1 When Solomon had finished building the Temple of Yahweh, the royal palace and everything else which Solomon had wanted to do,
2 Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 Yahweh said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and the entreaty which you have before me. I consecrate this temple which you have built: I place my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there always.
4 For your part, if you walk before me in innocence of heart and in honesty, like your father David, if you do everything that I command and keep my laws and my ordinances,
5 I shall make your royal throne secure over Israel for ever, as I promised your father David when I said, "You will never lack for a man on the throne of Israel."
6 But if you turn away from me, either you or your descendants, and instead of keeping my commandments and laws which I have laid down for you, you go and serve other gods and worship them,
7 then I shall banish Israel from the country which I have given them, and shall disown this Temple which I have consecrated for my name, and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
8 As for this once-exalted Temple, everyone who passes by will be appalled, and they will whistle and say, "Why has Yahweh treated this country and this Temple like this?"
9 And the answer will be, "Because they deserted Yahweh their God who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshipped and served them; that is why Yahweh has brought all these disasters on them." '
10 At the end of the twenty years that it took Solomon to erect the two buildings, the Temple of Yahweh and the royal palace
11 (Hiram king of Tyre had provided Solomon with all the cedar wood, juniper wood and gold that he wanted), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the territory of Galilee.
12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to view the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.
13 He said, 'What kind of towns are these you have given me, brother?' And to this day they are known as 'cabul-land'.
14 Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
15 This is an account of the forced labour levied by King Solomon for building the Temple of Yahweh, his own palace, the Millo and the fortifications of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer
16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt mounted an expedition, captured Gezer, burnt it down and massacred the Canaanites living there; he then gave the town as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife,
17 and Solomon rebuilt Gezer), Lower Beth-Horon,
18 Baalath, Tamar in the desert, inside the country,
19 all Solomon's storage towns owned by Solomon, all the towns for his chariots and horses, and whatever Solomon was pleased to build in Jerusalem, in the Lebanon and in all the countries under his rule.
20 All those who survived of the Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite and Jebusite peoples, who were not Israelites-
21 their descendants still remaining in the country on whom the Israelites had not been able to enforce the curse of destruction -- these Solomon levied as forced labourers, as is still the case today.
22 Solomon did not, however, impose forced labour on the Israelites; for they were soldiers, his officials, his administrators, his officers and his chariot and cavalry commanders.
23 There were five hundred and fifty officials in charge of the foremen over Solomon's work, who supervised the people employed on the work.
24 After Pharaoh's daughter had moved from the City of David up to the palace which he had built for her, he then built the Millo.
25 Three times a year Solomon presented burnt offerings and communion sacrifices on the altar which he had built for Yahweh and set his burnt offerings smoking before Yahweh. Thus he completed the Temple.
26 King Solomon equipped a fleet at Ezion-Geber, which is near Elath on the shores of the Red Sea, in Edom.
27 For this fleet Hiram sent men of his, experienced sailors, to serve with those in Solomon's service.
28 They went to Ophir and took on four hundred and twenty talents of gold, which they brought back to Solomon.
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1 Kings 9 tells the Lord's answer to Solomon after the completion of the construction of the temple and the palace. The chapter deals mainly to the covenant between God and Solomon, as well as the fulfillment of the promises God made to David. In addition, it also mentions the business relationship between Solomon and Hiram, king of Tire.
2 Chronicles 7:14: "If my people, which is called by my name, humble themselves, pray and pursue my face and move away from their evil ways, from heaven I will hear him, forgive his sin and heal his earth . " This verse speaks of the covenant between God and Solomon, and points out that if the people humble themselves, pray and seek the face of God, he will hear and forgive his sins.
Psalm 72:10: "May the kings of Tarshis and the coastal regions bring them tribute; may the kings of Sabbath and Sebá offer him gifts." This verse relates to the business relationship between Solomon and Hiram, and points out that other kings should offer taxes and gifts to Solomon as a form of respect and admiration.
Isaiah 2:4: "He will judge among the nations and resolve strife of many peoples. From their swords shall plows, and their spears, sickles. One nation will no longer raise the sword against another, they will no longer dedicate themselves to war." This verse relates to the covenant between God and Solomon, which guaranteed peace and prosperity to Israel during his reign.
1 Kings 3:11: "And God said unto him," Since he asked me and not a long life or wealth, nor did he ask for the death of his enemies, but discernment to rule with justice, I will do what he asked, giving him a wise heart and able to discern between good and evil. "This verse highlights the wisdom that Solomon received from God to rule with righteousness.
2 Samuel 7:12-13: "When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will establish your descendant to succeed you, who will come out of your own body, and will sign your kingdom. He will build a temple in honor By my name, and I will establish the throne of your kingdom forever. " This verse highlights the fulfillment of God's promises to David, which were fulfilled during Solomon's reign.
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