1 W hen Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

2 Y ahweh appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

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

3 Y ahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

The Lord said to him, “ I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

4 A s for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

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

5 t hen I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man on the throne of Israel.’

then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, ‘ You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

6 B ut if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them;

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

7 t hen I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8 T hough this house is so high, yet everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land, and to this house?’

And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘ Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

9 a nd they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.’”

And they will say, ‘ Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’” Cities Given to Hiram

10 A t the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, Yahweh’s house and the king’s house

It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house

11 ( now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

(Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12 H iram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.

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

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

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

14 H iram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

15 T his is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 P haraoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burnt it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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

17 S olomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower,

So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

18 B aalath, Tamar in the wilderness,

and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

19 a ll the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

20 A s for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;

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

21 t heir children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day.

22 B ut of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondservants; but they were the men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

23 T hese were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.

These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.

24 B ut Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.

As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

25 S olomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh three times a year, burning incense with them, on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house.

Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26 K ing Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

27 H iram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

28 T hey came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.