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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.
 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.
 1:3  So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the
coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought
her to the king.
 1:4  And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king,
and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
 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.
 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.
 1:7  And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him].
 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.
 1:9  And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the
stone of Zoheleth, which [is] by Enrogel, and called all his
brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's
servants:
 1:10  But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men,
and Solomon his brother, he called not.
 1:11  Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of
Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not?
 1:12  Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee
counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of
thy son Solomon.
 1:13  Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him,
Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid,
saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he
shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
 1:14  Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I
also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
 1:15  And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber:
and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite
ministered unto the king.
 1:16  And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king.
And the king said, What wouldest thou?
 1:17  And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD
thy God unto thine handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon thy
son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
 1:18  And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the
king, thou knowest [it] not:
 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.
 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.
 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.
 1:22  And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the
prophet also came in.
 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.
 1:24  And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said,
Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
 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.
 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.
 1:27  Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast
not showed [it] unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne
of my lord the king after him?
 1:28  Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba.
And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the
king.
 1:29  And the king sware, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, that
hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
 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.
 1:31  Then Bathsheba bowed with [her] face to the earth, and
did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David
live for ever.
 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.
 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:
 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.
 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.
 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].
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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?
 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.
 1:43  And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our
lord king David hath made Solomon king.
 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:
 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.
 1:46  And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
 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.
 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].
 1:49  And all the guests that [were] with Adonijah were
afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
 1:50  And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and
went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
 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.
 1:52  And Solomon said, If he will show 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.
 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.
 2:1  Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and
he charged Solomon his son, saying,
 2:2  I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore,
and show thyself a man;
 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:
 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.
 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.
 2:6  Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his
hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
 2:7  But show 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.
 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.
 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.
 2:10  So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
city of David.
 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.
 2:12  Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father;
and his kingdom was established greatly.
 2:13  And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the
mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he
said, Peaceably.
 2:14  He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And
she said, Say on.
 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.
 2:16  And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she
said unto him, Say on.
 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.
 2:18  And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the
king.
 2:19  Bathsheba 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.
 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.
 2:21  And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to
Adonijah thy brother to wife.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 2:25  And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 2:41  And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from
Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
 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 whither, that thou shalt surely
die? and thou saidst unto me, The word [that] I have heard [is]
good.
 2:43  Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and
the commandment that I have charged thee with?
 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;
 2:45  And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of
David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
 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.
 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.
 3:2  Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there
was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
 3:3  And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of
David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high
places.
 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.
 3:5  In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
 3:6  And Solomon said, Thou hast showed 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.
 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.
 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.
 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?
 3:10  And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked
this thing.
 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;
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 3:16  Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the
king, and stood before him.
 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.
 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.
 3:19  And this woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 3:24  And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a
sword before the king.
 3:25  And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and
give half to the one, and half to the other.
 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].
 3:27  Then the king answered and said, Give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof.
 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.
 4:1  So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
 4:2  And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the
son of Zadok the priest,
 4:3  Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes;
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
 4:4  And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and
Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:
 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:
 4:6  And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the
son of Abda [was] over the tribute.
 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.
 4:8  And these [are] their names: The son of Hur, in mount
Ephraim:
 4:9  The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and
Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
 4:10  The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him [pertained] Sochoh,
and all the land of Hepher:
 4:11  The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had
Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
 4:12  Baana the son of Ahilud; [to him pertained] Taanach and
Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath
Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, [even] unto [the place
that is] beyond Jokneam:
 4:13  The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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 brazen bars:
 4:14  Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:
 4:15  Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
 4:16  Baanah the son of Hushai [was] in Asher and in Aloth:
 4:17  Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
 4:18  Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
 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.
 4:20  Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by
the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
 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.
 4:22  And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures
of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
 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.
 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.
 4:25  And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his
vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all
the days of Solomon.
 4:26  And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 4:30  And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the
children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
 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.
 4:32  And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were
a thousand and five.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 5:2  And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
 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.
 5:4  But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side,
[so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 5:10  So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees
[according to] all his desire.
 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.
 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.
 5:13  And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and
the levy was thirty thousand men.
 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.
 5:15  And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare
burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
 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.
 5:17  And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,
costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the
house.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 6:4  And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
 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:
 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.
 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 ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the
house, while it was in building.
 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.
 6:9  So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the
house with beams and boards of cedar.
 6:10  And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five
cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of
cedar.
 6:11  And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
 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:
 6:13  And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will
not forsake my people Israel.
 6:14  So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
 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
ceiling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and
covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
 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].
 6:17  And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was
forty cubits [long].
 6:18  And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with
knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone
seen.
 6:19  And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set
there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 6:23  And within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive
tree, [each] ten cubits high.
 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.
 6:25  And the other cherub [was] ten cubits: both the
cherubims [were] of one measure and one size.
 6:26  The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so
[was it] of the other cherub.
 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.
 6:28  And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
 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.
 6:30  And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within
and without.
 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].
 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.
 6:33  So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of]
olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].
 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.
 6:35  And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and
open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the
carved work.
 6:36  And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed
stone, and a row of cedar beams.
 6:37  In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of
the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
 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.