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woman's child died in the night; be20 cause she overlaid it. And she Jarose 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. 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 22 son, which I did bear. 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 23 spake before the king. 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, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword 25 before the king. And the king said,

Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the (3 other. Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, Oh my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither 27 mine nor thine; divide it. Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: 28 she is the mother thereof. And all Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgement.

41 And king Solomon was king over 2 all Israel. And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the 3 son of Zadok, 'the priest; Elihoreph and 'Ahijah', the sons of Shisha, 2scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of (Ahilud, the recorder; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was "priest', and the king's 6 friend; and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son 1) of Abda was over the levy. And

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Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for al 8 month in the year. And these are their names: Bent-hur, in 'the hill 9 country of Ephraim: Ben'-'deker', in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan : 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of 11 Hepher: Ben--abinadab, in all the

height of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond 'Jokmeam': 13 Ben1-geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; leven to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and 14 brasen bars: Ahinadab the son of (15 Iddo, in Mahanaim: Ahimaaz, in

Naphtali; he also took Basemath! the daughter of Solomon to wife : (16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher 17 and 10 Bealoth': Jehoshaphat the son 18 of Paruah, in Issachar: Shimei the (19 son of Ela, in Benjamin: Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king_of_the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan;

and he was the only officer which 20 was in the land. Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

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12 13 And Solomon ruled over all the 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 22 of his life. And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty 14measures of fine flour, and threescore measures 23) of meal; ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and Igazelles, and roebucks, and fatted 24 fowl. For he had dominion over all the region 15on this side the River,

Or, Naphath-dor 7 Or, region

8 Or, lover against

9 Or, Havvoth-jair

10 Or, in Aloth

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IV. 1 So; 3 Ahiah; 4 (the); 5 principal officer; 6 tribute; 7 his..a.. made: 8 The son of Hur.. mount; 9 the son of Dekar; 10 the son of..Aruboth; 11 the son of.. region.. which; 12 to him pertained.. by Zartanah.. even unto the place that is.. Jokneam; 13 the son of.. also; 14 had; 15 (was).. Basmath; 16 (was).. in Aloth; 19 (was) ..country.. (in); 21 reigned; 23 fallowdeer. = [58]

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I. KINGS.

from Tiphsah even to Gaza', over all the kings 1on this side the River: and he had peace 2on all sides round 25 about him. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days 26 of Solomon. And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 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 let' nothing 28 be lacking. Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds! brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

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And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the (30 sand that is on the sea shore. And

Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, 31 and all the wisdom of Egypt. °For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations 32 round about. And he spake three

thousand proverbs: and his songs (33 were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and 34 of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came of all peoples' to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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56And 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. 2 °And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 °Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an' house 'for! the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under (4 the soles of his feet. But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, 5 nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I purpose to build 'an' house for the

1 Or, beyond the River

2 Some authorities read, with all his servants.

8 In 2 Chr. ix. 25, four thousand.

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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 (6) build the house 'for' my name. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the 7 'Zidonians'. 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 8 son over this great people. And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have 'heard' the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and con9 cerning timber of 'fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will make them linto rafts to gol by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in 10 giving food for my household. "So 'Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according 11 to all his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand 10measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of 11pure oil: thus

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gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
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.
And king Solomon raised a levy out
of all Israel; and the levy was thirty
14 thousand men. 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
15 And Solomon had threescore and
over the levy.
ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourscore thousand that were hewers
(16) in the mountains; besides Solomon's
chief officers that were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred,
which bare rule over the people
17 that wrought in the work. And the

Or, where he (that is, the king)
Iwas! Or, where it should be
[Ch. v. 15 in Heb.]

6 See 2 Chr. ii. 3, &c.

7 Or, lcypress

8 Or, Icarry them \away}
9 Heb. Hirom, and in ver. 18.
10 Heb. cor.
11 Or, Ibeaten

24 Azzah; 27 lacked; 28 dromedaries; 30 (country): 33 (tree); 34 people. V. 3 a.. unto; 4 (so that); 5 a..unto..a.. unto; 6 (unto).. appoint.. Sidonians; 8 considered things..sentest to.. for; and; 9 convey.. in flotes. . discharged; 10 trees.. trees; 16 (the)..(of) which.. ruled. [33]

king commanded, and they "hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with 18) wrought stone". °And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, land' prepared 'the' timber and the stones to build the house.

61 2And 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 Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the 2 house of the LORD. 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 3 thirty cubits. 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. And for the house he made windows of fixed 5 lattice-work'. And against the wall of the house he built stories' round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made side*) chambers round about: the nethermost story! was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside' he made Irebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the 1 house. And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and' there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, 8 while it was in building. The door for the middle Iside-chambers' was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle chambers, and out of the middle into the third. So he built the house, and finished it; and he' covered the house with beams and

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(10 101planks of cedar. And he built 'the stories against all the house, 'each' five cubits high and 11they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 11 And the word of the LORD came 12 to Solomon, saying, "Concerning this. house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgements, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish' my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy 13 father. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

14 So Solomon built the house, and (15 finished it. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; 121from the floor of the house unto the walls of the cieling, he covered them on the inside with wood: and The covered the floor of the house (16) with 'boards' of 18fir. 14 And he built twenty cubits on the 'hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from! the floor unto the 15walls: he even built them for it within, for lan' oracle, 17 even for the most holy place.

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the house, that is, the temple before the oracle', was forty cubits long. 18)°And 'there' was cedar 'on' the house within, carved with 16knops and open flowers all was cedar; there was no 19) stone seen. And he prepared lan oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the 20 covenant of the LORD. And 'within' the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: 17and the covered 21 the altar with cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold Jacross before the oracle; and he 22) overlaid it with gold. And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the 23 oracle he overlaid with gold. 18 And lin' the oracle he made two 'cherubim' of olive 'wood', each ten cubits high.

7 Or, when it was brought laway]
8 The Sept. and Targum have, lowest.
Heb. shoulder.

10 Heb. rows.

Or, windows broad within, and 11 Or, the fastened the house

narrow without.

'That is, the most holy place.

12 Or, both the floor of the house and
the walls &c. and so ver. 16.

13 Or, Icypress

14 See 2 Chr. iii. 8.

15 The Sept. has, beams. 16 Or, gourds

17 Or, he loverlaid the altar \also}, which was of cedar

18 See 2 Chr. iii. 10-12.

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VERSION OF 1611.-17 brought. . and hewed stones; 18 hew. . stonesquarers: so they. VI. 1 Zif; 4 narrow lights; 5 chambers; 6 chamber. . without. . narrowed rests.. be fastened; before it was brought thither: so that; 8 chamber. . with. . chamber; 9 boards; 10 (then).. chambers; perform; 15 both.. and.. (and).. planks; 16 sides.. both..and.. (even).. the; 17 it; 18 the..of; 19 the 20 in the forepart..so..which was of; 21 made a partition by the; 22 he had.. was by; 23 within..cherubims..tree.[64]

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 25 part of the other were ten cubits. And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure 26 and one 'form'. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was 27) it of the other cherub. And he set the 'cherubim within the inner house: and the wings of the 'cherubim were! stretched forth, 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. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with 29 gold. And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood': the lintel and 'door posts were a fifth part of (32 the wall. So he made two doors

of olive 'wood'; and he carved upon them carvings of 'cherubim' and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and 'he' spread 'the' gold upon the cherubim', and upon 33) the palm trees. So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part (34 of the wall; and two doors of 2fir

wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves 35 of the other door were folding. And he carved thereon 'cherubim' and palm trees and open flowers: and 'he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the 36 graven work. And he built the

inner court with three rows of hewn! 37 stone, and a row of cedar beams. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the 38 month Ziv. 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. And Solomon was building his

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1 Or, posts 2 Or, Icypress 3 Or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof

own house thirteen years, and he 2 finished all his house. For he built 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. 3) And it was covered with cedar above lover the forty and five beams, that Iwere upon the pillars; fifteen in a 4 row. And there were prospects! in three rows, and light was lover! 5 against light in three ranks. And all the doors and posts were square in prospect and light was over! (6 against light in three ranks. And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and thick 'beams' before them. (7 °1And he made the porch lof1 the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgement: and it was covered with cedar from floor to 'floor'. (8)°And his house where he might dwell,

the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also 'an' house for Pharaoh's daughter, (whom Solomon had taken to wife,) like unto 9) this porch. All these were of costly stones, leven' of 'hewn stone', 'according to measure!, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside lunto the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 °And above were costly stones, leven

hewn stone, according to measure', (12 and cedar wood'. And the great

court round about 'had three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.

13 And king Solomon sent and 'fetched' 14) Hiram out of Tyre. °10He was 'the' son of a widow woman 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

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VERSION OF 1611.-25 cherubims. . size; 27 cherubims. . they . . cherubims; 28 cherubims; 29 cherubims; 31 tree.. side; 32 (The).. also were.. tree.. cherubims. . cherubims; 33 tree; 34 (the) ..(were).. tree; 35 cherubims.. covered.. carved; 36 hewed; 37 Zif. - VII. 1 But; 2 also; 3 lay on ; 4 windows; 5 with the windows; 6 a..the..(was)..(the other).. (the) .. beam were; 7 Then..a.. for.. (one side of the). . the other; 8 dwelt had another.. (which).. a; 9 the measures.. hewed stones .. toward; 11 after the measures of hewed stones. cedars; 12 was with.. hewed stones.. both for.. (for); 13 fet; 14 widow's. = [75]

works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his 15 work. For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, 1of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed! 2either of them 16 about. And he made two chapters 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 17 cubits. There were' 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 chap18 iter. So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars and so did he for the 19) other chapiter. And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four (20) cubits. And there were chapiters above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about 21 upon the other chapiter. 04 And he set up the pillars at 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 22 the name thereof "Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to 'brim', round in compass', and 'the' height 'thereof was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits Icompassed it round about. 24)And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass' it, for ten cubits', compassing the sea round about: the knops were in 25) two rows, cast when it was cast.

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thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it 27 held two thousand baths. And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and *28) three cubits the height of it. And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; 10and 'there were borders between the ledges: *29 and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges 11there was a pedestal above: and beneath the lions and oxen were 30 wreaths of hanging work. °And

every base had four brasen wheels, and axles of brass: and the four Ifeet thereof had 12undersetters: 'beneath the laver were 'the' undersetters molten, with wreaths at the 31 side of leach'. And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: 'and' the mouth thereof was round after the work of la pedestal', a cubit and an' half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, 'and' their borders were foursquare, not 32) round. And the four wheels were lunderneath the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was 33) a cubit and half a cubit. And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten. (34 And there were four undersetters lat the four corners of each base: the undersetters 'thereof' were of the 35 base itself. 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 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. 36 And on the plates of the 'stays

thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved 'cherubim', lions, and palm trees, according to the 'space of leach, with wreaths round about. 37 014After this manner he made the ten bases all of them had one casting, 38) one measure, and one 'form'. 15 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every

That is, He shall establish.
That is, perhaps, In it is strength.
7 See 2 Chr. iv. 2, &c.

8 Or, ten in a cubit

11 Or, it was in like manner\ above

12 Heb. shoulders.

13 Heb. hands.

14 See 2 Chr. iv. 14.

9 Or, panels (and so in ver. 29, &c.) 15 See 2 Chr. iv. 6, &c.

10 Or, leven borders

VERSION OF 1611.-15 cast.. did compass; 17 and; 18 And.. with pomegranates; 20 the.. (had pomegranates)..over against.. by; 21 in; 23 a.. (the one).. the other: it was..all about..his..did compass; 24 compassing.. in a cubit; 26 a..with flowers. .lilies.. contained; 28 the; 29 cherubims.. base..certain additions made.. thin; 30 plates..corners.. under.. every addition; 31 but..the base.. a..with; 32 under.. joined to; 34 to.. one.. (and)..(very); 35 ledges; 36 For.. ledges.. cherubims ..proportion..every one, and additions; 37 size; 38 Then. [70]

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