aNow it came about when Solomon
had finished
building
the house
of the LORD
, and bthe king's
house
, and call
1that Solomon
desired
to do
,
that athe LORD appeared
to Solomon
a second
time
, as He had appeared
to him at Gibeon
.
The LORD said
to him, " aI have heard
your prayer
and your supplication
, which
you have made
before
Me; I have consecrated
this
house
which
you have built
bby putting
My name
there
forever
, and cMy eyes
and My heart
will be there
perpetually
.
"As for you, aif you will walk
before
Me as your father
David
walked
, in integrity
of heart
and uprightness
, doing
according to all
that I have commanded
you and will keep
My statutes
and My ordinances
,
then aI will establish the throne
of your kingdom
over
Israel
forever
, just
as I 1promised
to your father
David
, saying
, ` 2You shall not lack
a man
on the throne
of Israel
.'
" aBut if you or your sons
indeed
turn
away
from following
Me, and do not keep
My commandments
and My statutes
which
I have set
before
you, and go
and serve
other
gods
and worship
them,
athen I will cut off
Israel
from the land
which
I have given
them, and bthe house
which
I have consecrated
for My name
, I will 1cast
out of My sight
. So cIsrael
will become
a proverb
and a byword
among all
peoples
.
"And this house
will become
1 aa heap
of ruins
; everyone
who passes
by will be astonished
and hiss
and say
, ` bWhy
has the LORD
done
thus
to this
land
and to this
house
?'
"And they will say, ` aBecause
they forsook
the LORD
their God
, who
brought
their fathers
out of the land
of Egypt
, and adopted
other
gods
and worshiped
them and served
them, therefore
the LORD
has brought
all
this
adversity
on them.' "
aIt came about bat the end
of twenty
years
in which
Solomon
had built
the two
houses
, the house
of the LORD
and the king's
house
(Hiram king
of Tyre
had supplied
Solomon
with cedar
and cypress
timber
and gold
according to all
his desire
), then
King
Solomon
gave
Hiram
twenty
cities
in the land
of Galilee
.
So Hiram came
out from Tyre
to see
the cities
which
Solomon
had given
him, and they 1did not please
him.
He said, "What
are these
cities
which
you have given
me, my brother
?" So 1they were called
the land
of 2 aCabul
to this
day
.
aAnd Hiram sent
to the king
120
talents
of gold
.
Now this is the account
of the forced
labor
which
King
Solomon
alevied
to build
the house
of the LORD
, his own house
, the 1 bMillo
, the wall
of Jerusalem
, cHazor
, dMegiddo
, and eGezer
.
For Pharaoh king
of Egypt
had gone
up and captured
Gezer
and burned
it with fire
, and killed
the aCanaanites
who lived
in the city
, and had bgiven
it as a dowry
to his daughter
, Solomon's
wife
.
So Solomon rebuilt
Gezer
and the lower
aBeth-horon
and aBaalath and Tamar
in the wilderness
, in the land
of Judah,
and all the storage
cities
which
Solomon
had
, even athe cities
for 1his chariots
and the cities
for 1 bhis horsemen
, and 2 call
that it pleased
Solomon
to build
in Jerusalem
, in Lebanon
, and in all
the land
3under his rule
.
As for all the people
who were left
of the Amorites
, the Hittites
, the Perizzites
, the Hivites
and the Jebusites
, who
were not of the sons
of Israel
,
atheir descendants who
were left
after
them in the land
bwhom
the sons
of Israel
were unable
to destroy
utterly
, cfrom them Solomon
levied
dforced
laborers
, even
to this
day
.
But Solomon adid not make
slaves
of the sons
of Israel
; for they were men
of war
, his servants
, his princes
, his captains
, his chariot
commanders
, and his horsemen
.
These were the 1 achief
officers
who
were over
Solomon's
work
, five
hundred
and fifty
, bwho ruled
over the people
doing
the work
.
As soon as aPharaoh's
daughter
came
up from the city
of David
to her house
which
Solomon had built
for her, bthen
he built
the Millo
.
Now athree times
in a year
Solomon
offered
burnt
offerings
and peace
offerings
on the altar
which
he built
to the LORD
, burning
incense
with them on the altar which
was before
the LORD
. So he finished
the house
.
King Solomon
also built
a afleet
of ships
in bEzion-geber
, which
is near
Eloth
on the shore
of the 1Red
Sea
, in the land
of Edom
.
aAnd Hiram sent
his servants
with the fleet
, sailors
who knew
the sea
, along
with the servants
of Solomon
.
They went to aOphir
and took
four
hundred
and twenty
talents
of gold
from there
, and brought
it to King
Solomon
.