I. CHRONICLES XXIX. 23.

B.C. about 1015. SoLOMON MADE KING A SECOND TIME.
22, 1 Kin, 1.
32-40. J. Jehovah.
25. 1 Kin. 3. 13. ae Chr.
1.12. Eccles, 2. 9.
BC.1015. s. Solomon, Peaceable. st. strength- ened_him- self. J.G. Jehovah his Elohim. 2-6. 1 KIN. 3. 1-4.
High-hill. te.tent, Heb. x=G. the
Elohim, the
Divine
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4. 2Sam. 6. 2,17. 1Chr. 5. 1. J. Jehovah.
5. Ex, 31. 2; 38. 1, 2.
offered_
p.
as. ascend- ing-offer- ings. SOLOMON'S
CHOICE,
7-12. 1 Kin.
3. 5-15.
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k. kindness, eo, khesed. w. with.
d. David, Beloved.
And they made Solomon the_son_of David king the second_time, and anointed him unto /the Lorp to be the chief _ governor, and Zadok to be priest. ‘
2 Then Solomon sat on the_throne_ of Jthe Lorp as_king instead_of David his father, and prospered; and all Israél obeyed him.
24 Andall the princes, and the mighty_ men, and all the sons likewise of xking David, submitted_themselves unto So- lomon the king.
25 And J the Lorp magnified -Solomon exceedingly in the_sight_of all Israél, and bestowed upon him swehk royal majesty as had not been on any king
before him in Israél.
27 And the time that he reigned over Israél was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
23 And he died in a good see full_of days, riches, and honour: an Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the_acts_of David the king, xfirst and ~last, behold, they are written in the_book_of Samuél the seer, and in the_book_of Nathan the prophet, and in the_book_of Gad the seer,
30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went_over him, and over Israél, and over all the_kingdoms_ of the countries.
THE SECOND
CHRONICLES.
(THE REIGN OF SOLOMON OVER ALL ISRAEL AND JUDAH; AND THE REIGNS OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH ONLY.)
ND sSolomon the_son_of David
st was_strengthened in his king-
dom, and ! the Lorp his =God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Then Solomon spake unto all Is- raél, to the_captains_of thousands and of xhundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israél, the_chief_ of the fathers.
3 So Solomon, and all the «congre-
-|gation with him, went to the high_
place that was at 9Gibeon; for there was the_te tabernacle_of the_congrega- tion_of x=God, which Moses the_ser- vant_of Jthe Lorp had_made in the wilderness.
4 But the_ark_of x=God had David brought_up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had_prepared for it: for he had_pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleél the_son _of Uri, the _son _of Hur, had_made, he put before the_ tabernacle _of ‘the Lorp: and Solo- mon and the «congregation sought unto it.
6 And Solomon went_up thither to the brazen altar before !the Lorp, which was at the_tetabernacle_of the congregation, and offered « a thousand as burnt_offerings upon it.
7 In «that xnight did =God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, “Ask what I shall_give thee.” 3
8 And Solomon said unto =God, “Thon shast_shewed great * mercy un- to David my father, and -hast_made_ me_to_reign in his stead.
2 Now, O_4 Lorp =God, 'let Thy pro- mise wunto @David my father hbe_ established: for Thou shast-made_me_
| king over a -people like the_dust_of
BOOK OF THE
the earth in_multitude.
10 «Give me now wisdom and know- ledge, that I may_go_out and come_in before xthis xpeople: for who tcan_ judge this Thy «people, that is so xgreat?”
11 And =God said to Solomon, “Be- cause this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor +the-_slife_of thine enemies, neither yet hast_asked long life; but hast_ asked wisdom and knowledge for thy- self, that thou 'mayest_judge My Soe over whom I -have_made_thee_
ing :
12xWisdom and xknowledge -is_grant- ed unto thee; and I will_give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such_ as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall_ there any after thee have the_like.”
13 Then Solomon came from his Journey to the high_place that feas at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the_ tetabernacle_of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
14 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.
15 And the king made Xsilver and xgold at Jerusalem as plenteous as xstones, and xcedar trees made he as the sycomore_trees that are in the vale for abundance.
16 And Solomon had xhorses brought_ out of Egypt, and linen_yarn: the king’s merchants ‘received the linen_ yarn at a price.
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17 And they fetched_up, and brought_ P forth out_of Egypt a chariot for six | hundred shekels of silver, and a horse | for a hundred and fiity : and so 'brought_they_out horses for all the_ kings_of the Hittites, and for the_kings_ of Syria, by their means.
AND Solomon determined to build a house for the_name_of /the ~ | Lorp, and a house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore_ and_ten thousand ‘men to_bear_bur- dens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
8 And Solomon sent to Huram the_
. |King_of Tyre, saying, “« As thou didst_ . |\deal with David my father, and didst_ send him cedars to build him a house -|to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
4 Behold, = +build a house to the_ name_of Jthe Lorp my =God, to dedi- cate it to Him, and to burn before Him in sweet incense, and for the continual
Lev.|shewbread, and for the as burnt_offer- ings xmorning and ~xeyening, on the sabbaths, and on the new_moons, and on the_solemn_feasts_of Jthe Lorp our =God. This is an ordinance for ever to
TsraéL
5 And the house which = +build is a: for great is our =God above all x
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.| § But who r-is able to build Him a house, seeing the =heaven and =heaven_ of xheavens cannot contain Him? who
*|am = then, that I should_build Him a house, save only to 4 burn_sacrifice be- fore Him?
7 ‘Send me now therefore a ‘man weunning to work in xgold, and in xsilvyer, and in xbrass, and in iron, and in xpurple, and crimson, and blue, and that *can_skill to grave gwith the wcunning_men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did_provide.
3-Send me also cedar trees, « fir_trees,
. |and algum_trees, out_of xLebanon: for = -know that thy seryants ‘n+can_skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
* Even to prepare me timber in abun- dance: for the house which E +am_ about_to_build shall be 9 wonderful
great.
. | 10 And, behold, I will_give to thy servants, the hewers that +cut xtimber, twenty thousand measures_of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures_ of barley, and twenty thousand baths_ a wine, ‘and twenty thousand baths_of r)
il Then Huram the_king_of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to -|Solomon, “Because ‘the Lorp shath_
loved His people, He -hath_madé thee | | “graved cherubims on the walls.
king over them.”
12 Huram said moreover, “Blessed be ithe Lorp =God_of Israél, that made t%=heaven and earth, who -hath_given to David the king a wise son, endued_ with prudence and understanding, that might_build a house forthe Lorp,and
a house for his kingdom.
Il. Corontctes III. 8.
33 And now-I shave_sent a cunning} B.C.1015. iman, endued_with understanding, of w. wise. Huram my father’s, «ish.
14 The_son_of a woman of the_daugh-) laa 1Kin. 7. ters_of Dan, and his father wasatman_)| 33, 14. of Tyre, skilful to work in xgold, and in xsilver, in xbrass, in xiron, in 1 xstone, and in xtimber, in purple, in xblue, and in xfine linen, and in xcrimson; also to] graye any_manner_of graying, and to find_out every device which shall_be_ put to him, with thy «cunning_men, and with the_ wcunning_men_of my “lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my -lord hath_spoken _of, ‘let_him_send unto his servants : |
16 And wwe will_cut wood out_of xLebanon,as_much_as thou shalt_need: and we will_bring it to thee in floats by! sea to Joppa; and tho shalt_carry it| Sopouons up to Jerusalem.” | WoRKMEN.
17 And Solomon numbered all the/i7, 18. 1 KIN. strangers that were in the_land_of 5.13-18. v.2. Israél, after the numbering wherewith | He¥¥_ 300 David his father had_numbered them ;! HewersS0000 and they were_found a hundred and | Officers 5300 fifty thousand and three thousand and | Overseers300 six hundred. 183,600
18 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 a_work.
THEN Solomon began to build -the_ 3 house_of J the Lorp at jeJerusalem| sal in mount ™xMoriah, where the LorpD appeared unto David his father, in the Place that David had_prepared in the_|™.™ threshingfloor_of Ornan the Jebusite. | Yision-of
2 And he began to build in the second ;————_. day of the second xmonth, in the_fourth cee year_of his reign. 3.
3 Now these are the things wherein| Solomon was_¢ instructed for the_build- ing_of -the_house_of x=God. The length | by_cubits after the first xmeasure was}. etaplish- threescore cubits, and the breadth! ed. twenty cubits. 4.1 KIN. 6.3.
+ 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 [fa hundred and] twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. .
5 And the greater xhouse he ¢ cieled_ with cy fir tree, which he overlaid_with = fine gold, and set thereon palm_trees and chains.
6 And he garnished -the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold_of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also -the house, the beams, the ‘ posts, and the walls thereof,| 7. [Dee G and the doors thereof, with gold; and) | Sec B Rak.
8 And he made the_? most x=holy | £ thresholds. chouse, the length whereof was ac-|~ yop,
16. Acts 10. S
cording to the_ breadth of the house, | or HoLies.
twenty cubits, and the_breadth thereof s. 1 Kry..6.
twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with) 1621. See Ezek. 41.4.
. holy_of
| the holies.
fine gold, amounting to six hundred ; talents.