v 5¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. ing, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. to sacrifice there; for that was the 40 And Shimei arose and saddled great high place: a thousand burnthis ass, and went to Gath to Achish offerings did Solomon offer upon to seek his servants: and Shimei went that altar. and brought his servants from Gath. g 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast f42 And the king sent and called shewed unto thy servant David my for Shimei, and said unto him, Did father great mercy, according as he I not make thee to swear by the walked before thee in truth, and in LORD, and protested unto thee, say-righteousness, and in uprightness of ing, Know for a certain, on the day heart with thee; and thou hast kept thou goest out, and walkest abroad for him this great kindness, that any whither, that thou shalt surely thou hast given him a son to sit on die? and thou saidst unto me, The his throne, as it is this day. word that I have heard is good. e 7 And now, O LORD my God, 43 Why then hast thou not kept thou hast made thy servant king inthe oath of the LORD, and the com- stead of David my father and I mandment that I have charged thee am but a little child: I know not with? how to go out or come in. f 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoida: which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. CHAP. III. g 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. d 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? 10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and has not asked for thyself long ND Solomon made affinity life; neither hast asked riches for and took Pharaoh's daughter, and thine enemies: but hast asked for brought her into the city of David, thyself understanding to discern until he had made an end of build- judgment; ing his own house, and the house of b 12 Behold, I have done accordthe LORD, and the wall of Jerusa-ing to thy words: lo, I have given lem round about. f2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. c 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. g4 And the king went to Gibeon 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. 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. d 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my 26 Then spake the woman whose commandments, as thy father David the living child was unto the king, did walk, then I will lengthen thy for her bowels yearned upon her days. 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. 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 ser vants. ƒ16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 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. 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. 19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I arose 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. f 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. 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. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said. Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judg ed; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. CHAP. IV. king Solomon was king king o 2 And these were the princes which he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest; f3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. f4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: ƒ 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: f6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 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. g 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim: g 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan : g 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: g 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: g 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megid- and under his fig-tree, from Dan do, and all Beth-shean which is by even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Zartanah beneath Jezreel from Solomon. Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even f 26 T And Solomon had forty unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: thousand stalls of horses for his chag 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-riots, and twelve thousand horsegilead; to him pertained the towns men. 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 brazen bars: g 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: f 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife : f16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: f17 Jehoshaphat the son of Parua, in Issachar : f18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: g 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. f20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. g 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. f22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roe-bucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. g24 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. g25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine 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. 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. ƒ 29°¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men : than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahold and his fame was in all nations round about. f32 And he spake three thousand proverbs and his songs were a thousand and five. 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. 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. CHAP. V. his servants unto Solomon; ND Hiram king of Tyre sent for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God, 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. for the wars which were about him c 5 And behold, I purpose to build unto my name. ƒ 13 ¶ And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 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. f 15 And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 6 Now therefore command thou, that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's with thy servants: and unto thee officers which were over the work, will I give hire for thy servants ac-three thousand and three hundred, cording to all that thou shalt ap- which ruled over the people that point for thou knowest that there is wrought in the work. not among us any that can skill to f 17 And the king commanded, hew timber like unto the Sidoni-and they brought great stones, cost ans. c7 ¶ 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. ly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18 And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. CHAP. VI. four hundred and eightieth f ND it came to pass in the 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and 1 year after the children of Israel will do all thy desire concerning were come out of the land of Egypt, timber of cedar, and concerning in the fourth year of Solomon's reign timber of fir. over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. f2 And the house which king So lomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 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. f10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and fir-trees according to all his desire. 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. 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. 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 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. 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. long. 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle 17 And the house, that is, the was six cubits broad, and the third temple before it, was forty cubits was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made 18 And the cedar of the house narrowed rests round about, that the within was carved with knops and beams should not be fastened in the open flowers: all was cedar; there walls of the house. was no stone seen. f7 And the house, when it was in 19 And the oracle he prepared building, was built of stone made in the house within, to set there the ready before it was brought thither: ark of the covenant of the LORD. so that there was neither hammer ƒ 20 And the oracle in the forepart nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard was twenty cubits in length, and in the house, while it was in building. 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. f 9 So he built the house, and finished it, and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 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. 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. f 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. f 23 ¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive-tree, each ten cubits high. f11 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, d 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my 24 And five cubits was the one judgments, and keep all my com-wing of the cherub, and five cubits mandments to walk in them; then the other wing of the cherub: from will I perform my word with thee, the uttermost part of the one wing which I spake unto David thy fa- unto the uttermost part of the other ther: were ten cubits. b 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. f 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, 27 And he set the cherubims both the floor of the house, and the within the inner house and they walls of the ceiling: and he cover-stretched forth the wings of the cheed them on the inside with wood, rubims, so that the wing of the one and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched |