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The First Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings
The First Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings
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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.
2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
3
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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.
5
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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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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.
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.
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?
10
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
16
Then came there two women,
that were
harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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.
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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And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
24
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
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.
27
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she
is
the mother thereof.
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.
4
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2
And these
were
the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was
over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar
were
the priests:
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:
6
And Ahishar
was
over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda
was
over the tribute.
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.
8
And these
are
their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
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The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
10
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him
pertained
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
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The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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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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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:
14
Ahinadab the son of Iddo
had
Mahanaim:
15
Ahimaaz
was
in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16
Baanah the son of Hushai
was
in Asher and in Aloth:
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Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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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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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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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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And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
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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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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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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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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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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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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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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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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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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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And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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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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And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
5
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.
2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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.
4
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side,
so that there is
neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
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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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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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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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.
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.
10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees
according to
all his desire.
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.
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.
13
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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.
15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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.
17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
and
hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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.
6
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.
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.
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.
4
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
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:
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.
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.
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.
9
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10
And
then
he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house
with
timber of cedar.
11
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
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:
13
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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.
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.
17
And the house, that
is,
the temple before it, was forty cubits
long.
18
And the cedar of the house within
was
carved with knops and open flowers: all
was
cedar; there was no stone seen.
19
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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.
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.
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.
23
And within the oracle he made two cherubims
of
olive tree,
each
ten cubits high.
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.
25
And the other cherub
was
ten cubits: both the cherubims
were
of one measure and one size.
26
The height of the one cherub
was
ten cubits, and so
was it
of the other cherub.
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.
28
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
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.
30
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
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.
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.
33
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part
of the wall.
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.
35
And he carved
thereon
cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered
them
with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
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.
7
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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.
3
And
it was
covered with cedar above upon the beams, that
lay
on forty five pillars, fifteen
in
a row.
4
And
there were
windows
in
three rows, and light
was
against light
in
three ranks.
5
And all the doors and posts
were
square, with the windows: and light
was
against light
in
three ranks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10
And the foundation
was of
costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11
And above
were
costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
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.
13
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
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.
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.
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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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.
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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And the chapiters that
were
upon the top of the pillars
were
of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
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.
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.
22
And upon the top of the pillars
was
lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23
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.
24
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.
25
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.
26
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.
27
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.
28
And the work of the bases
was
on this
manner:
they had borders, and the borders
were
between the ledges:
29
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.
30
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.
31
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.
32
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 a half a cubit.
33
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.
34
And
there were
four undersetters to the four corners of one base:
and
the undersetters
were
of the very base itself.
35
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.
36
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.
37
After this
manner
he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure,
and
one size.
38
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.
39
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.
40
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:
41
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;
42
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;
43
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44
And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
45
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.
46
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
47
And Solomon left all the vessels
unweighed,
because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
48
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,
49
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,
50
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.
51
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.
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