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knobs were cast in two rows, when it was

cast.

25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking towards the north, and three looking towards the west, and three looking towards the south, and three looking towards the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

26 And it was a hand-breadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the hight of it.

28 And the work of the bases was in this manner: They had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

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that he executed for king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two net-works, to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars;

42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of 11 Heb.in the pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were 14 upon the pillars;

base.

12 Heb. nakedness,

29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the ledges there was a base above and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin 13 Heb. work.

30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners of it had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

31 And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: but the mouth of it was round after the work of the base, a cubit and a half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the hight of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their fellies, and their spokes, were all molten.

34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

shoulder.

14 Heb. upon the face of the pillars.

15 Heb.made bright, or,

scoured.

16 Heb. in

the thickness of the

ground.

17 Heb. for the exceed ing multitude.

35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base its ledges and its borders were of the same. 36 For on the plates of its ledges, and on its borders, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the 12 proprotion of every one, and additions 18 Heb. around.

37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

38 Then he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

searched.

19 Heb. ashpans.

20 Heb. holy things of David.

39 And he put five bases on the right 13 side of the house, and five on the left 2 Chr. 5. 1. side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over « 2Chr. 5. 2. against the south.

40 And Hiram made the lavers, 1 Heb. and the shovels, and the basins. So Hi- princes. ram made an end of doing all the work

43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins and all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of 15 bright brass.

46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, 16 in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, 17 because they were very numerous: neither was the weight of the brass 18 ascertained.

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained to the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, upon which was the show-bread,

49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the 19 censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

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1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 12, 55 Solomon's blessing. 22 Solomon's prayer. 62 His sacrifices of peace offering.

HEN a Solomon assembled the el

Tders of Israel, and all the heads of

the tribes, the 1 chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

4 And they brought the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring.

5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were with him before the ark,

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or, ark: as 2 Chr. 5. 9.

altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards Heaven:

23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart.

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: thou didst speak also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

8 And they drew out the staffs, that the 2 ends of the staffs were seen out in the 3 holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there Deut. 10. 5. el, keep with thy servant David my fathey are to this day.

9 There was nothing in the ark & save the two tables of stone, which Moses de- 4 or, where. posited there at Horeb, 4 when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

c Ex. 40. 34.

d2 Chr. 6. 1.

25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israther that which thou didst promise him, saying, 5 There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; provided thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou didst speak to thy servant David my father.

27 But will God indeed dwell on the 11 So that the priests could not stand earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of to minister because of the cloud: for the 2 Sam. 7. 8. heavens cannot contain thee; how much

glory of the LORD had filled the house of LORD.

less this house that I have built?

28 Yet have thou respect to the prayer

12 ¶ Then spoke Solomon, The LORD 2 Chr.6.12. of thy servant, and to his supplication, a said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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O LORD my God, to hearken to the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee this day:

29 That thy eyes may be open towards this house night and day, even towards the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken to the prayer which thy servant shall make 7 towards this place.

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray s towards this place and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

31 If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, 9 and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thy altar in this house:

32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head;

18 And the LORD said to David my fa- Deut. 12.11. and justifying the righteous, to give him ther, Whereas it was in thy heart to build

a house to my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart.

7 or, in this
place.

8 or, in this

19 Nevertheless, thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house to my name.. 20 And the LORD hath performed his place. word that he spoke, and I have risen in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD prom-9 ised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Heb. and he require an oath of

him.

21 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them from the land of 10 or, to Egypt.

22 And Solomon stood before ƒ the

wards.

according to his righteousness.

33 When thy people Israel shall be smitten before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication to thee 10 in this house:

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.

35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy

people Israel, that thou mayest teach them the good way in which they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 ¶ If there shall be in the land famine, if there shall be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there shall be caterpillar; if their enemy shall besiege them in the land of their 11 cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there shall

be;

38 Whatever prayer and supplication shall be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands towards this house:

39 Then hear thon in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men ;)

40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest to our fathers.

41 Moreover, concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy out-stretched arm;) when he shall come and pray towards this house;

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that 12 this house which I have built is called by thy name.

44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray to the LORD 13 towards the city which thou hast chosen, and towards the house that I have built for thy name:

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1004.

11 or, juris. "diction.

12

Heb. thy

name is

called upon this

house.

.

13 Heb. the way of the

city.

14 or, right. * 2 Chr. 6.36.

1 John 1. 8.

10.

15 Heb. bring back

to their
heart.

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

51 For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

52 That thy eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all their supplications to thee.

53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thy inheritance, as thou didst speak by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.

54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees, with his hands spread up to heaven.

55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all 16 or, right. that he promised: there hath not 17 failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his

! Ex. 19. 5.

45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and main-17 Heb. tain their 14 cause. fallen.

46 If they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;

47 Yet if they shall 15 bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent and make supplication to thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

48 And so return to thee with all their

18 Heb. the

thing of a day in his day.

servant.

57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

58 That he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

59 And let these my words with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel 18 at all times, as the matter shall require:

60 That all the people of the earth may know, that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

62 T And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to the

heart, and with all their soul, in the land m 2 Chr. 7.4. LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen,

of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to thee towards their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

49 Then hear thou their prayer and

and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

64" The same day did the king consecrate the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there

their supplication in heaven thy dwell-2.Chr. 7. 7. he offered burnt-offerings, and meating-place, and maintain their 16 cause,

offerings, and the fat of the peace-offer

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house of the LORD, and the king's house,
and all Solomon's desire which he was 24.
pleased to perform,

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

3 And the LORD said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me: I have

Jer. 22. 8.

16 For 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 for a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

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

19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and 3 that which

hallowed this house, which thou hast 2 Chr. 8. 1. Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem,

built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 7 Then will I cut off Israel from 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 by-word among all people:

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8 And at this house which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,

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Heb. were in his eyes.

not right

That is, displeas ing, or, limited,

narrow.

3 Heb.
the desire

of Solomon
which he

desired.

and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20. And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel,

21 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 bond-service to this day.

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

23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.

24 T But Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then h Lev. 25. 39. he built Millo.

25 ¶ And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peaceofferings upon the altar which he built to

Why hath the LORD done thus to this 2 Chr. 8. 11. the LORD, and he burnt incense 4 upon

land, and to this house?

9 And they shall answer, Because they

forsook the LORD their God, who brought

forth their fathers from the land of Egypt, 4 Heb.
and have taken hold upon other gods, upon it.
and have worshiped them, and served
them: therefore hath the LORD brought

upon them all this evil.

the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

26 T And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the 5 shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of

10 ¶ And it came to pass at the end 5 Heb. lip. the sea, with the servants of Solomon. of twenty years, when Solomon had built

28 And they came to Ophir, and im

Before

15 Besides what he had of the mer

ported from thence gold, four hundred CHRIST, chants, and of the traffic of the spice

and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

CHAP. X.

1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. 14 Solomon's gold: 16 His tar. gets: 18 The throne of ivory: 21 His vessels: 24 His presents: 26 His chariots and horsemen: 28 His tribute.

984.

@2 Chr. 9. 1.

Matt. 12. 42.
Luke 11.31.

1 Heb.

words.

AND when the queen of Sheba heard stand

of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that

standing.

3 or, butlers.

4 Heb. word.

5 or,

wisdom

sayings. Heb. thou hast added and good ness to the was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her 1 ques-fame. tions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

5 And the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the 2 attendance of his ministers, and their ap-9 parel, and his 3 cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

6 And she said to the king, It was a true 4 report that I heard in my own land of thy 5 acts and of thy wisdom.

7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: 6thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore he made thee king, to do judgment and justice.

7 or, rails.

8 Heb.
62Chr. 9. 10.
Heb. ac-
cording to
the hand
of king

a prop.

Solomon.

10 or,

captains.

c. 7. 2.

11 Heb. on

the hinder
part.

12 Heb.

hands.

13 Heb. so.

14 or, there

was no sil. ver in them.

10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great quantity, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen 15 or, of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

12 And the king made of the almug trees 78 pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor have they been seen to this day.

13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold,

elephant's
teeth.
16 Heb.
sought the
face of.
d2 Chr. 1.14.

17 Heb.
gave.
2 Chr. 1. 16.
& 9.28.

18 Heb.

And
ing forth
of the hors

es which
was Solo-
mon's.

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18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round 11 behind: and there were 12 stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not is the like made in any kingdom..

21 ¶ And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; 14 none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, 15 ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

24 ¶ And all the earth 16 sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26 Td And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27 And the king 17 made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

28 ¶ 18 And Solomon had horses

brought from Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out 19 by their means.

CHAP. XI.

1 Solomon's wives and concubines: 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threateneth him. 14 Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who was entertained in Egypt; 23 Rezon, who reigned in Damascus; 26 and Jeroboam, to whom Abijah prophesied. 41 Solomon's acts, reign, and death: 43 Rehoboam succeedeth him.

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