1 S olomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that he wanted to build.

When Solomon finished the building of the Lord’s house and the king’s house, and all he desired and was pleased to do,

2 T hen the Lord came to Solomon a second time, as He had come to him at Gibeon.

The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3 T he Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer which you have prayed to Me. I have set apart this house you have built by putting My name there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there always.

The Lord told him, I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have hallowed this house which you have built, and I have put My Name there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

4 A s for you, walk before Me as your father David walked, with a true heart doing what is right. Do all that I have told you. Obey My Laws. If you do,

And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, keeping My statutes and My precepts,

5 t hen I will make the throne of your rule over Israel last forever. It will be just as I promised your father David, saying, ‘You will never be without a man on the throne of Israel.’

Then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 B ut if you or your sons turn away from following Me, and do not keep My Laws which I have given you, and go after other gods and worship them, if you do,

But if you turn away from following Me, you or your children, and will not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them,

7 t hen I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them. And I will put away from My eyes the house which I have set apart for My name. Israel will become a word of shame among all peoples.

Then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and this house I have hallowed for My Name (renown) I will cast from My sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all the peoples.

8 T his house will be broken to pieces. Everyone who passes by will be surprised and make a sound of wonder, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land and to this house?’

This house shall become a heap of ruins; every passerby shall be astonished and shall hiss and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?

9 A nd they will say, ‘Because they turned away from the Lord their God, Who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt. They took in other gods and worshiped them and served them. So the Lord has brought all this trouble upon them.’” Solomon and Hiram

Then they will answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, Who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have laid hold of other gods and have worshiped and served them; therefore the Lord has brought on them all this evil.

10 A t the end of twenty years, Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house.

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s house and the king’s house,

11 H iram king of Tyre had given Solomon all the cedar and cypress trees and gold that he wanted. Then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

For which Hiram king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber and gold as he desired, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12 B ut when Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

And Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.

13 H e said, “What are these cities you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.

He said, What are these cities worth which you have given me, my brother? So they are called the Cabul Land to this day.

14 T he gold Hiram sent to the king weighed as much as 120 men. Other Things Solomon Did

And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

15 N ow King Solomon made men work to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Meggido and Gezer.

This is the account of the levy which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 F or Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire. He killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and then gave it as a wedding-gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, burned it with fire, slew the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 S o Solomon built Gezer again, and the lower part of Beth-horon,

So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,

18 a nd Baalath and Tamar in the desert, in the land of Judah.

Baalath and Tamar (Tadmor) in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

19 S olomon built all the store-cities that he had, the cities for his war-wagons, the cities for his horsemen, and all he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

And all the store cities which Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 N ow there were people left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel.

As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites,

21 A nd their children were left after them in the land. The people of Israel were not able to destroy all of them. So Solomon made these people work for him, even to this day.

Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon made a forced levy of slaves to this day.

22 B ut Solomon did not make the people of Israel work for him. For they were men of war, his servants, his rulers, his captains, his war-wagon drivers, and his horsemen.

But Solomon made no slaves of the Israelites; they were the soldiers, his officials, attendants, commanders, captains, chariot officers, and horsemen.

23 T hese were the heads of the captains over Solomon’s work. There were 550 of them who ruled over the people doing the work.

These were the chief officers over Solomon’s work, 550 who had charge of the people who did the work.

24 B ut Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her own house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.

25 T hree times a year Solomon gave burnt gifts and peace gifts on the altar he built to the Lord. He burned special perfume on the altar before the Lord. So he finished the house.

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he built to the Lord, and he burned incense with them before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26 K ing Solomon built a group of ships in Ezion-geber, near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

And King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in Edom.

27 H iram sent his servants with the ships, sailors who knew the sea. He sent them with the servants of Solomon.

And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, shipmen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 T hey went to Ophir and brought out gold weighing as much as 420 small men. And they brought it to King Solomon.

They came to Ophir and got 420 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.