(KJV) 1 Kings 9¹

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⥃The LORD’s Response to Solomon ^{[ 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 ]}

[1] And it came² to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house³ of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s⁴ desire which he was pleased to do,⁵ [2] That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he⁶ had appeared unto him at Gibeon. [3] And the Lord said unto him, I have heard⁷ thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed⁸ this house, which thou hast built, to put⁹ my name there for ever; and mine eyes¹⁰ and mine heart shall be there perpetually. [4] And if thou¹¹ wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity¹² of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: [5] Then I will establish¹³ the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. [6] [But] if ye¹⁴ shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go¹⁵ and serve other gods, and worship them: [7] Then will I cut¹⁶ off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house¹⁷, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel¹⁸ shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: [8] And at¹⁹ this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why²⁰ hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? [9] And they shall answer, Because²¹ they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore²² hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

⥃Solomon’s Additional Achievements ^{[ 2 Chronicles 8:1–18 ]}

[10] And it came to pass at the end of twenty²³ years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, [11] ([Now] Hiram²⁴ the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon²⁵ gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee²⁶. [12] And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not²⁷. [13] And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother²⁸? And he called them the land of Cabul²⁹ unto this day. [14] And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.³⁰

[15] And this [is] the reason³¹ of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build³² the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo³³, and the wall³⁴ of Jerusalem, and Hazor³⁵, and Megiddo³⁶, and Gezer³⁷.³⁸ [16] [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter³⁹, Solomon’s wife. [17] And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon⁴⁰ the nether, [18] And Baalath⁴¹, and Tadmor⁴² in the wilderness, in the land, [19] And all the cities of store⁴³ that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired⁴⁴ to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. [20] [And] all the people [that were] left⁴⁵ of the Amorites⁴⁶, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel, [21] Their children that were left⁴⁷ after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not⁴⁸ able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy⁴⁹ a tribute⁵⁰ of bondservice⁵¹ unto this day. [22] But of the children⁵² of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men⁵³ of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. [23] These [were] the chief⁵⁴ of the officers that [were] over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

[24] [¶]But Pharaoh’s⁵⁵ daughter came up out of the city of David⁵⁶ unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo⁵⁷.

[25] [¶]And three times⁵⁸ in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt⁵⁹ incense upon the altar that [was] before⁶⁰ the Lord. So he finished the house.

[26] [¶]And king Solomon made a navy⁶¹ of ships in Ezion–geber⁶², which [is] beside Eloth⁶³, on the shore⁶⁴ of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. [27] And Hiram sent in the navy his servants⁶⁵, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. [28] And they came to Ophir⁶⁶, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred⁶⁷ and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.

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