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
,
That the LORD appeared
to Solomon
the second time
, as he had appeared
unto him at Gibeon
.
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
.
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
:
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
.
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:
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
:
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
?
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
.
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
,
( 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
.
And Hiram came out
from Tyre
to see
the cities
which Solomon
had given
him; and they pleased
him not.
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
.
And Hiram sent
to the king
sixscore
talents
of gold
.
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
.
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
.
And Solomon built
Gezer
, and Bethhoron
the nether
,
And Baalath, and Tadmor
in the wilderness
, in the land
,
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
.
And all the people that were left
of the Amorites
, Hittites
, Perizzites
, Hivites
, and Jebusites
, which were not of the children
of Israel
,
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And Hiram sent
in the navy
his servants
, shipmen
that had knowledge
of the sea
, with the servants
of Solomon
.
And they came to Ophir
, and fetched
from thence gold
, four
hundred
and twenty
talents
, and brought
it to king
Solomon
.