3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.1 4 But the ark of 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.

h

k much as
the dust
of the
earth.

1 Pr.4.7.

De.31.2

Pr.23.1

He.4.12.

5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, i hem Nu.27.17. put before the tabernacle of the LORD and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 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.

o c.9.22.
Ec.2.9.
Ja.1.5.

p Mat.6.33.
q1Ch.29.25.

&c.

с

4 Behold, I build a house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn a before him sweet incense, and for the continual shew-bread, and for the burntofferings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

5 And the house which I build is great; for h great is our God above all gods.

6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing * the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I

sacrifice before him?

7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast 1 Ki.10.16, should build him a house, save only to burn showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. 9 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.

k

12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and P 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 was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

r

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 silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty and so brought they out horses for all

:

81 Ki. 10.27,
&c.
Job 22.24.

t gave.

forth of
the horses
which
was Solo-
mon's.

7 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, the going 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. 8 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,

▼ hands.

a 1 Ki.5.2,
&c.

bor
Hiram,
1 KL.5.1.

1 Ch.14.1.
Ex.30.7.
incense of

e

spices.

f Ex.25.30.

11

9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be Wonderful great.

10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thouLe.24.5..9 sand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11 ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in 10.10, blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also Re. 10.6. 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 14. men of my lord David thy father.

Building of Solomon's temple. 2 CHRONICLES.-CHAP. III., IV.

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 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.

w the

A. M. 2989.
B. C. 1015.

t according

The courts, instruments, &c.

15 ¶ Also he made before the house two pillars P of thirty and five cubits high, and the to all thy chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

need.

u Japho.
Jos. 19.46.
Ac. 9.36.

vi Ki.9.20,
21.
c.8.7,8.

the men,

the tran
gers.

17 And Solomon numbered all strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thou-AM 2993. sand and six hundred.

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.

1Ch.22.2.

B. C. 1011. a 1 Ki.6.1, &c.

b Ge.222,

14.

or, which

was seen

of David
his father.

d1Ch.21.18

e or, Arau-
nah.
28a.24.18.

f founded.

1Ch.28.11
J.10.23

Ac.3.11.
5.12.

covered.
Ch.29.2,

16 And he made chains as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

17 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 Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. S

CHAPTER IV.

1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea upon twelve oxen. 6 The ten lavers, candle sticks, and tables. 9 The courts, and the instruments of brass. 19 The instruments of gold.

OREOVER he made an altar of brass, M twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. Is. 54.11, 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking Re.21.18. toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

8

12.

21.

He.9.3.9.

or, (as

some

think) of
moveable

work.

ward the

4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the mor, to breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 And the greater house he ceiled with 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.

house.
A. M.
2993..3000.
B. C.

1011..1004.

5 And the thickness of it was a hand-breadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, d with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in n Ex.96.31. them such things as they offered for the caused to burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on p1 the walls.

8 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. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

ascend.

7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he make a hundred basins of gold.

h

9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

11 ¶ And Huram made the pots, and the shoe from his vels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

his brim.

d or, like a
lily-flower.

e the work

of burnt
He.9.23.
Ex.25.31..
Ch.2812

offering.

11 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 cu-f bits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 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, join-hor, ing to the wing of the other cherub.

40.
..19.
He. 8.5.

bowls.

i 1 Ki.6.36.
jor, bowls.
k finished
to make.

the

13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were m inward. 1 face of 14 And he made the vail" of blue, and pur-m 1 Ki.7.27, ple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.

43.

n or, cal
drons.

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the pillars;

13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

14 He made also m bases, and "lavers made he upon the bases;

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all their instruments, did Hu

2 CHRONICLES.-CHAP. V., VI. ram his father make to King Solomon for the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty house of the LORD of P bright brass. priests sounding with trumpets:)

1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle. 11 God
being praised giveth a visible sign of lus favour.
a all the work that Solomon made f P.2.6.
for the house of the LORD was finished:
and Solomon brought in all the things that
David his father had dedicated; and the silver,
and the gold, and all the instruments, put he
among the treasures of the house of God.
2 T Then Solomon assembled the elders of
.srael, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief
of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the cove- 1 De. 10.2..5.
nant of the LORD out of the city of David,
which is Zion.

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, a 1 Ki.8.12, in the room of David my father, and am set which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

12 Also P the Levites which were the singers, 43 all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being ar-e15 rayed in white linen, having cymbals and psal-r1 Ch.22.9. teries and harps, stood at the east end of the ver.4.

2 CHRONICLES.-CHAP. VII.

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto thy name the prayer that is made in this place.

41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of take them thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Then the king and all the people offered Eze. 10.3, sacrifices before the LORD.

God appears to Solomon.

2 CHRONICLES.-CHAP. VIII.

6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

B. C. 1004.

e 1 Ch.15.16
P&.87.7.

hand.

8 c.5.12

h Jos. 13.3,5.

i restraint.

&c.

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt-offerings, Ki91, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made wask De. 125. not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat.

8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

1 c.6,26.28.
Pa 107.34

m upon
whom my
name is
called.

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn Ja.4.10.
assembly for they kept the dedication of the
altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

m

13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble " themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

o Ac.9.11.

p Is. 45.19.
La. 3.40,
41.

q Is.59.20.

r c.6.27,30.

Solomon's buildings.

brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and la d hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

CHAPTER VIII.

1 Solomon's buildings. 7 The Geutiles which were left Solomon made tributaries; but the Israelites rulers. 11 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 12 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 14 He appointeth the priests and Levites to their places 17 The navy fetcheth gold from Ophir,

AND it came to pass at the end of twenty

years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in 'Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

e

7¶As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, prayer of and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,

s to the
this place.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; 18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted i 31. with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

h 1 Ki.9.23.

7.9.

Jholiness.

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my sta-k Jn.10.23. tutes and my commandments, which I have 1 Ex. 29.38. set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; .

20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all nations.

21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which

11 ¶ And Solomon brought up the daughter i of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are › holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses" of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so Phad David the man of God commanded.

15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

17 ¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and 2K14.2 to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.