers, within and
without.
6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid
with gold, within and
without.
6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he
made doors of olive tree:
the lintel and side posts were a fifth part
of the wall.
6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree;
and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and
open flowers, and overlaid
them with gold, and spread gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm
trees.
6:33 So also made he for the door of the
temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.
6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the
two leaves of the one
door were folding, and the two leaves of the
other door were folding.
6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and
palm trees and open flowers:
and covered them with gold fitted upon the
carved work.
6:36 And he built the inner court with three
rows of hewed stone, and
a row of cedar beams.
6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation
of the house of the LORD
laid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the
eleventh year, in the month
Bul, which is the eighth month, was the
house finished throughout all
the parts thereof, and according to all the
fashion of it. So was he
seven years in building it.
7:1 But Solomon was building his own house
thirteen years, and he
finished all his house.
7:2 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.
7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon
the beams, that lay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
7:4 And there were windows in three rows,
and light was against light
in three ranks.
7:5 And all the doors and posts were square,
with the windows: and
light was against light in three ranks.
7:6 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.
7:7 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.
7:8 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's
daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like
unto this porch.
7:9 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.
7:10 And the foundation was of costly
stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight
cubits.
7:11 And above were costly stones, after the
measures of hewed stones,
and cedars.
7:12 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.
7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram
out of Tyre.
7:14 He was a widow's 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.
7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of
eighteen cubits high apiece:
and a line of twelve cubits did compass
either of them about.
7:16 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: 7:17 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.
7:18 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.
7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the
top of the pillars were of
lily work in the porch, four cubits.
7:20 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.
7:21 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.
7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was
lily work: so was the work of
the pillars finished.
7:23 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.
7:24 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.
7:25 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.
7:26 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.
7:27 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.
7:28 And the work of the bases was on this
manner: they had borders,
and the borders were between the ledges:
7:29 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.
7:30 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.
7:31 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.
7:32 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.
7:33 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.
7:34 And there were four undersetters to the
four corners of one base:
and the undersetters were of the very base
itself.
7:35 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.
7:36 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.
7:37 After this manner he made the ten
bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one size.
7:38 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.
7:39 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.
7:40 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: 7:41 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; 7:42 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; 7:43 And the
ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44
And one sea, and twelve
oxen under the sea; 7:45 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.
7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king
cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zarthan.
7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels
unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of
the brass found out.
7:48 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, 7:49 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, 7:50
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.
7:51 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.
8:1 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
king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might
bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the city of
David, which is Zion.
8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto king Solomon
at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is
the seventh month.
8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and
the priests took up the
ark.
8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD,
and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that
were in the tabernacle,
even those did the priests and the Levites
bring up.
8:5 And king Solomon, and all the
congregation of Israel, that were
assembled unto him, were with him before the
ark, sacrificing sheep
and oxen, that could not be told nor
numbered for multitude.
8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, into the oracle of the
house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubims.
8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two
wings over the place of
the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark
and the staves thereof
above.
8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the
ends of the staves were
seen out in the holy place before the
oracle, and they were not seen
without: and there they are unto this day.
8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the
two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made
a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of
the land of Egypt.
8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests
were come out of the holy
place, that the cloud filled the house of
the LORD, 8:11 So that the
priests could not stand to minister because
of the cloud: for the
glory of the LORD had filled the house of
the LORD.
8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that
he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
8:13 I have surely built thee an house to
dwell in, a settled place
for thee to abide in for ever.
8:14 And the king turned his face about, and
blessed all the
congregation of Israel: (and all the
congregation of Israel stood;)
8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, which spake with
his mouth unto David my father, and hath
with his hand fulfilled it,
saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought
forth my people Israel out
of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the
tribes of Israel to build an
house, that my name might be therein; but I
chose David to be over my
people Israel.
8:17 And it was in the heart of David my
father to build an house for
the name of the LORD God of Israel.
8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father,
Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an house unto my name, thou
didst well that it was in
thine heart.
8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the
house; but thy son that
shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall
build the house unto my
name.
8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word
that he spake, and I am
risen up in the room of David my father, and
sit on the throne of
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built
an house for the name of
the LORD God of Israel.
8:21 And I have set there a place for the
ark, wherein is the covenant
of the LORD, which he made with our fathers,
when he brought them out
of the land of Egypt.
8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of
the LORD in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and spread
forth his hands toward
heaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of
Israel, there is no God like
thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath,
who keepest covenant and
mercy with thy servants that walk before
thee with all their heart:
8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my
father that thou
promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy
mouth, and hast fulfilled
it with thine hand, as it is this day.
8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep
with thy servant David my
father that thou promisedst him, saying,
There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight to sit on the throne of
Israel; so that thy children
take heed to their way, that they walk
before me as thou hast walked
before me.
8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word,
I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my
father.
8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth?
behold, the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how
much less this house that I
have builded? 8:28 Yet have thou respect
unto the prayer of thy
servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my
God, to hearken unto the
cry and to the prayer, which thy servant
prayeth before thee to day:
8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this
house night and day, even
toward the place of which thou hast said, My
name shall be there: that
thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which
thy servant shall make
toward this place.
8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of
thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward
this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou
hearest, forgive.
8:31 If any man trespass against his
neighbour, and an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath
come before thine altar
in this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in
heaven, and do, and judge thy
servants, condemning the wicked, to bring
his way upon his head; and
justifying the righteous, to give him
according to his righteousness.
8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down
before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee, and shall
turn again to thee, and
confess thy name, and pray, and make
supplication unto thee in this
house: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and
forgive the sin of thy
people Israel, and bring them again unto the
land which thou gavest
unto their fathers.
8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no
rain, because they have
sinned against thee; if they pray toward
this place, and confess thy
name, and turn from their sin, when thou
afflictest them: 8:36 Then
hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of
thy servants, and of thy
people Israel, that thou teach them the good
way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which
thou hast given to thy people
for an inheritance.
8:37 If there be in the land famine, if
there be pestilence, blasting,
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller;
if their enemy besiege
them in the land of their cities; whatsoever
plague, whatsoever
sickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and
supplication soever be made by
any man, or by all thy people Israel, which
shall know every man the
plague of his own heart, and spread forth
his hands toward this house:
8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
place, and forgive, and do,
and give to every man according to his ways,
whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the
hearts of all the children of
men;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the
days that they live in the
land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is
not of thy people Israel,
but cometh out of a far country for thy
name's sake; 8:42 (For they
shall hear of thy great name, and of thy
strong hand, and of thy
stretched out arm;) when he shall come and
pray toward this house;
8:43 Hear thou in heaven 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, to fear thee, as do thy
people Israel; and that
they may know that this house, which I have
builded, is called by thy
name.
8:44 If thy people go out to battle against
their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto
the LORD toward the city
which thou hast chosen, and toward the house
that I have built for thy
name: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their
prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is
no man that sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and deliver
them to the enemy, so that
they carry them away captives unto the land
of the enemy, far or near;
8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in
the land whither they
were carried captives, and repent, and make
supplication unto thee in
the land of them that carried them captives,
saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely, we have committed
wickedness; 8:48 And so
return unto thee with all their heart, and
with all their soul, in the
land of their enemies, which led them away
captive, and pray unto thee
toward their land, which thou gavest unto
their fathers, the city
which thou hast chosen, and the house which
I have built for thy name:
8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their
supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
8:50 And forgive thy people
that have sinned against thee, and all their
transgressions wherein
they have transgressed against thee, and
give them compassion before
them who carried them captive, that they may
have compassion on them:
8:51 For they be thy people, and thine
inheritance, which thou
broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the
midst of the furnace of iron:
8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the
supplication of thy servant,
and unto the supplication of thy people
Israel, to hearken unto them
in all that they call for unto thee.
8:53 For thou didst separate them from among
all the people of the
earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou
spakest by the hand of Moses
thy servant, when thou broughtest our
fathers out of Egypt, O LORD
God.
8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had
made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication unto the LORD,
he arose from before the
altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his
knees with his hands spread up
to heaven.
8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the
congregation of Israel with a
loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the
LORD, that hath given rest
unto his people Israel, according to all
that he promised: there hath
not failed one word of all his good promise,
which he promised by the
hand of Moses his servant.
8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was
with our fathers: let him
not leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he
may incline our hearts unto
him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep
his commandments, and his
statutes, and his judgments, which he
commanded our fathers.
8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I
have made supplication before
the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day
and night, that he
maintain the cause of his servant, and the
cause of his people Israel
at all times, as the matter shall require:
8:60 That all the people of
the earth may know that the LORD is God, and
that there is none else.
8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect
with the LORD our God, to
walk in his statutes, and to keep his
commandments, as at this day.
8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him,
offered sacrifice before
the LORD.
8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of
peace offerings, which he
offered unto the LORD, two and twenty
thousand oxen, and an hundred
and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and
all the children of Israel
dedicated the house of the LORD.
8:64 The same day did the king hallow the
middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he
offered burnt offerings,
and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings: because the
brasen altar that was before the LORD was
too little to receive the
burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the
fat of the peace
offerings.
8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast,
and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of
Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days
and seven days, even
fourteen days.
8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people
away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joyful and
glad of heart for all the
goodness that the LORD had done for David
his servant, and for Israel
his people.
9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had
finished the building of the
house of the LORD, and the king's house, and
all Solomon's desire
which he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the
LORD appeared to Solomon the
second time, as he had appeared unto him at
Gibeon.
9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard
thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made before me:
I have hallowed this
house, which thou hast built, to put my name
there for ever; and mine
eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.
9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as
David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to
do according to all that I
have commanded thee, and wilt keep my
statutes and my judgments: 9:5
Then I will establish the throne of thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever,
as I promised to David thy father, saying,
There shall not fail thee a
man upon the throne of Israel.
9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from
following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments
and my statutes which I
have set before you, but go and serve other
gods, and worship them:
9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the
land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed
for my name, will I cast
out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
proverb and a byword among all
people: 9:8 And at this house, which is
high, every one that passeth
by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss;
and they shall say, Why
hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and
to this house? 9:9 And
they shall answer, Because they forsook the
LORD their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of the land
of Egypt, and have taken
hold upon other gods, and have worshipped
them, and served them:
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them
all this evil.
9:10 And it came to pass at the end of
twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the LORD,
and the king's house,
9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had
furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold,
according to all his desire,) that
then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities
in the land of Galilee.
9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the
cities which Solomon had
given him; and they pleased him not.
9:13 And he said, What cities are these
which thou hast given me, my
brother? And he called them the land of
Cabul unto this day.
9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore
talents of gold.
9:15 And this is the reason of the levy
which king Solomon raised; for
to build the house of the LORD, and his own
house, and Millo, and the
wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo,
and Gezer.
9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up,
and taken Gezer, and burnt
it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that
dwelt in the city, and
given it for a present unto his daughter,
Solomon's wife.
9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron
the nether, 9:18 And
Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in
the land, 9:19 And all the
cities of store that Solomon had, and cities
for his chariots, and
cities for his horsemen, and that which
Solomon desired to build in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the
land of his dominion.
9:20 And all the people that were left of
the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which
were not of the children of
Israel, 9:21 Their children that were left
after them in the land,
whom the children of Israel also were not
able utterly to destroy,
upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of
bondservice unto this day.
9:22 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no bondmen: but
they were men of war, and his servants, and
his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots, and
his horsemen.
9:23 These were the chief of the officers
that were over Solomon's
work, five hundred and fifty, which bare
rule over the people that
wrought in the work.
9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of
the city of David unto her
house which Solomon had built for her: then
did he build Millo.
9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon
offer burnt offerings and
peace offerings upon the altar which he
built unto the LORD, and he
burnt incense upon the altar that was before
the LORD. So he finished
the house.
9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships
in Eziongeber, which is
beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea,
in the land of Edom.
9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his
servants, shipmen that had
knowledge of the sea, with the servants of
Solomon.
9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched
from thence gold, four
hundred and twenty talents, and brought it
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