Adonijah is put to death. + Heb. turn not away my face, Ps. 132. 10. ch. 1. 3, 4. Ex. 20. 12. I. KINGS. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and 'bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to See Ps.45.9. be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. ch. 1. 7. g 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Ruth 1. 17. LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 2 Sam. 7. 11, 13. 1 24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Chr. 22. 10. Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. Josh. 21. 18. +Heb.a man of death. m1 Sam. 23.6. 2 Sam. 15. m 26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to 'Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art tworthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because "thou hast been afflicted 2 Sam. 15.24. in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. n1 Sam. 22. 20, 23. 1 Sam. 2. 31-35. Joab is slain. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, 'Do as Ex. 21. 14. he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the in-Num. 35. 33. nocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the LORD 'shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous "and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, cap-2 Sam. 20. tain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the 2 Sam. 3. 29. head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in Num. 25. 11, the room of Abiathar. 12, 13. 1 Sam. 2. 35. See 1 Chr. 6. 53. & 24. 3. e ver. 27. ver, 8. 36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee 2 Sam. 16. 5 a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of 1 Sam 2. 2 Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek Shimei is put to death. I. KINGS. Solomon's choice of wisdom. his servants: and Shimei went, and "mercy, according as he walked before 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. ° ch. 2. 4. & 9. 4. 2 Kings 20. 3. Ps. 15. 2. P ch. 1. 48. thee in truth, and in righteousness, and 42 And the king sent and called for 2 Sam. 16.5. Thou knowest hall the wickedness which Ps. 7. 16. k 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, Prov. 25.5. and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. I ver. 12. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the 'kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. CHAPTER III. 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High places 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 hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; b 12 Behold, I have done according to thy word: 'lo, I have given 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 Matt. 6. 33. which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be ND Solomon made affinity with any among the kings like unto thee all Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took thy days. Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, the city of David, until he had made an to keep my statutes and my commandend of building his own house, and the ments, as thy father David did walk, ch. 15. 5. ch. 9. 15, 19. house of the LORD, and the wall of Je- then I will 'lengthen thy days. a ch. 7. 8. & 9.24. him renowned. AN 62 Sam. 5. 7. the ch. 7. 1. 4 ch. 6. (Lev. 17. 3, 4, 5. 4,5. ch. 22. 43. a rusalem round about. &c. or bath not been. ! Ps. 91. 16. Prov. 3. 2. So 7. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, so Gen. 41. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high it was a dream. And he came to JeruDeut. 12. 2, places, because there was no house built salem, and stood before the ark of the unto the name of the LORD, until those covenant of the LORD, and offered up days. burnt offerings, and offered peace offer3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walk-ings, and "made a feast to all his servants. ing in the statutes of David his father: 16 Then came there two women, that ver, only he sacrificed and burnt incense in were harlots, unto the king, and stood high places. before him. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were to6 "And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed gether; there was no stranger with us in unto thy servant David my father great the house, save we two in the house. Solomon's judgment between two harlots. Gen. 43. 30. hot. 19 And this woman's child died in the 6 And Ahishar was over the household: 20 And she arose 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 son, which I did bear. 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. ch. 5. 14. Or, levy. 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. 8 And these are their names: The or, son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: Ben-hur 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to or him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: abinadab. 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the re-or, Bengion of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him per- 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her 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. 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 judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that ver. 9, 11, 12. the wisdom of God was tin him to do judgment. + Heb. in CHAPTER IV. 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son 2 Sam. 8. 16. of Ahilud, the "recorder. Secretaries. & 20. 24. Or, remem brancer. b ch. 2. 35. • See ch. 2. 27. d ver. 7. e 2 Sam. 8. 18. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: d 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and 'the 1 Chr. 27. 33. king's friend: & 20. 26. 12 Sam. 15. 37. & 16. 16. e 6. Solomon's greatness and wisdom. Ps. 72. 11. 24 For he had dominion over all the re- 4 But now the LORD my God hath given gion on this side the river, from Tiphsah me rest on every side, so that there is even to Azzah, over all the kings on this neither adversary nor evil occurrent. 1 Chr. 22.9. side the river: and he had peace on all 5 And, behold, I purpose to build a sides round about him. house unto the 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 build a house unto my name. See Jer. 23. +Heb. con- Mic. 4. 4. 10. Judg. 20. 1. * ch. 10. 26. y See Deut. I ver. 7. Or, mules, or, swift beasts, Mic. 1. 13. ch. 3. 12. Gen. 25. 6. t 8 25 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 of Solomon. 26 ¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 And those officers provided victuals 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 14. place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. a 29 ¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. AND ND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in 2 Sam. 5. 11 the room of his father: for Hiram was Amos 1. 9. ever a lover of David. 1 Chr. 14. 1. e ch. 4. 24. 2 Chr. 2. 4. + Heb. say. 2 Sam. 7. 13 1 Chr. 17. 12. & 22. 10. 10. 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; 2 Chr. 2. 8, and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt tappoint: for thou knowest that +Heb. say there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7¶ 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. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou+Heb. sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning imber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. heard. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will 12 Chr. 2. 16. convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt tappoint me, and + Heb. send. will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving See Ezra 3 food for my household. 7. Ez. 27. 17. I See 2 Chr. 2. 10. 10 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 + Heb. cors. his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. m 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, 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.ch. 4. 6. 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten ch. 9. 21. thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and P1 Chr. 22. 2. Phewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. JOr, a 2 Chr. 3. 1, 2. b Acts 7. 47. See Ez. 41. 1, &c. 2 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 thirty cubits. 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. God's promise concerning it. 11 And the word of the LORD came to 9.4. 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my ch. 2. 4. & statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: 13 And 'I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not "forsake my people Israel. 14 "So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on 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. 28am. 7. 13. 1 Chr. 22. 10. Ex. 25.8. Lev. 26. 11. 2 Rev. 21. m Deut. 31.6. n ver. 38. or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, &c. and so ver. 16. • Ex. 26. 33. Lev. 16. 2. 2 Chr. 3. 8. Ez. 45. 3. Heb. 9. 3. 17 And the house, that is, the temple be- ch. 8. 6. fore it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with "knops and open flowers: allor, gourds. 4 And for the house he made windows was cedar; there was no stone seen. 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 fand of the oracle: and he made tchambers round about. 6 The nethermost chamber was five cu+ Heb. ribs. bits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. + Heb. nar- See Deut. 27.5, 6. ch. 5. 18. + Heb. shoulder. Ver. 14, 38. ¡Or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard 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. 9hSo 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. |