Dual Panel1Now it came<1961> about when Solomon<8010> had finished<3615> building<1129> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, and the king's<4428> house<1004>, and all<3605> that Solomon<8010> desired<2837><2654> to do<6213>,
2that the LORD<3068> appeared<7200> to Solomon<8010> a second<8145> time<8145>, as He had appeared<7200> to him at Gibeon<1391>.
3The LORD<3068> said<559> to him, "I have heard<8085> your prayer<8605> and your supplication<8467>, which<834> you have made<2603> before<6440> Me; I have consecrated<6942> this<2088> house<1004> which<834> you have built<1129> by putting<7760> My name<8034> there<8033> forever<5704><5769>, and My eyes<5869> and My heart<3820> will be there<8033> perpetually<3605><3117>.
4"As for you, if<518> you will walk<1980> before<6440> Me as your father<1> David<1732> walked<1980>, in integrity<8537> of heart<3824> and uprightness<3476>, doing<6213> according to all<3605> that I have commanded<6680> you and will keep<8104> My statutes<2706> and My ordinances<4941>,
5then I will establish<6965> the throne<3678> of your kingdom<4467> over<5921> Israel<3478> forever<5769>, just<3512> as I promised<1696> to your father<1> David<1732>, saying<559>, 'You shall not lack<3772> a man<376> on the throne<3678> of Israel<3478>.'
6"But if<518> you or your sons<1121> indeed<7725> turn<7725> away<7725> from following<310> Me, and do not keep<8104> My commandments<4687> and My statutes<2708> which<834> I have set<5414> before<6440> you, and go<1980> and serve<5647> other<312> gods<430> and worship<7812> them,
7then I will cut<3772> off<3772> Israel<3478> from the land<127> which<834> I have given<5414> them, and the house<1004> which<834> I have consecrated<6942> for My name<8034>, I will cast<7971> out of My sight<6440>. So Israel<3478> will become<1961> a proverb<4912> and a byword<8148> among all<3605> peoples<5971>.
8"And this<2088> house<1004> will become<1961> a heap<5945> of ruins<5945>; everyone<3605> who passes<5674> by will be astonished<8074> and hiss<8319> and say<559>, 'Why<5921><4100> has the LORD<3068> done<6213> thus<3602> to this<2088> land<776> and to this<2088> house<1004>?'
9"And they will say<559>, 'Because<5921><834> they forsook<5800> the LORD<3068> their God<430>, who<834> brought<3318> their fathers<1> out of the land<776> of Egypt<4714>, and adopted<2388> other<312> gods<430> and worshiped<7812> them and served<5647> them, therefore<5921><3651> the LORD<3068> has brought<935> all<3605> this<2088> adversity<7463> on them.'"
10It came<1961> about at the end<7097> of twenty<6242> years<8141> in which<834> Solomon<8010> had built<1129> the two<8147> houses<1004>, the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and the king's<4428> house<1004>
11(Hiram<2438> king<4428> of Tyre<6865> had supplied<5375> Solomon<8010> with cedar<730> and cypress<1265> timber<6086> and gold<2091> according to all<3605> his desire<2656>), then<227> King<4428> Solomon<8010> gave<5414> Hiram<2438> twenty<6242> cities<5892> in the land<776> of Galilee<1551>.
12So Hiram<2438> came<3318> out from Tyre<6865> to see<7200> the cities<5892> which<834> Solomon<8010> had given<5414> him, and they did not please<3474><5869> him.
13He said<559>, "What<4100> are these<428> cities<5892> which<834> you have given<5414> me, my brother<251>?" So they were called<7121> the land<776> of Cabul<3521> to this<2088> day<3117>.
14And Hiram<2438> sent<7971> to the king<4428> 120 <3967><6242> talents<3603> of gold<2091>.
15Now this<2088> is the account<1697> of the forced<4522> labor<4522> which<834> King<4428> Solomon<8010> levied<5927> to build<1129> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, his own house<1004>, the Millo<4407>, the wall<2346> of Jerusalem<3389>, Hazor<2674>, Megiddo<4023>, and Gezer<1507>.
16For Pharaoh<6547> king<4428> of Egypt<4714> had gone<5927> up and captured<3920> Gezer<1507> and burned<8313> it with fire<784>, and killed<2026> the Canaanites<3669> who lived<3427> in the city<5892>, and had given<5414> it as a dowry<7964> to his daughter<1323>, Solomon's<8010> wife<802>.
17So Solomon<8010> rebuilt<1129> Gezer<1507> and the lower<8481> Beth-horon<1032>
18and Baalath<1191> and Tamar<8559> in the wilderness<4057>, in the land<776> of Judah,
19and all<3605> the storage<4543> cities<5892> which<834> Solomon<8010> had<1961>, even the cities<5892> for his chariots<7393> and the cities<5892> for his horsemen<6571>, and all<2837> that it pleased<2836><2837> Solomon<8010> to build<1129> in Jerusalem<3389>, in Lebanon<3844>, and in all<3605> the land<776> under his rule<4475>.
20As for all<3605> the people<5971> who were left<3498> of the Amorites<567>, the Hittites<2850>, the Perizzites<6522>, the Hivites<2340> and the Jebusites<2983>, who<834> were not of the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>,
21their descendants<1121> who<834> were left<3498> after<310> them in the land<776> whom<834> the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> were unable<3808><3201> to destroy<2763> utterly<2763>, from them Solomon<8010> levied<5927> forced<4522> laborers<5647><4522>, even<5704> to this<2088> day<3117>.
22But Solomon<8010> did not make<5414> slaves<5650> of the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>; for they were men<376> of war<4421>, his servants<5650>, his princes<8269>, his captains<7991>, his chariot<7393> commanders<8269>, and his horsemen<6571>.
23These<428> were the chief<8269> officers<5324> who<834> were over<5921> Solomon's<8010> work<4399>, five<2568> hundred<3967> and fifty<2572>, who ruled<7287> over the people<5971> doing<6213> the work<4399>.
24As soon<389> as Pharaoh's<6547> daughter<1323> came<5927> up from the city<5892> of David<1732> to her house<1004> which<834> Solomon had built<1129> for her, then<227> he built<1129> the Millo<4407>.
25Now three<7969> times<6471> in a year<8141> Solomon<8010> offered<5927> burnt<5930> offerings<5930> and peace<8002> offerings<8002> on the altar<4196> which<834> he built<1129> to the LORD<3068>, burning<6999> incense<6999> with them on the altar which<834> was before<6440> the LORD<3068>. So he finished<7999> the house<1004>.
26King<4428> Solomon<8010> also built<6213> a fleet<590> of ships<590> in Ezion-geber<6100>, which<834> is near<854> Eloth<359> on the shore<8193> of the Red<5488><3220> Sea<3220>, in the land<776> of Edom<112>.
27And Hiram<2438> sent<7971> his servants<5650> with the fleet<590>, sailors<376><591> who knew<3045> the sea<3220>, along<5973> with the servants<5650> of Solomon<8010>.
28They went<935> to Ophir<211> and took<3947> four<702> hundred<3967> and twenty<6242> talents<3603> of gold<2091> from there<8033>, and brought<935> it to King<4428> Solomon<8010>.