laver was four cubits: and upon every 39) one of the ten bases one laver. And he set the bases, five on the right 1side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house 40 eastward, toward the south. °And

2Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon (41 in the house of the LORD: the two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; (42 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters 43 that were upon the pillars; and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on 44 the bases; and the one sea, and

'the twelve oxen under the sea; 45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basons leven' all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, 'in the house of the LORD, were 46 of 'burnished' brass. In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and 47 Zarethan'. "And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out. 48) And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden' altar, and the table whereupon the shewbread was, 49) of gold; and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; 'and' the flowers, and the lamps, and the 50) tongs, of gold; and the 'cups', and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the 'firepans', of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold. 51) Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of the LORD was finished'. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the

1 Heb. shoulder.

2 Heb. Hirom.

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silver, and the gold, and the vessels, land' put them in the 'treasuries' of the house of the LORD.

And

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the 'fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, 'to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which 2 is Zion. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, 4 and the priests took up the ark. they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the 'tent' of 'meeting', and all the holy vessels that were in the 'Tent'; even these did the priests and the #5 Levites bring up. And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the (7 wings of the cherubim'. For the 'cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the Icherubim covered the ark and the 8 staves thereof above. And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; 'but1 they were not seen without and 9 there they are, unto this day. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of 10 Egypt. And it came to pass, when

the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house (11 of the LORD, °so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason' of the cloud for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

8 Or, they drew out the staves, so that &c.

9 Or, where

10 See 2 Chr. vi. 1, &c.

14 for thee to 'dwell' in for ever.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel 15 stood. And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, 16 saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 11 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an' house for the name of the LORD, the God of Is18 rael. But the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an' house for my name, thou didst well that it was 19 in thine heart: nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for 20 my name. And the LORD hath lestablished his word that he spake; 'for 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 'the' house for the name of 21) the LORD, the God of Israel. And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 23 forth his hands toward heaven: and he said, O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and mercy 1with thy servants, that walk before thee 24 with all their heart: who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise' him: 'yea', thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it 25) is this day. Now therefore, 'O' LORD,

the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, "There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only! thy children take heed to their way, Ito walk before me as thou hast

1 Or, I for!

26 walked before me. "Now therefore1, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27) But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that 28 I have builded! "Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth 29 before thee this day: that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall 'pray 30 toward this place. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yeal, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and 31 when thou hearest, forgive. If lal man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the come and swear! 32 before thine altar in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own' head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they' turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication 34 unto thee in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest 35 unto their fathers. When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 36 when thou dost afflict them: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and 'send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people 37) for an inheritance. If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller; if their enemy besiege

sin

Or, becauseľ 5 Or, lanswerest

trespass.. the

them in the land of their 1cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness 38 there be; what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands 39 toward this house: then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all 40 the children of men ;) that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our 41 fathers. °Moreover concerning the

stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a 42 far country for thy name's sake; °(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty 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 the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is

44 called by thy name. "If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which 45 I have built for thy name: then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 46 3cause. If they sin against thee, (for 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 captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near; 47 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again', and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them 'captive', saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly; 48 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, which carried' them 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 49 have built for thy name: then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, 50 and maintain their cause; and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compas51 sion on them: °for they be thy people,

and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from 52 the midst of the furnace of iron: that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they 53 cry unto thee. For thou didst separate them from among all the 'peoples' 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.

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"And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread 'forth toward' heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud 56 voice, saying, Blessed be the LORD,

that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not "failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his 57 servant. The LORD our God be with

us, as he was with our fathers: let 58 him not leave us, nor forsake us: that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgements, which he commanded 59 our fathers. 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, as (60 levery day shall require: that all the 'peoples of the earth may know that the LORD, he is God; there is none 61 else. Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to

walk in his statutes, and to keep 62 commandments, as at this day.

his And

the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered for the 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 64 the house of the LORD. The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered 'the' burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering', and 'the meal offering, and the fat of the peace 65) offerings. So Solomon held 'the' feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the 'brook' of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. On the eighth day he sent 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 'shewed unto David his servant, and 'to' Israel his people.

91 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 2desire which he ? was pleased to do, that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at 3 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 4 perpetually. And as for thee', 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 5 my judgements; then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom 'over' Israel for ever; according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the (6 throne of Israel. But if ye shall

turn away from following me, 'yel or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship 7 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 peoples': 8) and though this house 'be so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this (9) house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, which brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the LORD brought all this evil upon them.

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And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, 'wherein' Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the 11 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 12 of Galilee. And Hiram came out

from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they 13 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. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

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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, (16 and Gezer. 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 portion' unto his daugh17 ter, Solomon's wife. And Solomon

built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wil(19) derness, in the land, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and 'the' cities for his chariots, and 'the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solo

See 2 Chr. viii. 1, &c.

6 Or, they were called 7 Or, laccount

Another reading is, Tadmor. So 2 Chr. viii. 4.

mon desired to build 'for his pleasure! in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in 20 all the land of his dominion. IAS

for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, 'the' Perizzites, the Hivites, and 'the' Jebusites, which were not of the children of (21 Israel; their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon Iraise a levy of bondservants, unto 22 this day. But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants: but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his (23 chariots and of his horsemen. These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that 24 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 25 Millo. And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, 'burning' incense therewith', upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

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And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, 27 in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, 28 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.

101 1And when the queen of Sheba

heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard ques2 tions. 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 questions there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not. 4 °And when the queen of Sheba had

seen all the wisdom of Solomon', 5 and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance 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 6 in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy 7 wisdom. "Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which 8 I heard. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear 9 thy wisdom. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to 10 do judgement and justice. 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 11 Sheba gave to king Solomon. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of Balmug trees 12 and precious stones. And the king made of the almug trees 'pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, unto this 13 day. And king Solomon gave tol the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, 'beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land', she and her servants.

"Or, la railing! Heb. a prop. Heb. which he gave her according to the hand of king Solomon.

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