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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 cause. 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 Icaptive', 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

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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 every 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

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VERSION OF 1611.- -38 towards; 39 give to; 41 a. . but cometh; 42 strong.. towards; 43 people.. do..builded; 44 whithersoever. . shall..that; 46 captives; 47 were.. .. captives. . repent. . captives.. committed wickedness; 48 and so. . led. . away; 50 that.. them; 52 in all that.. call for; 53 people; 54 up to; 59 at all times. . the matter; 60 people. . (and that). = [43]

walk in his statutes, and to keep his 62 commandments, as at this day. 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. Sol 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 four66 teen 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.

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1And 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 desire which he 2 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 lye shall

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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

Or, and this house shall be high;
every one &c.

See 2 Chr. viii. 1, &c.

Or, they were called 7 Or, laccount

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

VERSION OF 1611.-63 a; 64 offerings.. meat offerings. . offerings.. meat offerings; 65 And..a.. river; 66 done for .. for. -IX. 5 upon; 6 you.. at all.. you.. (will); 7 people; 8 at.. which is; 9 who..have taken.. upon.. (have); 10 when; 16 (For).. present; 18 Tadmor; 19 (of). = [33]

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.

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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

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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: 5thy 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 almug 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. 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, *(15 beside that which the chapmen brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people', and of the governors *16 of the country. And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold six hundred shekels of gold went *17 to one target. And he made three

Heb. thou hast added wisdom and
goodness to the fame.

6 In 2 Chr. ii. 8, ix. 10, algum trees.
Perhaps, sandal wood.

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

VERSION OF 1611.-20 And; 21 (also).. upon those.. levy.. tribute.. bondservice; 22 bondman; 23 (of the); 25 and he burnt; 28 fet. X. 4 Solomon's; 6 thy; 13 unto.. besides .. country; 15 besides.. he had of.. merchantmen.. (of).. (spice).. Arabia. = [27]

hundred shields of beaten gold; three 1pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house 18 of the forest of Lebanon. Moreover

the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 19) There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind and there were stays on either side 'by the place of the seat, and two lions 'standing beside the 20 stays. And twelve lions stood there

on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like 21 made in any kingdom. And 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 22 Solomon. For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of 'Tarshish', bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and 23 peacocks. So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth 24 in riches and in wisdom. °And all the earth sought the presence of 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 'raiment', and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate 26 year by year. And Solomon gath

ered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the Ichariot cities, and with the king at 27 Jerusalem. And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the lowland', for 28) abundance. And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove 29 at a price. And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and 'an 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. 111 Now king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the

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Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zi2 donians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go lamong them, neither shall they come 'among 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 4 his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as 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 6 Ammonites. And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the 1 LORD, as did David his father. Then did Solomon build 'an' high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomina8 tion of the children of Ammon. And Iso did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

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And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the LORD, 'the' God of Israel, which had appeared 10 unto him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD 11 commanded. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand 13 of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

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David 1was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, 'and' had smitten every 16) male in Edom; (for Joab 'and' all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in 17 Edom;) that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Ha18 dad being yet a little child. And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him lan' house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him 19 land. And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's 'house' 21 among the sons of Pharaoh. And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine 22 own country. "Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me 'depart' in any wise.

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And God 'raised' up another adversary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, which had fled from his lord 24 Hadadezer king of Zobah: and he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and 25 reigned in Damascus. And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

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And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, 'a' servant lof Solomon', whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, he also lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he

lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the 'breach of the city of David his 28) father. And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solo

1 The Sept. and Syr. read, destroyed Edom.

mon 'saw' the young man that he was industrious, 'and' he gave him charge over all the labour of the house of 29 Joseph. And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; Inow Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in 30 the field. And Áhijah 'laid hold of

the new garment that was on him, 31 and rent it in twelve pieces. And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will 'rend' the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :) 33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab', and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judge34 ments, as did David his father. Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my 35 commandments and my statutes: but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, 36 even ten tribes. And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name 37 there. And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king 38 over Israel. And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes!, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of 40 David, but not for ever. Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam: but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt,

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