1 Kings 9

God’s Promise and Warning

11Now it cameH1961 about when SolomonH8010 had finishedH3615 buildingH1129 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068, and 2the king’sH4428 houseH1004, and 3allH3605 4that SolomonH8010 desiredH2837H2654 to doH6213, 2that 5the LordH3068 appearedH7200 to SolomonH8010 a secondH8145 timeH8145, as He had appearedH7200 to him at GibeonH1391. 3The LordH3068 saidH559 to him, “6I have heardH8085 your prayerH8605 and your supplicationH8467, whichH834 you have madeH2603 beforeH6440 Me; I have consecratedH6942 thisH2088 houseH1004 whichH834 you have builtH1129 7by puttingH7760 My nameH8034 thereH8033 foreverH5704H5769, and 8My eyesH5869 and My heartH3820 will be thereH8033 perpetuallyH3605H3117. 4As for you, 9ifH518 you will walkH1980 beforeH6440 Me as your fatherH1 DavidH1732 walkedH1980, in integrityH8537 of heartH3824 and uprightnessH3476, doingH6213 according to allH3605 that I have commandedH6680 you and will keepH8104 My statutesH2706 and My ordinancesH4941, 5then 10I will establishH6965 the throneH3678 of your kingdomH4467 overH5921 IsraelH3478 foreverH5769, justH3512 as I 11promisedH1696 to your fatherH1 DavidH1732, sayingH559, ‘12You shall not lackH3772 a manH376 on the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478.’

6“13But ifH518 you or your sonsH1121 indeedH7725 turnH7725 awayH7725 from followingH310 Me, and do not keepH8104 My commandmentsH4687 and My statutesH2708 whichH834 I have setH5414 beforeH6440 you, and goH1980 and serveH5647 otherH312 godsH430 and worshipH7812 them, 714then I will cutH3772 offH3772 IsraelH3478 from the landH127 whichH834 I have givenH5414 them, and 15the houseH1004 whichH834 I have consecratedH6942 for My nameH8034, I will 16castH7971 out of My sightH6440. So 17IsraelH3478 will becomeH1961 a proverbH4912 and a bywordH8148 among allH3605 peoplesH5971. 8And thisH2088 houseH1004 will becomeH1961 1819a heapH5945 of ruinsH5945; everyoneH3605 who passesH5674 by will be astonishedH8074 and hissH8319 and sayH559, ‘20WhyH5921H4100 has the LordH3068 doneH6213 thusH3602 to thisH2088 landH776 and to thisH2088 houseH1004?’ 9And they will sayH559, ‘21BecauseH5921H834 they forsookH5800 the LordH3068 their GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 their fathersH1 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and adoptedH2388 otherH312 godsH430 and worshipedH7812 them and servedH5647 them, thereforeH5921H3651 the LordH3068 has broughtH935 allH3605 thisH2088 adversityH7463 on them.’”

Cities Given to Hiram

1022It cameH1961 about 23at the endH7097 of twentyH6242 yearsH8141 in whichH834 SolomonH8010 had builtH1129 the twoH8147 housesH1004, the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and the king’sH4428 houseH1004 11(HiramH2438 kingH4428 of TyreH6865 had suppliedH5375 SolomonH8010 with cedarH730 and cypressH1265 timberH6086 and goldH2091 according to allH3605 his desireH2656), thenH227 KingH4428 SolomonH8010 gaveH5414 HiramH2438 twentyH6242 citiesH5892 in the landH776 of GalileeH1551. 12So HiramH2438 cameH3318 out from TyreH6865 to seeH7200 the citiesH5892 whichH834 SolomonH8010 had givenH5414 him, and they 24did not pleaseH3474H5869 him. 13He saidH559, “WhatH4100 are theseH428 citiesH5892 whichH834 you have givenH5414 me, my brotherH251?” So 25they were calledH7121 the landH776 of 2627CabulH3521 to thisH2088 dayH3117. 1428And HiramH2438 sentH7971 to the kingH4428 120H3967H6242 talentsH3603 of goldH2091.

15Now thisH2088 is the accountH1697 of the forcedH4522 laborH4522 whichH834 KingH4428 SolomonH8010 29leviedH5927 to buildH1129 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068, his own houseH1004, the 3031MilloH4407, the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389, 32HazorH2674, 33MegiddoH4023, and 34GezerH1507. 16For PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 had goneH5927 up and capturedH3920 GezerH1507 and burnedH8313 it with fireH784, and killedH2026 the 35CanaanitesH3669 who livedH3427 in the cityH5892, and had 36givenH5414 it as a dowryH7964 to his daughterH1323, Solomon’sH8010 wifeH802. 17So SolomonH8010 rebuiltH1129 GezerH1507 and the lowerH8481 37Beth-horonH1032 18and 38BaalathH1191 and TamarH8559 in the wildernessH4057, in the landH776 of Judah, 19and allH3605 the storageH4543 citiesH5892 whichH834 SolomonH8010 hadH1961, even 39the citiesH5892 for 40his chariotsH7393 and the citiesH5892 for 4142his horsemenH6571, and 4344allH2837 that it pleasedH2836H2837 SolomonH8010 to buildH1129 in JerusalemH3389, in LebanonH3844, and in allH3605 the landH776 45under his ruleH4475. 20As for allH3605 the peopleH5971 who were leftH3498 of the AmoritesH567, the HittitesH2850, the PerizzitesH6522, the HivitesH2340 and the JebusitesH2983, whoH834 were not of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, 2146their descendantsH1121 whoH834 were leftH3498 afterH310 them in the landH776 47whomH834 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 were unableH3808H3201 to destroyH2763 utterlyH2763, 48from them SolomonH8010 leviedH5927 49forcedH4522 laborersH5647H4522, evenH5704 to thisH2088 dayH3117. 22But SolomonH8010 50did not makeH5414 slavesH5650 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; for they were menH376 of warH4421, his servantsH5650, his princesH8269, his captainsH7991, his chariotH7393 commandersH8269, and his horsemenH6571.

23TheseH428 were the 5152chiefH8269 officersH5324 whoH834 were overH5921 Solomon’sH8010 workH4399, fiveH2568 hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572, 53who ruledH7287 over the peopleH5971 doingH6213 the workH4399.

24As soonH389 as 54Pharaoh’sH6547 daughterH1323 cameH5927 up from the cityH5892 of DavidH1732 to her houseH1004 whichH834 Solomon had builtH1129 for her, 55thenH227 he builtH1129 the MilloH4407.

25Now 56threeH7969 timesH6471 in a yearH8141 SolomonH8010 offeredH5927 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and peaceH8002 offeringsH8002 on the altarH4196 whichH834 he builtH1129 to the LordH3068, burningH6999 incenseH6999 with them on the altar whichH834 was beforeH6440 the LordH3068. So he finishedH7999 the houseH1004.

26KingH4428 SolomonH8010 also builtH6213 a 57fleetH590 of shipsH590 in 58Ezion-geberH6100, whichH834 is nearH854 ElothH359 on the shoreH8193 of the 59RedH5488H3220 SeaH3220, in the landH776 of EdomH112. 2760And HiramH2438 sentH7971 his servantsH5650 with the fleetH590, sailorsH376H591 who knewH3045 the seaH3220, alongH5973 with the servantsH5650 of SolomonH8010. 28They wentH935 to 61OphirH211 and tookH3947 fourH702 hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 talentsH3603 of goldH2091 from thereH8033, and broughtH935 it to KingH4428 SolomonH8010.