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Now it
came about when
Solomon had
finished building the
house of the
LORD, and the
king's house, and
all that
Solomon desired to
do,
h'wh.y -tyeB -t,a tw{n.bil h{m{l.v tw{L;k.K yih.y;w ? h{m{l.v q,vex -l'K tea.w .$,l,M;h tyeB -t,a.w ? tw{f][;l #ep'x r,v]a
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that the
LORD appeared to
Solomon a
second time, as He had
appeared to him at
Gibeon.
h'a.rin r,v]a;K tyinev h{m{l.v -l,a h'wh.y a'reY;w ? !w{[.big.B wy'lea
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The
LORD said to him, "I have
heard your
prayer and your
supplication,
which you have
made before Me; I have
consecrated this house which you have
built by
putting My
name there forever *, and My
eyes and My
heart will be
there perpetually *.
-t,a yiT.[;m'v wy'lea h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? y;n'p.l h'T.n;N;x.tih r,v]a '$.t'Nix.T -t,a.w '$.t'Lip.T ? -m.Wf'l h'tin'B r,v]a h,Z;h tIy;B;h -t,a yiT.v;D.qih ? ~yim'Y;h -l'K ~'v yiBil.w y;nye[ .Wy'h.w ~'lw{[ -d;[ ~'v yim.v
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"As for you,
if you will
walk before Me as your
father David walked, in
integrity of
heart and
uprightness,
doing according to
all that I have
commanded you and will
keep My
statutes and My
ordinances,
diw'D .$;l'h r,v]a;K y;n'p.l .$eleT -mia h'T;a.w ? r,v]a l{k.K tw{f][;l r,v{y.b.W b'bel -m't.B '$yib'a ? r{m.viT y;j'P.vim.W y;QUx '$yityi.Wic
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then I will
establish the
throne of your
kingdom over Israel forever,
just as I
promised to your
father David,
saying, 'You shall not
lack a
man on the
throne of
Israel.'
lea'r.fIy -l;[ '$.T.k;l.m;m aeSiK -t,a yit{miq]h;w ? r{mael '$yib'a diw'D -l;[ yiT.r;BiD r,v]a;K ~'l{[.l ? lea'r.fIy aeSiK l;[em vyia '$.l ter'KIy -a{l
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"But
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,
y;r]x;aem ~,kyen.b.W ~,T;a !.WbUv.T bw{v -mia ? ~,kyen.pil yiT;t'n r,v]a y;t{QUx y;t{w.cim .Wr.m.vit a{l.w ? ~,tyiw]x;T.vih.w ~yirex]a ~yih{l/a ~,T.d;b][;w ~,T.k;l]h;w ? ~,h'l
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then I will
cut off Israel from the
land which I have
given them, and the
house which I have
consecrated for My
name, I will
cast out of My
sight. So
Israel will
become a
proverb and a
byword among
all peoples.
h'm'd]a'h yen.P l;[em lea'r.fIy -t,a yiT;r.kih.w ? yiT.v;D.qih r,v]a tIy;B;h -t,a.w ~,h'l yiT;t'n r,v]a ? l'v'm.l lea'r.fIy h'y'h.w y'n'P l;[em x;L;v]a yim.vil ? ~yiM;['h -l'k.B h'nyin.vil.w
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"And
this house will
become a
heap of
ruins;
everyone who
passes by will be
astonished and
hiss and
say,
'Why * has the
LORD done thus to
this land and to
this house?'
wy'l'[ reb{[ -l'K !w{y.l,[ h,y.hIy h,Z;h tIy;B;h.w ? h'wh.y h'f'[ h,m -l;[ .Wr.m'a.w q'r'v.w ~{VIy ? h,Z;h tIy;B;l.w ta{Z;h #,r'a'l h'k'K
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"And they will
say,
'Because * 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.' "
~,hyeh{l/a h'wh.y -t,a .Wb.z'[ r,v]a l;[ .Wr.m'a.w ? .Wqiz]x;Y;w ~Iy;r.cim #,r,aem ~'t{b]a -t,a ayicw{h r,v]a ? ~Ud.b;[;Y;w ~,h'l .Wx;T.viY;w ~yirex]a ~yih{laeB ? h'['r'h -l'K tea ~,hyel][ h'wh.y ayibeh !eK -l;[ ? ta{Z;h
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It
came about at the
end of
twenty years in
which Solomon had
built the
two houses, the
house of the
LORD and the
king's house
h{m{l.v h'n'B -r,v]a h'n'v ~yir.f,[ hec.qim yih.y;w ? tyeB -t,a.w h'wh.y tyeB -t,a ~yiT'B;h yen.v -t,a ? .$,l,M;h
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(
Hiram king of
Tyre had
supplied Solomon with
cedar and
cypress timber and
gold according to
all his
desire ),
then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the
land of
Galilee.
yec][;B h{m{l.v -t,a a'Fin r{c -.k,l,m ~'ryix ? w{c.p,x -l'k.l b'h'Z;b.W ~yivw{r.b yec][;b.W ~yiz'r]a ? ryi[ ~yir.f,[ ~'ryix.l h{m{l.v .$,l,M;h !eTIy z'a ? lyil'G;h #,r,a.B
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So
Hiram came out from
Tyre to
see the
cities which Solomon had
given him, and they did not
please * him.
r,v]a ~yir'[,h -t,a tw{a.ril r{Cim ~'ryix aeceY;w ? wy'nye[.B .Wr.v'y a{l.w h{m{l.v w{l -n;t'n
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He
said,
"What are
these cities which you have
given me, my
brother?" So they were
called the
land of
Cabul to
this day.
yiL h'T;t'n -r,v]a h,Lea'h ~yir'[,h h'm r,ma{Y;w ? ~w{Y;h d;[ l.Wb'K #,r,a ~,h'l a'r.qiY;w yix'a ? h,Z;h
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And
Hiram sent to the
king 120 * talents of
gold.
r;KiK ~yir.f,[.w h'aem .$,l,M;l ~'ryix x;l.viY;w ? b'h'z
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Now
this is the
account of the
forced labor which King Solomon levied to
build the
house of the
LORD, his own
house, the
Millo, the
wall of
Jerusalem,
Hazor,
Megiddo, and
Gezer.
h{m{l.v .$,l,M;h h'l/[,h -r,v]a s;M;h -r;b.d h,z.w ? aw{LiM;h -t,a.w w{tyeB -t,a.w h'wh.y tyeB -t,a tw{n.bil ? w{Dig.m -t,a.w r{c'x -t,a.w ~i'l'v.Wr.y t;mw{x tea.w ? r,z'G -t,a.w
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For
Pharaoh king of
Egypt had
gone up and
captured Gezer and
burned it with
fire, and
killed the
Canaanites who
lived in the
city, and had
given it as a
dowry to his
daughter,
Solomon's wife.
r,z,G -t,a d{K.liY;w h'l'[ ~Iy;r.cim -.k,l,m h{[.r;P ? ryi['B bev{Y;h yin][;n.K;h -t,a.w vea'B H'p.r.fiY;w ? h{m{l.v t,vea w{Tib.l ~yixULiv H'n.TiY;w g'r'h
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So
Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the
lower Beth-horon
!{r{x tyeB -t,a.w r,z'G -t,a h{m{l.v !,biY;w ? !w{T.x;T
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and
Baalath and
Tamar in the
wilderness, in the
land of Judah,
#,r'a'B r'B.diM;B r'm'T -t,a.w t'l][;B -t,a.w
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and
all the
storage cities which Solomon had, even the
cities for his
chariots and the
cities for his
horsemen, and
all that it
pleased * Solomon to
build in
Jerusalem, in
Lebanon, and in
all the
land under his
rule.
h{m{l.vil .Wy'h r,v]a tw{n.K.siM;h yer'[ -l'K tea.w ? tea.w ~yiv'r'P;h yer'[ tea.w b,k,r'h yer'[ tea.w ? ~i;l'v.WryiB tw{n.bil q;v'x r,v]a h{m{l.v q,vex ? w{T.l;v.m,m #,r,a l{k.b.W !w{n'b.L;b.W
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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,
yiZir.P;h yiTix;h yir{m/a'h -nim r'tw{N;h ~'['h -l'K ? lea'r.fIy yen.Bim -a{l r,v]a yis.Wb.y;h.w yi.Wix;h ? h'Meh
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their
descendants who were
left after them in the
land whom the
sons of
Israel were
unable * to
destroy utterly, from them
Solomon levied forced laborers *,
even to
this day.
r,v]a #,r'a'B ~,hyer]x;a .Wr.t{n r,v]a ~,hyen.B ? ~el][;Y;w ~'myir]x;h.l lea'r.fIy yen.B .Wl.k'y -a{l ? h,Z;h ~w{Y;h d;[ deb{[ -s;m.l h{m{l.v
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But
Solomon did 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.
~eh -yiK d,b'[ h{m{l.v !;t'n -a{l lea'r.fIy yen.Bim.W ? wy'vil'v.w wy'r'f.w wy'd'b][;w h'm'x.liM;h yev.n;a ? wy'v'r'p.W w{B.kir yer'f.w
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These were the
chief officers who were
over Solomon's work,
five hundred and
fifty, who
ruled over the
people doing the
work.
h{m{l.vil h'ka'l.M;h -l;[ r,v]a ~yib'CiN;h yer'f h,Lea ? ~yif{['h ~'['B ~yid{r'h tw{aem vem]x;w ~yiVim]x ? h'ka'l.M;B
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As
soon as
Pharaoh's daughter came up from the
city of
David to her
house which Solomon had
built for her,
then he
built the
Millo.
H'tyeB -l,a diw'D ryi[em h't.l'[ h{[.r;P -t;B .$;a ? aw{LiM;h -t,a h'n'B z'a H'l -h'n'B r,v]a
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Now
three times in a
year Solomon offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings on the
altar which he
built to the
LORD,
burning incense with them on the altar
which was
before the
LORD. So he
finished the
house.
h'n'V;B ~yim'[.P v{l'v h{m{l.v h'l/[,h.w ? h'n'B r,v]a ;xeB.ziM;h -l;[ ~yim'l.v.W tw{l{[ ? tIy'B;h -t,a ~;Liv.w h'wh.y yen.pil r,v]a w{Tia ryej.q;h.w h'why;l
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King Solomon also
built a
fleet of
ships in
Ezion-geber,
which is
near Eloth on the
shore of the
Red * Sea, in the
land of
Edom.
r,b,G -nw{y.c,[.B h{m{l.v .$,l,M;h h'f'[ yin\a'w ? #,r,a.B @.Ws -m;y t;p.f -l;[ tw{lea -t,a r,v]a ? ~w{d/a
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And
Hiram sent his
servants with the
fleet,
sailors * who
knew the
sea,
along with the
servants of
Solomon.
yev.n;a wy'd'b][ -t,a yin\a'B ~'ryix x;l.viY;w ? h{m{l.v yed.b;[ ~i[ ~'Y;h ye[.d{y tw{Yin\a
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They
went to
Ophir and
took four hundred and
twenty talents of
gold from
there, and
brought it to
King Solomon.
tw{aem -[;B.r;a b'h'z ~'Vim .Wx.qiY;w h'ryipw{a .Wa{b'Y;w ? h{m{l.v .$,l,M;h -l,a .Waib'Y;w r'KiK ~yir.f,[.w