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[1] When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, [2] Yahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. [3] Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. [4] As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances, [5] then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man on the throne of Israel.’ [6] But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, [7] then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. [8] Though this house is so high, yet everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?’ [9] and they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.’ ” [10] At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, Yahweh’s house and the king’s house [11] (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. [12] Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him. [13] He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the land of Cabulⓘ to this day. [14] Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talentsⓘ of gold. [15] This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. [16] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. [17] Solomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower, [18] Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness, [19] all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. [20] As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel— [21] their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy—of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day. [22] But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondservants; but they were the men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. [23] These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work. [24] But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo. [25] Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh three times per year, burning incense with them on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house. [26] King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. [27] Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. [28] They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents,ⓘ and brought it to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 9:13 “Cabul” sounds like Hebrew for “good-for-nothing”.
  2. ⓘ 9:14 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons
  3. ⓘ 9:28 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tons
King James Version

God’s Covenant

[1] And it came to pass, when Solomon H8010 had finished H3615 (PielInf) the building H1129 (QalInf) of the house H1004 of the Lord, H3068 and the king’s H4428 house, H1004 and all Solomon’s H8010 desire H2837 which he was pleased H2654 (QalPerf) to do, H6213 (QalInf) [2] that the Lord H3068 appeared H7200 (NiphImpf) to Solomon H8010 the second time, H8145 as he had appeared H7200 (NiphPerf) unto him at Gibeon. H1391 [3] And the Lord H3068 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, I have heard H8085 (QalPerf) thy prayer H8605 and thy supplication, H8467 that thou hast made H2603 (HithPerf) before H6440 me: I have hallowed H6942 (HiphPerf) this house, H1004 which thou hast built, H1129 (QalPerf) to put H7760 (QalInf) my name H8034 there for H5704 ever; H5769 and mine eyes H5869 and mine heart H3820 shall be there perpetually. H3117 [4] And if thou wilt walk H3212 (QalImpf) before H6440 me, as David H1732 thy father H1 walked, H1980 (QalPerf) in integrity H8537 of heart, H3824 and in uprightness, H3476 to do H6213 (QalInf) according to all that I have commanded H6680 (PielPerf) thee, and wilt keep H8104 (QalImpf) my statutes H2706 and my judgments: H4941 [5] then I will establish H6965 (HiphPerf) the throne H3678 of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel H3478 for ever, H5769 as I promised H1696 (PielPerf) to David H1732 thy father, H1 saying, H559 (QalInf) There shall not fail H3772 (NiphImpf) thee a man H376 upon the throne H3678 of Israel. H3478 [6] But if ye shall at all H7725 (QalInf) turn H7725 (QalImpf) from following H310 me, ye or your children, H1121 and will not keep H8104 (QalImpf) my commandments H4687 and my statutes H2708 which I have set H5414 (QalPerf) before H6440 you, but go H1980 (QalPerf) and serve H5647 (QalPerf) other H312 gods, H430 and worship H7812 (HithPerf) them: [7] then will I cut off H3772 (HiphPerf) Israel H3478 out H6440 of the land H127 which I have given H5414 (QalPerf) them; and this house, H1004 which I have hallowed H6942 (HiphPerf) for my name, H8034 will I cast out H7971 (PielImpf) of my sight; H6440 and Israel H3478 shall be a proverb H4912 and a byword H8148 among all people: H5971 [8] and at this house, H1004 which is high, H5945 every one that passeth H5674 (QalActPtc) by it shall be astonished, H8074 (QalImpf) and shall hiss; H8319 (QalPerf) and they shall say, H559 (QalPerf) Why hath the Lord H3068 done H6213 (QalPerf) thus unto this land, H776 and to this house? H1004 [9] And they shall answer, H559 (QalPerf) Because they forsook H5800 (QalPerf) the Lord H3068 their God, H430 who brought forth H3318 (HiphPerf) their fathers H1 out of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 and have taken hold H2388 (HiphImpf) upon other H312 gods, H430 and have worshipped H7812 (HithImpf) them, and served H5647 (QalImpf) them: therefore hath the Lord H3068 brought H935 (HiphPerf) upon them all this evil. H7451

Cities and Ships

[10] And it came to pass at the end H7097 of twenty H6242 years, H8141 when Solomon H8010 had built H1129 (QalPerf) the two H8147 houses, H1004 the house H1004 of the Lord, H3068 and the king’s H4428 house, H1004 [11] (now Hiram H2438 the king H4428 of Tyre H6865 had furnished H5375 (PielPerf) Solomon H8010 with cedar H730 trees H6086 and fir H1265 trees, H6086 and with gold, H2091 according to all his desire,) H2656 that then H227 king H4428 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 (QalImpf) Hiram H2438 twenty H6242 cities H5892 in the land H776 of Galilee. H1551 [12] And Hiram H2438 came out H3318 (QalImpf) from Tyre H6865 to see H7200 (QalInf) the cities H5892 which Solomon H8010 had given H5414 (QalPerf) him; and they pleased H3474 (QalPerf) him not.§ [13] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) What cities H5892 are these which thou hast given H5414 (QalPerf) me, my brother? H251 And he called H7121 (QalImpf) them the land H776 of Cabul H3521ⓘ unto this day. H3117 [14] And Hiram H2438 sent H7971 (QalImpf) to the king H4428 sixscore H3967 talents H3603 of gold. H2091 [15] And this is the reason H1697 of the levy H4522 which king H4428 Solomon H8010 raised; H5927 (HiphPerf) for to build H1129 (QalInf) the house H1004 of the Lord, H3068 and his own house, H1004 and Millo, H4407 and the wall H2346 of Jerusalem, H3389 and Hazor, H2674 and Megiddo, H4023 and Gezer. H1507 [16] For Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 had gone up, H5927 (QalPerf) and taken H3920 (QalImpf) Gezer, H1507 and burnt H8313 (QalImpf) it with fire, H784 and slain H2026 (QalPerf) the Canaanites H3669 that dwelt H3427 (QalActPtc) in the city, H5892 and given H5414 (QalImpf) it for a present H7964 unto his daughter, H1323 Solomon’s H8010 wife. H802 [17] And Solomon H8010 built H1129 (QalImpf) Gezer, H1507 and Beth-horon H1032 the nether, H8481 [18] and Baalath, H1191 and Tadmor H8412 in the wilderness, H4057 in the land, H776 [19] and all the cities H5892 of store H4543 that Solomon H8010 had, and cities H5892 for his chariots, H7393 and cities H5892 for his horsemen, H6571 and that H2837 which Solomon H8010 desired H2836 (QalPerf) to build H1129 (QalInf)§ in Jerusalem, H3389 and in Lebanon, H3844 and in all the land H776 of his dominion. H4475 [20] And all the people H5971 that were left H3498 (NiphPtc) of the Amorites, H567 Hittites, H2850 Perizzites, H6522 Hivites, H2340 and Jebusites, H2983 which were not of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 [21] their children H1121 that were left H3498 (NiphPerf) after H310 them in the land, H776 whom the children H1121 of Israel H3478 also were not able H3201 (QalPerf) utterly to destroy, H2763 (HiphInf) upon those did Solomon H8010 levy H5927 (HiphImpf) a tribute H4522 of bondservice H5647 (QalActPtc) unto this day. H3117 [22] But of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did Solomon H8010 make H5414 (QalPerf) no bondmen: H5650 but they were men H582 of war, H4421 and his servants, H5650 and his princes, H8269 and his captains, H7991 and rulers H8269 of his chariots, H7393 and his horsemen. H6571 [23] These were the chief H8269 of the officers H5324 (NiphPtc) that were over Solomon’s H8010 work, H4399 five H2568 hundred H3967 and fifty, H2572 which bare rule H7287 (QalActPtc) over the people H5971 that wrought H6213 (QalPerf) in the work. H4399 [24] But Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 came up H5927 (QalPerf) out of the city H5892 of David H1732 unto her house H1004 which Solomon had built H1129 (QalPerf) for her: then did he build H1129 (QalPerf) Millo. H4407 [25] And three H7969 times H6471 in a year H8141 did Solomon H8010 offer H5927 (HiphPerf) burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 upon the§ altar H4196 which he built H1129 (QalPerf) unto the Lord, H3068 and he burnt incense H6999 (HiphInf) upon the altar H4196 that was before H6440 the Lord. H3068 So he finished H7999 (PielPerf) the house. H1004 [26] And king H4428 Solomon H8010 made H6213 (QalPerf) a navy of ships H590 in Ezion-geber, H6100 which is beside Eloth, H359 on the shore H8193§ of the Red H5488 sea, H3220 in the land H776 of Edom. H123 [27] And Hiram H2438 sent H7971 (QalImpf) in the navy H590 his servants, H5650 shipmen H582 that had knowledge H3045 (QalActPtc) of the sea, H3220 with the servants H5650 of Solomon. H8010 [28] And they came H935 (QalImpf) to Ophir, H211 and fetched H3947 (QalImpf) from thence gold, H2091 four H702 hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 talents, H3603 and brought H935 (HiphImpf) it to king H4428 Solomon. H8010

Footnotes

  1. § 9:12 Heb. were not right in his eyes
  2. ⓘ 9:13 that is, displeasing Or, dirty
  3. § 9:19 Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired
  4. § 9:25 Heb. upon it
  5. § 9:26 Heb. lip
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