11:001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they
covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
11:001:002 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought
for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king,
and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the
king may get heat.
11:001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts
of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
11:001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
11:001:005 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I
will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men
to run before him.
11:001:006 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying,
Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his
mother bare him after Absalom.
11:001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
11:001:008 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which
belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
11:001:009 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone
of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the
king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
11:001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother, he called not.
11:001:011 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth
reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
11:001:012 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel,
that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
11:001:013 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst
not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
why then doth Adonijah reign?
11:001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also
will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
11:001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and
the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the
king.
11:001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And
the king said, What wouldest thou?
11:001:017 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy
God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
11:001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the
king, thou knowest it not:
11:001:019 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in
abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the
priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath
he not called.
11:001:020 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon
thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my
lord the king after him.
11:001:021 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall
sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted
offenders.
11:001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
prophet also came in.
11:001:023 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet.
And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the
king with his face to the ground.
11:001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
11:001:025 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat
cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and
the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they
eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
11:001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not
called.
11:001:027 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not
shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the
king after him?
11:001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And
she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
11:001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,
11:001:030 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon
my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
11:001:031 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did
reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
11:001:032 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the
king.
11:001:033 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of
your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and
bring him down to Gihon:
11:001:034 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him
there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save
king Solomon.
11:001:035 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit
upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed
him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
11:001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
11:001:037 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he
with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord
king David.
11:001:038 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down,
and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to
Gihon.
11:001:039 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the
tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all
the people said, God save king Solomon.
11:001:040 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped
with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with
the sound of them.
11:001:041 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it
as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the
trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an
uproar?
11:001:042 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a
valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
11:001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
king David hath made Solomon king.
11:001:044 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
11:001:045 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed
him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that
the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
11:001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
11:001:047 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king
David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and
make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself
upon the bed.
11:001:048 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes
even seeing it.
11:001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and
rose up, and went every man his way.
11:001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
11:001:051 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth
king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar,
saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his
servant with the sword.
11:001:052 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man,
there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness
shall be found in him, he shall die.
11:001:053 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the
altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said
unto him, Go to thine house.
11:002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying,
11:002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and
shew thyself a man;
11:002:003 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his
ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou
mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest
thyself:
11:002:004 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake
concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk
before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there
shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
11:002:005 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did
to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew,
and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his
feet.
11:002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar
head go down to the grave in peace.
11:002:007 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me
when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
11:002:008 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day
when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the
sword.
11:002:009 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise
man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head
bring thou down to the grave with blood.
11:002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city
of David.
11:002:011 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty
years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
11:002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and
his kingdom was established greatly.
11:002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother
of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,
Peaceably.
11:002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she
said, Say on.
11:002:015 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and
that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the
kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his
from the LORD.
11:002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she
said unto him, Say on.
11:002:017 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.
11:002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the
king.
11:002:019 Bathsheba 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 be set for
the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
11:002:020 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother:
for I will not say thee nay.
11:002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to
Adonijah thy brother to wife.
11:002:022 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why
dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the
kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for
Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
11:002:023 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to
me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his
own life.
11:002:024 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
an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
11:002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
11:002:026 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy 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 in all wherein my father was afflicted.
11:002:027 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.
11:002:028 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after
Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the
tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
11:002:029 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.
11:002:030 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said
unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will
die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said
Joab, and thus he answered me.
11:002:031 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall
upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood,
which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
11:002:032 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,
captain of the host of Judah.
11:002:033 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab,
and upon the 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.
11:002:034 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.
11:002:035 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room
over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of
Abiathar.
11:002:036 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth
thence any whither.
11:002:037 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.
11:002:038 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.
11:002:039 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of
the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
11:002:040 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to
Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants
from Gath.
11:002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem
to Gath, and was come again.
11:002:042 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto
me, The word that I have heard is good.
11:002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
11:002:044 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my
father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head;
11:002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before the LORD for ever.
11:002:046 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.
11:003:001 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until
he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the
LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
11:003:002 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was
no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
11:003:003 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David
his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
11:003:004 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was
the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon
that altar.
11:003:005 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:
and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
11:003:006 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my
father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in
righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast
kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit
on his throne, as it is this day.
11:003:007 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how
to go out or come in.
11:003:008 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou
hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for
multitude.
11:003:009 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge
thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to
judge this thy so great a people?
11:003:010 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this
thing.
11:003:011 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;
11:003:012 Behold, I have done according to thy words: 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.
11:003:013 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked,
both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days.
11:003:014 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy
days.
11:003:015 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came
to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a
feast to all his servants.
11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before him.
11:003:017 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in
one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
11:003:018 And it came to pass the third day after that I was
delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together;
there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
11:003:019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it.
11:003:020 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.
11:003:021 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.
11:003:022 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.
11:003:023 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.
11:003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a
sword before the king.
11:003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give
half to the one, and half to the other.
11:003:026 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.
11:003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
11:003:028 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God
was in him, to do judgment.
11:004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
11:004:002 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest,
11:004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
11:004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
and Abiathar were the priests:
11:004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and
Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
11:004:006 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of
Abda was over the tribute.
11:004:007 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.
11:004:008 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
11:004:009 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and
Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
11:004:010 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and
all the land of Hepher:
11:004:011 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had
Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
11:004:012 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and
Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from
Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
11:004:013 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the
towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also
pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great
cities with walls and brasen bars:
11:004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
11:004:015 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter
of Solomon to wife:
11:004:016 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
11:004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
11:004:018 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
11:004:019 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the
country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he
was the only officer which was in the land.
11:004:020 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea
in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
11:004:021 And Solomon reigned over all 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 of his life.
11:004:022 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
11:004:023 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an
hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted
fowl.
11:004:024 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the
river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the
river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
11:004:025 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine
and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of
Solomon.
11:004:026 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
11:004:027 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and
for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month:
they lacked nothing.
11:004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought
they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his
charge.
11:004:029 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding
much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea
shore.
11:004:030 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children
of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
11:004:031 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in
all nations round about.
11:004:032 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a
thousand and five.
11:004:033 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in
Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake
also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
11:004:034 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
11:005:001 And 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.
11:005:002 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
11:005:003 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an
house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about
him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
11:005:004 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so
that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
11:005:005 And, behold, I purpose to build an 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 an
house unto my name.
11:005:006 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out
of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee
will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt
appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill
to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
11:005:007 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.
11:005:008 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the
things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire
concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
11:005:009 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea:
and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt
appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt
receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for
my household.
11:005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to
all his desire.
11:005:011 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for
food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave
Solomon to Hiram year by year.
11:005:012 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.
11:005:013 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the
levy was thirty thousand men.
11:005:014 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.
11:005:015 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare
burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
11:005:016 Beside 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.
11:005:017 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,
costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
11:005:018 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them,
and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the
house.
11:006:001 And 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 Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
11:006:002 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.
11:006:003 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.
11:006:004 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
11:006:005 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round
about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple
and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
11:006:006 The nethermost chamber was five cubits 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.
11:006:007 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.
11:006:008 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.
11:006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the
house with beams and boards of cedar.
11:006:010 And then he built chambers against all the house, five
cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11:006:011 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
11:006:012 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou
wilt walk in my 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:
11:006:013 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not
forsake my people Israel.
11:006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
11:006:015 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.
11:006:016 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.
11:006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty
cubits long.
11:006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and
open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
11:006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there
the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
11:006:020 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length,
and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof:
and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was
of cedar.
11:006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he
made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he
overlaid it with gold.
11:006:022 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had
finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he
overlaid with gold.
11:006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree,
each ten cubits high.
11:006:024 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 part of the other were ten cubits.
11:006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were
of one measure and one size.
11:006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it
of the other cherub.
11:006:027 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they
stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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.
11:006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
11:006:029 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with
carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and
without.
11:006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within
and without.
11:006:031 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive
tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
11:006:032 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon
them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and
overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon
the palm trees.
11:006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive
tree, a fourth part of the wall.
11:006:034 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the
one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were
folding.
11:006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
11:006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone,
and a row of cedar beams.
11:006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the
LORD laid, in the month Zif:
11:006:038 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.
11:007:001 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and
he finished all his house.
11:007:002 He built also 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.
11:007:003 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay
on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
11:007:004 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against
light in three ranks.
11:007:005 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows:
and light was against light in three ranks.
11:007:006 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty
cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before
them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
11:007:007 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge,
even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side
of the floor to the other.
11:007:008 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the
porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for
Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
11:007:009 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures
of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the
foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great
court.
11:007:010 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11:007:011 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed
stones, and cedars.
11:007:012 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed
stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house
of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
11:007:013 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
11:007:014 He was a widow's son 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 works in brass. And
he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
11:007:015 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high
apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
11:007:016 And he made two chapiters 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 cubits:
11:007:017 And 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 chapiter.
11:007:018 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the
one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with
pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
11:007:019 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were
of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
11:007:020 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also
above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the
pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other
chapiter.
11:007:021 And he set up the pillars in 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 the name thereof Boaz.
11:007:022 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the
work of the pillars finished.
11:007:023 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to
the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and
a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
11:007:024 And under the brim of it round about there were knops
compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the
knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
11:007:025 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them,
and all their hinder parts were inward.
11:007:026 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained
two thousand baths.
11:007:027 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length
of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the
height of it.
11:007:028 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had
borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
11:007:029 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,
oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and
beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
11:007:030 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass:
and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were
undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
11:007:031 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a
cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a
cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with
their borders, foursquare, not round.
11:007:032 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of
the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit.
11:007:033 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their
spokes, were all molten.
11:007:034 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one
base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
11:007:035 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 ledges thereof and the
borders thereof were of the same.
11:007:036 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders
thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the
proportion of every one, and additions round about.
11:007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one size.
11:007:038 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty
baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten
bases one laver.
11:007:039 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and
five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right
side of the house eastward over against the south.
11:007:040 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons.
So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon
for the house of the LORD:
11:007:041 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that
were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the
two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
11:007:042 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two
rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the
chapiters that were upon the pillars;
11:007:043 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
11:007:044 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
11:007:045 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD,
were of bright brass.
11:007:046 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
11:007:047 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they
were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
11:007:048 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the
house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon
the shewbread was,
11:007:049 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side,
and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the
lamps, and the tongs of gold,
11:007:050 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the
spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for
the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of
the house, to wit, of the temple.
11:007:051 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the
house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his
father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels,
did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
11:008:001 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the
heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of
Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is
Zion.
11:008:002 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king
Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
11:008:003 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up
the ark.
11:008:004 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle
of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the
tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
11:008:005 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.
11:008:006 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the
LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy
place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
11:008:007 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the
place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
thereof above.
11:008:008 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves
were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not
seen without: and there they are unto this day.
11:008:009 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 Egypt.
11:008:010 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11:008:011 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of
the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
11:008:012 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
11:008:013 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled
place for thee to abide in for ever.
11:008:014 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the
congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
11:008:015 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake
with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled
it, saying,
11:008:016 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 therein; but I chose David to be over my
people Israel.
11:008:017 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house
for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
11:008:018 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in
thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was
in thine heart.
11:008:019 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto
my name.
11:008:020 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and 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 an house for the name of
the LORD God of Israel.
11:008:021 And I have set there 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.
11:008:022 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the
presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven:
11:008:023 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee,
in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy
with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
11:008:024 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou
promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
11:008:025 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant
David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy
children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast
walked before me.
11:008:026 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be
verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
11:008:027 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven
and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
that I have builded?
11:008:028 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 before thee to day:
11:008:029 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there:
that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
11:008:030 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear
thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
11:008:031 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be
laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine
altar in this house:
11:008:032 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying
the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
11:008:033 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee,
and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this
house:
11:008:034 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers.
11:008:035 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, when thou afflictest them:
11:008:036 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way
wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast
given to thy people for an inheritance.
11:008:037 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence,
blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy
besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever
sickness there be;
11:008:038 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 toward this house:
11:008:039 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the
children of men;)
11:008:040 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the
land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
11:008:041 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people
Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
11:008:042 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong
hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward
this house;
11:008:043 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to
all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth
may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they
may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
11:008:044 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,
whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward
the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built
for thy name:
11:008:045 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
11:008:046 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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or
near;
11:008:047 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither
they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee
in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
11:008:048 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all
their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away 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 have
built for thy name:
11:008:049 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven
thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
11:008:050 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and
all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee,
and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that
they may have compassion on them:
11:008:051 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
11:008:052 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy
servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken
unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
11:008:053 For thou didst separate them from among all the people 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.
11:008:054 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
up to heaven.
11:008:055 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel
with a loud voice, saying,
11:008:056 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 servant.
11:008:057 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let
him not leave us, nor forsake us:
11:008:058 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his
ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his
judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
11:008:059 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
at all times, as the matter shall require:
11:008:060 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is
God, and that there is none else.
11:008:061 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God,
to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
11:008:062 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
before the LORD.
11:008:063 And Solomon offered a 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 the house of the LORD.
11:008:064 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court
that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt
offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings:
because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to
receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the
peace offerings.
11:008:065 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with
him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the
river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days,
even fourteen days.
11:008:066 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 done for David his servant, and for
Israel his people.
11:009:001 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
desire which he was pleased to do,
11:009:002 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had
appeared unto him at Gibeon.
11:009:003 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 perpetually.
11:009:004 And 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 my judgments:
11:009:005 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel
for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not
fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
11:009:006 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I
have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
11:009:007 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 people:
11:009:008 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by
it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
11:009:009 And 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:
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
11:009:010 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
11:009:011 (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 of Galilee.
11:009:012 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
had given him; and they pleased him not.
11:009:013 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.
11:009:014 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
11:009:015 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, and Gezer.
11:009:016 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 present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
11:009:017 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
11:009:018 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
11:009:019 And 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.
11:009:020 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of
Israel,
11:009:021 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom
the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon
those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
11:009:022 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen:
but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
11:009:023 These were the chief of the officers that were over
Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people
that wrought in the work.
11:009:024 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 Millo.
11:009:025 And three times in a year did Solomon offer 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. So he finished
the house.
11:009:026 And 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.
11:009:027 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had
knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
11:009:028 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four
hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
11:010:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard
questions.
11:010:002 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.
11:010:003 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any
thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
11:010:004 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom,
and the house that he had built,
11:010:005 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 in her.
11:010:006 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard
in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
11:010:007 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 I heard.
11:010:008 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
11:010:009 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 do judgment and justice.
11:010:010 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 Sheba gave to king
Solomon.
11:010:011 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
11:010:012 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
singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
11:010:013 And king Solomon gave unto 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 country, she and her
servants.
11:010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
11:010:015 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick
of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the
governors of the country.
11:010:016 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold:
six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
11:010:017 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three
pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of
the forest of Lebanon.
11:010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
it with the best gold.
11:010:019 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was
round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the
seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
11:010:020 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the
other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
11:010:021 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
Solomon.
11:010:022 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
11:010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for
riches and for wisdom.
11:010:024 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
11:010:025 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
11:010:026 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he
had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at
Jerusalem.
11:010:027 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 vale, for
abundance.
11:010:028 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn:
the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
11:010:029 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.
11:011:001 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the
daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,
Zidonians, and Hittites:
11:011:002 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the
children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come
in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their
gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
11:011:003 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
11:011:004 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.
11:011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the
Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
11:011:006 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not
fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
11:011:007 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the
abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for
Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
11:011:008 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt
incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
11:011:009 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was
turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
11:011:010 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should
not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11:011:011 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.
11:011:012 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
11:011:013 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give
one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's
sake which I have chosen.
11:011:014 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
11:011:015 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the
captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten
every male in Edom;
11:011:016 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until
he had cut off every male in Edom:)
11:011:017 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's
servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
11:011:018 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 an house, and appointed him victuals, and
gave him land.
11:011:019 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.
11:011:020 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
household among the sons of Pharaoh.
11:011:021 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 own country.
11:011:022 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 go in any wise.