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Kings |
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1:1: Now king David was old and stricken in
years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. |
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1:2: 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. |
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1:3: So they sought for a fair damsel
throughout all the coasts of |
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1:4: And the damsel was very fair, and
cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. |
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1:5: 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. |
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1:6: 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. |
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1:7: And he conferred with Joab the son of
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped
him. |
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1:8: 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. |
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1:9: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat
cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his
brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: |
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1:19: 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. |
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1:20: 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. |
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1:21: 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. |
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1:22: And, lo, while she yet talked with the
king, Nathan the prophet also came in. |
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1:23: 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. |
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1:24: And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast
thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? |
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1:25: 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. |
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1:26: But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he
not called. |
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1:27: 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? |
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1:28: Then king David answered and said, Call
me Bath-sheba. And she came into the
king's presence, and stood before the king. |
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1:29: And the king sware, and said, As the
LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, |
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1:30: 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. |
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1:31: Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to
the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David
live for ever. |
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1:32: 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. |
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1:33: 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: |
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1:34: 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. |
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1:35: 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. |
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1:36: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so
too. |
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1:37: 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. |
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1:38: 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. |
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1:39: 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. |
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1:40: 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. |
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1:41: 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? |
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1:42: 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. |
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1:43: And Jonathan answered and said to
Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. |
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1:44: 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: |
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1:45: 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. |
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1:46: And also Solomon sitteth on the throne
of the kingdom. |
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1:47: 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. |
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1:48: 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. |
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1:49: And all the guests that were with
Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. |
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1:50: And Adonijah feared because of Solomon,
and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. |
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1:51: 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 to day that he
will not slay his servant with the sword. |
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1:52: 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. |
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1:53: 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. |
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2:1: Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, |
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2:2: I go the way of all the earth: be thou
strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; |
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2:3: 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: |
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2:4: 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. |
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2:5: 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. |
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2:6: Do therefore according to thy wisdom,
and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. |
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2:7: 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. |
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2:8: 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. |
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2:9: 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. |
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2:10: So David slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David. |
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2:11: 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. |
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2:12: Then sat Solomon upon the throne of
David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. |
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2:13: And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And
she said, Comest thou peaceably? And
he said, Peaceably. |
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2:14: He said moreover, I have somewhat to
say unto thee. And she said, Say on. |
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2:15: 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. |
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2:16: And now I ask one petition of thee,
deny me not. And she said unto him,
Say on. |
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2:17: And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto
Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the
Shunammite to wife. |
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2:18: And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak
for thee unto the king. |
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2:19: Bath-sheba therefore went unto king
Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah.
And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and
she sat on his right hand. |
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2:20: 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. |
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2:21: And she said, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. |
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2:22: 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. |
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2:23: 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. |
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2:24: Now therefore, as the LORD liveth,
which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who
hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this
day. |
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2:25: And king Solomon sent by the hand of
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. |
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2:26: 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. |
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2:27: So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from
being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which
he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. |
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2:28: 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. |
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2:29: And it was told king Solomon that Joab
was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the
altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. |
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2:30: 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. |
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2:31: 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. |
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2:32: And the LORD shall return his blood
upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he,
and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit,
Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of
Jether, captain of the host of Judah. |
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2:33: 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. |
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2:34: So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,
and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the
wilderness. |
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2:35: And the king put Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in
the room of Abiathar. |
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2:36: 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. |
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2:37: For it shall be, that on the day thou
goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain
that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. |
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2:38: And Shimei said unto the king, The
saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. |
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2:39: And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah
king of Gath. And they told Shimei,
saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. |
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2:40: 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. |
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2:41: And it was told Solomon that Shimei had
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. |
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2:42: 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 wither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I
have heard is good. |
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2:43: Why then hast thou not kept the oath of
the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? |
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2:44: 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; |
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2:45: And king Solomon shall be blessed, and
the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. |
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2:46: So the king commanded Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand
of Solomon. |
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3:1: 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. |
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3:2: Only the people sacrificed in high
places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until
those days. |
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3:3: And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in
the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in
high places. |
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3:4: 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. |
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3:5: In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. |
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3:6: 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. |
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3:7: 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. |
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3:8: 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. |
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3:9: 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? |
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3:10: And the speech pleased the Lord, that
Solomon had asked this thing. |
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3:11: And God said unto him, Because thou
hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast
asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast
asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; |
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3:12: 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. |
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3:13: 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. |
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3:14: 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. |
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3:15: 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. |
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3:16: Then came there two women, that were
harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. |
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3:17: 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. |
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3:18: 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. |
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3:19: And this woman's child died in the
night; because she overlaid it. |
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3:20: And she arose at midnight, and took my
son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and
laid her dead child in my bosom. |
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3:21: And when I rose in the morning to give
my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the
morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. |
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3:22: And the other woman said, Nay; but the
living is my son, and the dead is thy son.
And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my
son. Thus they spake before the king. |
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3:23: Then said the king, The one saith, This
is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but
thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. |
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3:24: And the king said, Bring me a
sword. And they brought a sword before
the king. |
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3:25: And the king said, Divide the living
child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. |
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3:26: Then spake the woman whose the living
child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O
my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine
nor thine, but divide it. |
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3:27: Then the king answered and said, Give
her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. |
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3:28: 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. |
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4:1: So king Solomon was king over all
Israel. |
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4:2: And these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, |
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4:3: Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. |
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4:4: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: |
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4:5: And Azariah the son of Nathan was over
the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the
king's friend: |
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4:6: And Ahishar was over the household: and
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. |
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4:7: And Solomon had twelve officers over all
Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his
month in a year made provision. |
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4:8: And these are their names: The son of
Hur, in mount Ephraim: |
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4:9: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in
Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: |
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4:10: The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him
pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: |
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4:11: The son of Abinadab, in all the region
of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
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4:12: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah
beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is
beyond Jokneam: |
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4:13: The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; 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: |
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4:14: Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: |
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4:15: Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took
Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: |
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4:16: Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher
and in Aloth: |
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4:17: Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in
Issachar: |
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4:18: Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: |
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4:19: 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. |
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4:20: Judah and Israel were many, as the sand
which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. |
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4:21: 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. |
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4:22: And Solomon's provision for one day was
thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, |
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4:23: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of
the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and
fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. |
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4:24: 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. |
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4:25: And Judah and Israel dwelt safely,
every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,
all the days of Solomon. |
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4:26: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls
of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
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4:27: 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. |
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4:28: Barley also and straw for the horses
and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every
man according to his charge. |
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4:29: And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that
is on the sea shore. |
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4:30: And Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
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4:31: 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. |
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4:32: And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a thousand and five. |
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4:33: 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. |
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4:34: And there came of all people to hear
the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his
wisdom. |
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5:1: 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. |
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5:2: And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, |
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5:3: 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. |
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5:4: But now the LORD my God hath given me
rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. |
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5:5: 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. |
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5:6: 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. |
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5:7: And it came to pass, when Hiram heard
the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD
this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. |
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5:8: 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. |
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5:9: 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. |
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5:10: So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and
fir trees according to all his desire. |
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5:11: 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. |
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5:12: 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. |
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5:13: And king Solomon raised a levy out of
all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. |
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5:14: And he sent them to Lebanon ten
thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at
home: and Adoniram was over the levy. |
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5:15: And Solomon had threescore and ten
thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; |
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5:16: 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. |
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5:17: And the king commanded, and they
brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation
of the house. |
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5:18: And Solomon's builders and Hiram's
builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and
stones to build the house. |
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6:1: 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. |
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6:2: And the house which king Solomon built
for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth
thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. |
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6:3: And the porch before the temple of the
house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the
house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. |
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6:4: And for the house he made windows of
narrow lights. |
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6:5: And against the wall of the house he
built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both
of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: |
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6:6: 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. |
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6:7: And the house, when it was in building,
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there
was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it
was in building. |
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6:8: The door for the middle chamber was in
the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the
middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. |
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6:9: So he built the house, and finished it;
and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. |
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6:10: And then he built chambers against all
the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of
cedar. |
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6:11: And the word of the LORD came to
Solomon, saying, |
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6:12: 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: |
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6:13: And I will dwell among the children of
Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. |
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6:14: So Solomon built the house, and
finished it. |
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6:15: And he built the walls of the house
within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of
the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the
floor of the house with planks of fir. |
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6:16: And he built twenty cubits on the sides
of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even
built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. |
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6:17: And the house, that is, the temple
before it, was forty cubits long. |
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6:18: And the cedar of the house within was
carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |
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6:19: And the oracle he prepared in the house
within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
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6:20: 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. |
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6:21: 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. |
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6:22: 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. |
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6:23: And within the oracle he made two
cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. |
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6:24: 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. |
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6:25: And the other cherub was ten cubits:
both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. |
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6:26: The height of the one cherub was ten
cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. |
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6:27: 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. |
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6:28: And he overlaid the cherubims with
gold. |
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6:29: 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. |
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6:30: And the floor of the house he overlaid
with gold, within and without. |
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6:31: 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. |
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6:32: 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. |
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6:33: So also made he for the door of the
temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. |
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6:34: 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. |
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6:35: And he carved thereon cherubims and
palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the
carved work. |
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6:36: And he built the inner court with three
rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. |
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6:37: In the fourth year was the foundation
of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: |
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6:38: 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. |
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7:1: But Solomon was building his own house
thirteen years, and he finished all his house. |
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7:2: 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. |
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7:3: And it was covered with cedar above upon
the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. |
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7:4: And there were windows in three rows,
and light was against light in three ranks. |
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7:5: And all the doors and posts were square,
with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. |
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7:6: 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. |
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7:7: 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. |
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7:8: 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. |
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7:9: 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. |
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7:10: And the foundation was of costly
stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. |
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7:11: And above were costly stones, after the
measures of hewed stones, and cedars. |
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7:12: 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. |
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7:13: And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram
out of Tyre. |
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7:14: 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. |
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7:15: For he cast two pillars of brass, of
eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either
of them about. |
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7:16: 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: |
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7:17: 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. |
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7:18: 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. |
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7:19: And the chapiters that were upon the
top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. |
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7:20: 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. |
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7:21: 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 he called the name thereof Boaz. |
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7:22: And upon the top of the pillars was
lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. |