Chapter 1
CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER II. tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness. But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jerion, to the place which David
had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. Moreover, the brazen altar, that Bezit-Leo, the son of Uri, the son of Ur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall
give thee. And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established, for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people. For who can judge this, thy people, that is so great? And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth,
or honor, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast thou asked long life, but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thine knowledge for thine. And I will give thee riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the light. Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place, that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. And Solomon gathered chariots and
horsemen, and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem, as plenteous as stones and cedar trees, made he as the sycamore trees, that are in the veil for abundance. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen, yarn. The king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot,
for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty. And so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria by their names. Chapter 2. And Solomon determined to build in house for the name of the Lord, and in house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon sent to
Huram, the king of Tirear, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him in house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Behold, I build in house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings, morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feast of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel. And the house which I build is
great, for great is our God above all gods. But who is able to build him in house, seeing the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him in house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? Send me now, therefore, a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue. And that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah, and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. Send me also cedar trees,
fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon. For I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon. And behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, even to prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. And behold, I will give to thy servants the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. Then Hurom, the king of
Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made the king over them. Hurom said, moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, and who hath given to David the king, a wise son, a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build in house for the Lord, and in house for his kingdom. And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Hurom, my fathers, the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan. And his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work
in gold and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my Lord David thy father. Now therefore, the wheat and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my Lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants. And we will cut wood out of Lebanon as much as thou shalt need, and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea
to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them, and they were found in hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work. Chapter 3. Then Solomon began to
build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was in the front of the house,
the length of it was according to the breadth of the house twenty cubits. And the height was in hundred and twenty, and he overlaid it within with pure gold. And the greater house he sealed with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set there on palm trees and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold of parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the post, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof with gold, and graved cherubim on the walls.
And he made the most holy house. The length whereof was according to the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold. And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long. One wing of the one cherub was five
cubits, reaching to the wall of the house. And the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house. And the other wing was five cubits, also joining to the wing of the other cherub. The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen, and wrought cherubim
thereon. Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapitur, that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars, and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left, and called the name of that on the right hand, Jake Chin, and the name of that on the left, Boaz.
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