The First Book of Kings, Chapter 9מלכים א 9

וַיְהִי֙ כְּכַלּ֣וֹת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה לִבְנ֥וֹת אֶת בֵּית יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵת֙ כָּל חֵ֣שֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָפֵ֖ץ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of YHWH, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

וַיֵּרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה שֵׁנִ֑ית כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּגִבְעֽוֹן

That YHWH appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי אֶת תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣ וְאֶת תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה לְפָנַי֒ הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי אֶת הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֔תָה לָשֽׂוּם שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כָּל הַיָּמִֽים

And YHWH said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

וְאַתָּ֞ה אִם תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לְפָנַ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלַ֜ךְ דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֨יךָ֙ בְּתָם לֵבָ֣ב וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁר לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ חֻקַּ֥י וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹֽר

And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, will keep my statutes and my judgments:

וַהֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜י אֶת כִּסֵּ֧א מַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְעֹלָ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי עַל דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מֵעַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.

אִם שׁ֨וֹב תְּשֻׁב֜וּן אַתֶּ֤ם וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י וְלֹ֤א תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ מִצְוֺתַ֣י חֻקֹּתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶֽם

if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵעַ֨ל פְּנֵ֤י הָאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת הַבַּ֨יִת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְהָיָ֧ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכָל הָעַמִּֽים

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

וְהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה עֶלְי֔וֹן כָּל עֹבֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו יִשֹּׁ֣ם וְשָׁרָ֑ק וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל מֶ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְלַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה

And at this house, is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has YHWH done thus to this land, and to this house?

וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָזְב֜וּ אֶת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצִ֣יא אֶת אֲבֹתָם֮ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ וַֽיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ֙ בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וישתחו וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם עַל כֵּ֗ן הֵבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת

And they shall answer, Because they forsook YHWH 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: therefore has YHWH brought upon them all this evil.

וַיְהִ֗י מִקְצֵה֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר בָּנָ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת שְׁנֵ֣י הַבָּתִּ֑ים אֶת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of YHWH, and the king's house,

חִירָ֣ם מֶֽלֶךְ צֹ֠ר נִשָּׂ֨א אֶת שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בַּעֲצֵי֩ אֲרָזִ֨ים וּבַעֲצֵ֧י בְרוֹשִׁ֛ים וּבַזָּהָ֖ב לְכָל חֶפְצ֑וֹ אָ֡ז יִתֵּן֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה לְחִירָם֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים עִ֔יר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ הַגָּלִֽיל

( Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א חִירָם֙ מִצֹּ֔ר לִרְאוֹת֙ אֶת הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַן ל֖וֹ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יָשְׁר֖וּ בְּעֵינָֽיו

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֚ה הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥תָּה לִּ֖י אָחִ֑י וַיִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ כָּב֔וּל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

And he said, What cities these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִירָ֖ם לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

וְזֶ֨ה דְבַר הַמַּ֜ס אֲשֶֽׁר הֶעֱלָ֣ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנוֹת֩ אֶת בֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֤ה וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ֙ וְאֶת הַמִּלּ֔וֹא וְאֵ֖ת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְאֶת חָצֹ֥ר וְאֶת מְגִדּ֖וֹ וְאֶת גָּֽזֶר

And this the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of YHWH, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

פַּרְעֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֜יִם עָלָ֗ה וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת גֶּ֨זֶר֙ וַיִּשְׂרְפָ֣הּ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְאֶת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּעִ֖יר הָרָ֑ג וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֙ שִׁלֻּחִ֔ים לְבִתּ֖וֹ אֵ֥שֶׁת שְׁלֹמֹֽה

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 a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

וַיִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת גָּ֔זֶר וְאֶת בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן

And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

וְאֶֽת בַּעֲלָ֛ת וְאֶת תמר תַּדְמֹ֥ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ

And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

וְאֵ֨ת כָּל עָרֵ֤י הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וְאֵת֙ עָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת חֵ֣שֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשַׁק֙ לִבְנ֤וֹת בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹן וּבְכֹ֖ל אֶ֥רֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ

And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

כָּל הָ֠עָם הַנּוֹתָ֨ר מִן הָאֱמֹרִ֜י הַחִתִּ֤י הַפְּרִזִּי֙ הַחִוִּ֣י וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽמָּה

all the people left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which not of the children of Israel,

בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נֹתְר֤וּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא יָכְל֛וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם וַיַּעֲלֵ֤ם שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לְמַס עֹבֵ֔ד עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice to this day.

וּמִבְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא נָתַ֥ן שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עָ֑בֶד כִּי הֵ֞ם אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וַעֲבָדָיו֙ וְשָׂרָ֣יו וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

אֵ֣לֶּה שָׂרֵ֣י הַנִּצָּבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל הַמְּלָאכָה֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת הָרֹדִ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה

These the chief of the officers that over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

אַ֣ךְ בַּת פַּרְעֹ֗ה עָֽלְתָה֙ מֵעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔ד אֶל בֵּיתָ֖הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּֽנָה לָ֑הּ אָ֖ז בָּנָ֥ה אֶת הַמִּלּֽוֹא

But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which had built for her: then did he build Millo.

וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה שָׁלֹשׁ֩ פְּעָמִ֨ים בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה עֹל֣וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים עַל הַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַקְטֵ֣יר אִתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֖ם אֶת הַבָּֽיִת

And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to YHWH, and he burnt incense upon the altar that before YHWH. So he finished the house.

וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת אֵל֛וֹת עַל שְׂפַ֥ת יַם ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח חִירָ֤ם בָּֽאֳנִי֙ אֶת עֲבָדָ֔יו אַנְשֵׁ֣י אֳנִיּ֔וֹת יֹדְעֵ֖י הַיָּ֑ם עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אוֹפִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ זָהָ֔ב אַרְבַּע מֵא֥וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכָּ֑ר וַיָּבִ֖אוּ אֶל הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought to king Solomon.