the fathers of the children of Is- 3 And all the elders of Israel B. C. B. C. b 2 Sa. 6. 16. 1 Sa.16. d Le. 23. 1.2Sa.7.8. 8. 1004. e2 Ch. 6. Nu. 4.8, 9. 15. De. 31.9.Jos. 12 Sa. 7. 15. f ch. 3. 4. 2 Ch. 1.3. 4 And they brought up the ark 6 And the priests hbrought in h 2 Sa. the ark of the covenant of the 17. 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 And they drew out the staves, that the fends 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. 9There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses "put there at Horeb, Pwhen the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 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, 13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, "a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood; 15 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which 'spake with his mouth unto Da 6. iEx. 26. m Ch.5. F.x. 25. 21.De.10. 5. De. 10. o Ex. 40. Or. where. 81Ch.28. Solomon's prayer. forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that bmy name might be therein; but I chose "David to be over my people Israel. 17 And dit was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 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. 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. 20 And the LORD hath perform ed 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. h ver. 9. for the ark, wherein is the cove21 And I have set there a place nant of the LORD, which he made withour fathers, whenhebrought them out of the land of Egypt. 22 TAnd Solomon stood before ithe altar of the LORD in the presence of ail the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hauds toward heaven: 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, "who keepest servants that "walk before thee covenant and mercy with thy with all their heart: 25 Therefore now, LORD God 34, 35. untothee 26 And now, O God of Israel, Le.16.2. a man let thy word, I pray thee, be vePs. 18.11. from my rified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 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? Is. 66. 1. 28 Yet have thou respect unto Je. 23. the prayer of thy servant, and 43. & 17. to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and 14. 18. Ps.132.42 Sa. 7. 25. 2 Sa. 6. 2Ch.2.6. vid my father, and hath with his a 25a.7.6. 2Co. 12. to the prayer, which thy servant Solomon's prayer at the toward this house night and day, 1. KINGS. B. C. B. C. dedication of the templs. land which thou gavest unto our even toward the place of which cir. 1004. cir. 1004. fathers. thou hast said, 'My name shall bet De 12. there: that thou mayest heark 11. en unto the prayer which thy "Da.6.10 servant shall make " toward Or, in this place. this x2 Ch.20. 9.Ne 1.6. Or, in 30 And hearken thou to the place. supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy this dwelling-place: and when thou place. hearest, forgive. iDe.3.24 k1 Sa. 18. and he require an oath of him Le 5. 1. y Ex. 22. 15. 31 T If any man trespass against his neighbour, tand Yan oath bet Heb. laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thue altar in this house: 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 righ teousness. z De.25.1. 33 TWhen thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and bshall turn again to thee, and confess thy 39,40.Ne. name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this! Or, house: 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. 1. 9. toward. 19. De.28. 23. Heb. thy name is called upon this house. Heb.the ! Or, 20. Ja. 3. 8, 10. n Le. 26. 34,44,De. 28. 36, 64. 40. 35 When heaven is shut up, Le. 26. Le. 26. † Heb. bring back to their heart. PNe. 1. 6. Ps.106. 6. Da. 9. 5. dPs 25.4. 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou dteach them the good & 27. 11. way wherein they should walk, & 94. 12. and give rain upon thy land, & 143. 8. which thou hast given to thy 1 Sa. 12. people for an inheritance. 37 TfIf there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, 25,26.De. blasting, mildew. locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their ene-27. 38, 42, my besiege them in the land of 52, 2 Ch. their cities,whatsoever plague, 20. 9. whatsoever sickness there be; 41Moreover,concerningastranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake, 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy istrong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people ofthe 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. 44 T If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD ttoward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 46 If they sin against thee, (mfor 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; 47° Yet they shall t 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, Psaying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 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: 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against Ezra7.6. thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: Ps. 105. 46. tDe.9.29. Ne. 1. 10. 39 Then hearthou in heaven thy 40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the Ac. 1. 24. bPs. 130. 4. 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt. "from the midst of the furnace B. C. B. C. Solomon's sacrifice of peace-offerings. CHAPTER IX. 53 Forthou 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. 54 And it was so, that when "Solc mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD,he arose from before the altarof the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. i ver. 2. Le.23.34. kNu.34.8. Ex. 19. Jos. 13.5. Ju. 3. 3. 5. De 22 KL. 14. 18. 25. 1 Ge. 15. 5. m2 Ch. 7. 2Ch.7.9, 10. Or, 50 And he stood and blessed 2 Sa. 6. thanked. 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not t failed one word of all his good pro- 21. 45.2 Ch. 7. mise which he promised by the 23.14. 11,&c. hand of Moses his servant. 57 The LORD our God be with bch. 7. 1. c2 Ch.8.6. us, as he was with our fathers: "let him not leave us, nor forsake us: ↑ Heb. God's covenant with Solomon 65 And at that time Solomon held ia 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 66 "On the eighth day he sent seven days, even fourteen days. 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 hisservant, and for Israel his people. CHAPTER IX. God's covenant in a vision with Solo mon, 1. 10 The mutual present of Solomon and Hiram. 15. In Solo mon's works the Gentiles were his bond-men. 24 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 25 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 26 His navy fetcheth gold from Ophir. Solomon had finished the AND it came to pass, when building ofthe houseofthe LORD, band the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do. AN 2 That the LORD appeared to 6. Jos. 1. d ch. 3. 5. Solomon the second time, das he had appeared unto him at Gib 5. 58 That he may bincline our hearts unto him, to walk in all b Ps. 119. his ways, and to keep his com- 36. mandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 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 t at all times, as the matter shall require : 60 That all the people of the earth may know that dthe LORD is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your heart therefore be 5. Ps. 10. 17. eon. 3 And the LORD said unto him, 2 Ki. 20. el 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 forever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. fch. 8. 29. 12. De. 11. hGe.17.1. before the LORD. 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. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for the rehe offered burntofferings.and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings &c. 82Ch.7.7. 2Ch.7.19, 4 And if thou wilt hwalk before me, ias 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: 5 Then I will establish the David thy father, saying, There throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, kas I promised to the throne of Israel. shall not fail thee a man upon 61But if ye shall at all turn children, and will not keep my from following me, ye or your commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: De. 47 Then will I cut off Israel out 26. 2 Ki. of the land which I have given 17. 23. & them; and this house which I 25. 21. have hallowed "for my name, will I cast out of my sight; "and Israel shail be a proverb and a by-word among all people: beCh.4.1.4 De. 29. 24, 25, 26. 9 8 And Pat this house, which is high.every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, "Why hath the LORDdone thusunto this land, and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their The queen of Sheba visiteth him. 24 T But "Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David ch.3.1.2 unto "her house which Solomon Ch. 8. 11. had built for her: "then did he Pch. 7. 8. build Millo. 425a5.9. ch. 11. 27. r2 Ch. 8. 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solo 38. & 7.12 Ch.32.5. mon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house. 12, 13, 16. † Heb. 11(Now Hiram the king ofTyre 2 Ch.8.2. upon it. 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. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the citieswhich Solo-† Heb. mon had given him; and they † pleased him not. 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. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 82 Ch.8. 17, 18. Nu. 33. 35. De. 2. 8. ch. 22. 48. Heb.lip. ch. 10. Job 22. were not 11. right in his eyes. 24. Jos. 19. 27. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt a Jos. 161. 6. had gone up, and taken Gezer, 10 Ju. 1. and burnt it with fire, band slain 29. the Canaanites that dwelt in the cir. 992. city, and given it for a present un-b Jos. 16. to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 10. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, cir. 1014 and Beth-horon the nether, Jos. 16. 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor 3.&21.22. † Heb. in the wilderness, in the land, 2 Ch. 8.5. words. 19 And all the cities of store dJos. 19. that Solomon had, and cities for 44.2Ch.8. his chariots, and cities for his 4, 6, &c. horsemen,and that which Solo-ch. mon fdesired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizittes, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children that were left after them in theland, whom 27,29.&3. † Heb. the children of Israel also were 1. not able utterly to destroy, kupon i Jos. 15. those did Solomon levy a tribute 63. & 17. of bond-service unto this day. 22 But of the children of Israel kJu. 1. 28. did Solomon make no bond- 1 See Ge. men: but they were men of war, 9. 25, 25 and his servants, and his princes, Ezra 2. and his captains, and rulers of 55, 58. Ne his chariots, and his horsemen. 7.57.&11. 23 These were the chief of the 3. officers that were over Solomon's m Le. 25. d Pr. 8. work, "five hundred and fifty, 39. which bare rule over the people See 2 ch. 5. 7. that wrought in the work. Ch. 8. 10 wisdom and goodness to the fame. 34. 25 And three times in a year didSolomon offerburnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense fupon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26 T And king Solomon made a navy of ships in 'Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the tshore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27 "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold. four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon CHAPTER X. The queen of Sheba admireth the wis dom of Solomon, 1. 14 Solomon's gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of ivory. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. ND when the queen of Shemon concerning the name of A ba heard of the fame of Solohim with hard questions. the LORD, she came bto prove 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her tquestions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the fattendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true f report that I heard in mine own land of thy llaets and of thy wisdom. words, until I came, and mine 7 Howbeit. I believed not the eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: t thy wis the fame which I heard. dom and prosperity exceedeth 8 dHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be the LORDthy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: be Solomon's riches and wisdom. cause the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, todo judgment and justice. 10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. CHAPTER XI. Solomon seduced to idolatry. allthe kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom, 24 And all the earth † sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,and garments,and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 And Solomon 'gathered to 11 And the navy also of Hi-hch.9. 27. ch. 4. 26. gether chariots, and horsemen: ram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir 2Ch. 1.14. and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he great plenty of almug-trees,and 12Ch.2.8. De. 17. bestowed in the cities for cha precious stones. & 9. 10, 16. 12 And the king made of the 11, almug-trees pillars for the algumhouse of the LORD, and for the trees. king's house, harps also and i2 Ch. 9. psalteries for singers: there 11. came no such kalmug-trees, nor Or, were seen unto this day. rails. u2 Ch. 1. ↑ Heb. De. 17. 16.2Ch.1. 16.9.28. And the a prop. 13 And king Solomon gave un-↑ Heb. to the queen of Sheba all her desire whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave hert of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three-lomon. score and six talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchant-men, and of the traffick of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold cap went to one target. riots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27" And the king † made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the syca more-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 28 +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and forth of went out of Egypt for six hunthe hordred shekels of silver, and an ses which horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. YEz.27.7. 10. Or, tains. 26. CHAPTER XI. Solomon's wives and concubines, 1. 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threateneth him. 14 Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt, 23 Re zon, who reigned in Damascus, 26 and Jeroboam, to whom Alijah prophesied. 41 Solomon's acts, reign, and death: Rehoboam succeedeth him. UT "king Solomon loved many strange woman, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, 2.b De. 17. women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 17 And he made three hundred m ch. 14. shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of "ch. 7. Lebanon. 18 T Moreover, the king made 02 Ch. a great throne of ivory, and over-17, &c. laid it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round + Heb. behind and there were stays on the on either side on the place of the hinder seat, and two lions stood beside part the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not Ithe like made in any kingdom. 21 T PAnd all king Solomon's drinking vessels 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a na-2 Ch. 20. Molech, vy of Tharshish with the navy of 36. ver. 7. Hiram: once in three years came Or, elethe navy of Tharshish, bringing phants' gold, and silver, ivory,and apes, and peacocks. 23 So 'king Solomon exceeded teeth. Called. t Heb. fulfilled 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, dthat his wives turned away his heartafter other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, fas was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD.and † went not fully after the LORD, as did Da13. &4.30. Nu.14.24. vid his father. not Tch. 3. 12, after. |