1 So|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1004". Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129".
2 Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" again|strong="H8145", just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" at|strong="H0413" Gibeon|strong="H1391".
3 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413",
4 You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H0518" serve|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1980" a|strong="H0518" pure and|strong="H1980" honest|strong="H4941" heart|strong="H3824", just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213". You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H0518" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0859".
5 If|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" do, I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H3772" sure that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5921" family|strong="H0001" will|strong="H0834" always|strong="H5769" rule|strong="H4467" Israel|strong="H3478", just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3808" ruled by|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" descendants.
8 This|strong="H2088" Temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed. Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" amazed. They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" terrible thing|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004"?’
9 People|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H0935" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H2388" they|strong="H0834" decided|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" follow|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H0834" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H0935" served|strong="H5647" those|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". That|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" why|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0559" happen to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853".’”
10 It|strong="H1961" took|strong="H0853" 20 years|strong="H8141" for|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004".
11 Hiram|strong="H2438" supplied|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" with|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730", pine and|strong="H0776" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H5414" wanted, so|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" 20 cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0776" Galilee|strong="H1551".
12 So|strong="H5414" Hiram|strong="H2438" traveled from|strong="H3318" Tyre|strong="H6865" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3808" Hiram|strong="H2438" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5414".
13 King Hiram said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0834" these|strong="H0428" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", my|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251"?” King Hiram named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" Land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Cabul|strong="H3521". And|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H0776" is|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5704" called|strong="H7121" Cabul|strong="H3521" today|strong="H3117".
14 Hiram|strong="H2438" had|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H7971" about|strong="H4428" 9000 pounds of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H7971" use|strong="H7971" in|strong="H4428" building the|strong="H7971" Temple.
15 King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" slaves to|strong="H3068" work|strong="H1697" for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H0834" used these|strong="H2088" slaves to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" many other|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" Millo|strong="H4407" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" city wall|strong="H2346" around Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H0834" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" cities of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674", Megiddo|strong="H4023", and|strong="H3068" Gezer|strong="H1507".
16 In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" past the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H8010" fought against|strong="H4714" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Gezer|strong="H1507" and|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H5927". When|strong="H3427" Solomon|strong="H8010" married|strong="H0802" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323", Pharaoh|strong="H6547" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0784" city|strong="H5892" as|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5414" wedding present|strong="H5414".
17 Solomon|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Gezer|strong="H1507" and|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H1129" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth Horon.
18 He|strong="H0853" also|strong="H0853" built the|strong="H0853" cities of|strong="H0776" Baalath|strong="H1191" and|strong="H0776" Tamar|strong="H8559" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Judean desert|strong="H4057".
19 He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" could store|strong="H4543" grain|strong="H3605", and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" places|strong="H3605" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H6571". King Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" whatever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wanted|strong="H2836" in|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" ruled.
20 There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3498" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" land who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" Israelites|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" Amorites|strong="H0567", Hittites|strong="H2850", Perizzites|strong="H6522", Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H1121" Jebusites|strong="H2983".
21 The|strong="H0834" Israelites|strong="H3478" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H0834" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H2763" them|strong="H0310", but|strong="H3808" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H0310" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H0776" him|strong="H0310" as|strong="H0834" slaves|strong="H5647". They|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5704" slaves|strong="H5647" today|strong="H3117".
22 Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" force any|strong="H0376" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5414" slaves|strong="H5650". The|strong="H3588" Israelites|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H5650", government officials|strong="H8269", officers|strong="H8269", captains|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" chariot|strong="H7393" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" drivers.
23 There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" 550 supervisors over|strong="H5921" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" projects. They|strong="H0834" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0834" work|strong="H4399".
24 Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" moved from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" Solomon had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" Millo|strong="H4407".
25 Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H6471" year|strong="H8141" Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" burned|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H3068" fellowship offerings|strong="H8002" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". King|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" supplied what|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" needed for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1004".
26 King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H6213" ships|strong="H0590" at|strong="H5921" Ezion Geber. This|strong="H0834" town is|strong="H0834" near|strong="H5921" Elath|strong="H0359" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Red Sea|strong="H3220", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123".
27 King Hiram|strong="H2438" had|strong="H8010" some|strong="H0376" skilled sailors who|strong="H0376" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" well|strong="H3045". He|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H7971" serve in|strong="H0376" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" navy and|strong="H7971" work with|strong="H5973" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" men|strong="H0376".
28 Solomon’s|strong="H8010" ships went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ophir|strong="H0211" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" about|strong="H0413" 16 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".