Chapter 9

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished¹⁵ the building² of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased¹ to do,²

That the LORD appeared¹¹ to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared⁸ unto him at Gibeon.

And the LORD said⁴ unto him, I have heard¹ thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made⁹⁸ before me: I have hallowed⁵² this house, which thou hast built,¹ to put² my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. ³¹¹⁷

And if thou wilt walk⁴ before me, as David thy father walked,¹ in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do² according to all that I have commanded¹⁴ thee, [and] wilt keep⁴ my statutes and my judgments:

Then I will establish⁵² the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised¹⁴ to David thy father, saying,² There shall not fail¹¹ thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

[But] if ye shall at all² turn⁴ from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep⁴ my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set¹ before you, but go¹ and serve¹ other gods, and worship⁹⁸ them:

Then will I cut off⁵² Israel out of the land which I have given¹ them; and this house, which I have hallowed⁵² for my name, will I cast out¹⁷ of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth⁶ by it shall be astonished,⁴ and shall hiss;¹ and they shall say,¹ Why hath the LORD done¹ thus unto this land, and to this house?

And they shall answer,¹ Because they forsook¹ the LORD their God, who brought forth⁵² their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold⁵⁵ upon other gods, and have worshipped¹⁰¹ them, and served⁴ them: therefore hath the LORD brought⁵² upon them all this evil.

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built¹ the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished¹⁴ Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave⁴ Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

And Hiram came out⁴ from Tyre to see² the cities which Solomon had given¹ him; and they pleased^{1 5869} him not.

And he said,⁴ What cities [are] these which thou hast given¹ me, my brother? And he called⁴ them the land of Cabul unto this day.

And Hiram sent⁴ to the king sixscore ⁶²⁴² talents of gold.

And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised;⁵² for to build² the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

[For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up,¹ and taken⁴ Gezer, and burnt⁴ it with fire, and slain¹ the Canaanites that dwelt⁶ in the city, and given⁴ it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

And Solomon built⁴ Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

And Baalath, and Tadmor ⁸⁵⁵⁹ in the wilderness, in the land,

And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired¹ to build² in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

[And] all the people [that were] left¹² of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

Their children that were left⁸ after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able¹ utterly to destroy,⁵³ upon those did Solomon levy⁵⁵ a tribute of bondservice⁶ unto this day.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make¹ no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

These [were] the chief of the officers¹² that [were] over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule⁶ over the people that wrought⁶ in the work.

But Pharaoh's daughter came up¹ out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built¹ for her: then did he build¹ Millo.

And three times in a year did Solomon offer⁵² burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built¹ unto the LORD, and he burnt incense⁵³ upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished¹⁴ the house.

And king Solomon made¹ a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent⁴ in the navy his servants, shipmen ⁵⁹¹ that had knowledge⁶ of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

And they came⁴ to Ophir, and fetched⁴ from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought⁵⁵ [it] to king Solomon.