1 Kings 9

God’s Promise and Warning

11Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961 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. 3And the LordH3068 saidH559 to him, “6I have heardH8085 your prayerH8605 and your pleaH8467 whichH834 you have offeredH2603 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 9alwaysH3605H3117. 4As for you, 10ifH518 you walkH1980 beforeH6440 Me as your fatherH1 DavidH1732 walkedH1980, in integrityH8537 of heartH3824 and honestyH3476, actingH6213 in accordance with everythingH3605 that I have commandedH6680 you, and if you keepH8104 My statutesH2706 and My ordinancesH4941, 5then 11I will establishH6965 the throneH3678 of your kingdomH4467 overH5921 IsraelH3478 foreverH5769, justH3512 asH3512 I 12promisedH1696 to your fatherH1 DavidH1732, sayingH559, ‘13You shall not be deprivedH3772 of a manH376 on the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478.’

6“14But ifH518 you or your sonsH1121 indeedH7725 turnH7725 awayH7725 from followingH310 Me, and do not keepH8104 My commandmentsH4687 and My statutesH2708 whichH834 I have placedH5414 beforeH6440 you, but you goH1980 and serveH5647 otherH312 godsH430 and worshipH2331 them, 715then I will cutH3772 IsraelH3478 offH3772 from the landH127 whichH834 I have givenH5414 them, and 16the houseH1004 whichH834 I have consecratedH6942 for My nameH8034, I will 17expelH7971 from My sightH6440. So 18IsraelH3478 will becomeH1961 a sayingH4912 and an objectH8148 ofH8148 derisionH8148 among allH3605 peoplesH5971. 8And thisH2088 houseH1004 will becomeH1961 19a heapH5856 ofH5856 ruinsH5856; everyoneH3605 who passesH5674 by it will beH8074 appalledH8074 and 20hissH8319 and sayH559, ‘21WhyH5921H4100 has the LordH3068 doneH6213 suchH3602 aH3602 thingH3602 to thisH2088 landH776 and thisH2088 houseH1004?’ 9And they will sayH559, ‘22BecauseH5921H834 they abandonedH5800 the LordH3068 their GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 their fathersH1 outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and they 23adoptedH2388 otherH312 godsH430 and worshipedH2331 and servedH5647 them, for thatH3651 reasonH3651 the LordH3068 has broughtH935 allH3605 thisH2088 adversityH7463 on them.’”

Cities Given to Hiram

1024Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961 25at 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 juniperH1265 timberH6086 and goldH2091, 26satisfying allH3605 his desireH2656), that KingH4428 SolomonH8010 thenH227 gaveH5414 HiramH2438 twentyH6242 citiesH5892 in the landH776 of GalileeH1551. 12So HiramH2438 leftH3318 TyreH6865 to seeH7200 the citiesH5892 whichH834 SolomonH8010 had givenH5414 him, and they 27did not pleaseH3474H5869 him. 13And he saidH559, “WhatH4100 are theseH428 citiesH5892 whichH834 you have givenH5414 me, my brotherH251?” So 28they have been calledH7121 the landH776 of 2930CabulH3521 to thisH2088 dayH3117. 1431And HiramH2438 sentH7971 to the kingH4428 32120H3967H6242 talentsH3603 of goldH2091.

15Now thisH2088 is the accountH1697 of the forcedH4522 laborH4522 whichH834 KingH4428 SolomonH8010 33conscriptedH5927 to buildH1129 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068, his own houseH1004, the 3435MilloH4407, the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389, 36HazorH2674, 37MegiddoH4023, and 38GezerH1507. 16For PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 had goneH5927 upH5927 and overthrownH3920 GezerH1507 and burnedH8313 it with fireH784, and killedH2026 the 39CanaanitesH3669 who livedH3427 in the cityH5892; and he had 40givenH5414 it as a dowryH7964 to his daughterH1323, Solomon’sH8010 wifeH802. 17So SolomonH8010 rebuiltH1129 GezerH1507 and the lowerH8481 41Beth-horonH1032, 18and 42BaalathH1191 and TamarH8559 in the wildernessH4057, in the landH776 of Judah, 19and allH3605 the storageH4543 citiesH5892 whichH834 SolomonH8010 hadH1961, that is, 43the citiesH5892 for 44his chariotsH7393 and the citiesH5892 for 4546his horsemenH6571, and 4748everythingH2837 that it pleasedH2836H2837 SolomonH8010 to buildH1129 in JerusalemH3389, in LebanonH3844, and in allH3605 the landH776 49under 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, 2150their descendantsH1121 whoH834 were leftH3498 afterH310 them in the landH776, 51whomH834 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 wereH3201 unableH3808H3201 to completelyH2763 eliminateH2763, 52from them SolomonH8010 conscriptedH5927 53forcedH4522 laborersH5647H4522, as they are to thisH2088 dayH3117. 22But SolomonH8010 54did not makeH5414 slavesH5650 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; for they were menH376 of warH4421, his servantsH5650, his commandersH8269, his charioteersH7991, his chariotH7393 commandersH8269, and his horsemenH6571.

23TheseH428 were the 5556chiefH8269 officersH5324 whoH834 were inH5921 chargeH5921 ofH5921 Solomon’sH8010 workH4399, 550H2568H3967H2572, 57who ruledH7287 over the peopleH5971 doingH6213 the workH4399.

24As soonH389 as 58Pharaoh’sH6547 daughterH1323 cameH5927 upH5927 from the cityH5892 of DavidH1732 to her houseH1004 whichH834 Solomon had builtH1129 for her, 59he thenH227 builtH1129 the MilloH4407.

25Now 60threeH7969 timesH6471 a yearH8141 SolomonH8010 offeredH5927 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and peaceH8002 offeringsH8002 on the altarH4196 whichH834 he had builtH1129 for the LordH3068, burningH6999 incenseH6999 with them on the altar whichH834 was beforeH6440 the LordH3068. So he finishedH7999 the houseH1004.

26KingH4428 SolomonH8010 also builtH6213 a 61fleetH590 ofH590 shipsH590 in 62Ezion-geberH6100, whichH834 is nearH854 ElothH359 on the shoreH8193 of the 63RedH5488 SeaH3220, in the landH776 of EdomH112. 2764And HiramH2438 sentH7971 his servantsH5650 with the fleetH590, sailorsH376H591 who knewH3045 the seaH3220, alongH5973 withH5973 the servantsH5650 of SolomonH8010. 28And they wentH935 to 65OphirH211 and receivedH3947 66420H702H3967H6242 talentsH3603 of goldH2091 from thereH8033, and broughtH935 it to KingH4428 SolomonH8010.