1 Kings 9
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1 Kings 9
1¶ And when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord and the king’s house and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
2the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made in my presence. I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there all the days.
4And 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, keeping my statutes and my rights,
5then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever as I spoke unto David, thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
6 But if ye shall obstinately turn from following me, ye or your sons, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
7I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house, which I have sanctified unto my name, I will cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples;
8and at this house, which was high, any one that passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has the Lord done thus unto this land and to this house?
9And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold upon other gods and have worshipped them and served them; for this the Lord has brought upon them all this evil.
10¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house
11(for which 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 of Galilee.
12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And they called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
14And Hiram had sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
15¶ And this is the account of the levy which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord and his own house and Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.
16 For 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 gift unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron, the lower,
18and Baalath and Tadmor in the land of the wilderness,
19likewise all the cities of store that Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.
20 And all the peoples that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the sons of Israel,
21their children that were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
22But of the sons of Israel, Solomon did not impose service, but they were men of war, or his slaves or his princes or his captains or rulers of his chariots or his horsemen.
23And those that Solomon had made princes and officers over Solomon’s work were five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.
24But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built Millo.
25And three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord, after the house was finished.
26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27And Hiram sent in the navy his slaves, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the slaves of Solomon.
28And they went to Ophir and brought gold from there, four hundred and twenty talents and brought it to king Solomon.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
1 Kings 9
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The Lord Appears to Solomon
1 # For ver. 1-9, see 2 Chr. 7:11-22 As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord #ch. 7:1; 2 Chr. 8:1 and the king’s house and #ver. 19; 2 Chr. 8:6all that Solomon desired to build, 2#ch. 3:5; 11:9the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, #ch. 8:16, 29 by putting my name there forever. #Deut. 11:12My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 4And as for you, if you will #[Gen. 17:1] walk before me, #ch. 11:4, 6, 38; 14:8; 15:5as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, 5#ch. 6:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; See ch. 2:4then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6#[2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:30, 32]But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7#Deut. 4:26; 2 Kgs. 17:23; 25:21 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, #Jer. 7:14 and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, #Deut. 28:37; [Ps. 44:14]and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8And this house will become a heap of ruins.#9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, #Deut. 29:24-26; Jer. 22:8, 9‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9Then they will say, ‘Because #ch. 18:18they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’”
Solomon’s Other Acts
10 # For ver. 10-28, see 2 Chr. 8:1-18 At the end of #[ch. 6:37, 38; 7:1]twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house, 11and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him. 13Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of #[Josh. 19:27]Cabul to this day. 14Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents#9:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms of gold.
15And this is the account of #ch. 5:13 the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and #ver. 24; See 2 Sam. 5:9 the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and #Josh. 11:1 Hazor and #Josh. 17:11Megiddo and Gezer 16(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed #Josh. 16:10 the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to #ch. 3:1; 7:8his daughter, Solomon’s wife; 17so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and #See Josh. 10:10Lower Beth-horon 18and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,#9:18 Hebrew lacks of Judah 19and all the store cities that Solomon had, and #ch. 10:26; 2 Chr. 1:14; 9:25 the cities for his chariots, and the cities for #ch. 4:26 his horsemen, and whatever Solomon #ver. 1desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21#[Judg. 1:21, 27, 29; 3:1] their descendants who were left after them in the land, #[Josh. 15:63; 17:12] whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction#9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)—#Judg. 1:28 these Solomon drafted to be #Ezra 2:55-58; Neh. 7:57-60; 11:3slaves, and so they are to this day. 22But #Lev. 25:39of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
23These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work: #[2 Chr. 8:10] 550 #ch. 5:16who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
24But #[See ver. 16 above] Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to #ch. 7:8 her own house that Solomon had built for her. #ch. 11:27; [2 Sam. 5:9; 2 Chr. 32:5] Then he built #See ver. 15the Millo.
25Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it#9:25 Septuagint lacks with it before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26King Solomon built a fleet of ships at #ch. 22:48; Num. 33:35; Deut. 2:8Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27And Hiram sent #ch. 10:11with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon. 28And they went to #ch. 10:11; 22:48; 1 Chr. 29:4; Job 22:24; 28:16; Ps. 45:9; Isa. 13:12Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.
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