Solomon's prayer at the Before CHRIST 1004. 1 Or, right. 12 Chr. 6. 36, Prov. 20. 9. Ecc. 7. 20. James 3. 2. 1 John 1. 8, 10. Til Lev. 26. 34, 44. Deut. 28. 36. 64. Lev. 26. 40. ↑ Heb. bring back to their heart. Neli. 1. 6. Ps. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5. P Jer. 29. 12. 13, 14 9 Dan. 6. 10. 1 Or, right. ? Ezra 7, 6. Ps. 106. 46. ⚫ Deut. 9. 29. Neh. 1. 10. t Deut. 4. 20. Jer. 11. 4. Ex. 19. 5. Deut. 9. 26, 29. & 14.2. Before CHRIST 1004. their prayer and their supplica- | knees with his hands spread up 55 And he stood, and blessed 48 And so Preturn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto 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 their supplication in heaven thy dwellingplace, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: г 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, "as thou spakest 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 unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his Josh. 21. 45. & 23. 14. 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not + fail-Deut. 12.10. ed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor for-Deut. 31. 6. sake us: 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. Heb. fallen. Josh. 1. 5. P. 119. 26. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, Heb. the as the matter shall require: thing of a day in his day. Josh. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Kings 19. 19. Deut. 4. 35, 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 ch. 11.4. & keep his commandments, as at this day. 39. 15. 3, 14. &c. 62 And the king, and all Is-2 Chr. 7. 4. rael with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, 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 13 Chr. 7.7. hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that Chr. 4. 1. was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held ha feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath ver. 2. Lev. 23. 34. i Num. 34, 8. God's covenant with Solomon. Before unto the river of Egypt, before | proverb and a byword among CHRIST the LORD our God, seven days all people: and seven days, even fourteen 1004. Gen. 15. 18 Num. 34. 5. 12 Chr. 7. 8. m2 Chr. 7. 9, 10. 1 Or. thanked. about 992. 9 Chr. 7. 11. &c. b ch. 7. 1. ? Chr. 8. 6. d ch. 3. 5. Ps. 10. 17. days. CHAPTER IX. 1 God's covenant in a vision with Solomon, Hiram. 15 In Solomon's works the Gen ter remoreth to her house. 25 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 26 hs nary 8 And Pat this house, which is Before CHRIST about 992. P2 Chr. 7. 21. Deut. 29.24, 25, 26. & 7.1. 10 And it came to pass atch. 6. 37, 38. the end of twenty years, when built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, A Solomon had finished the holeste Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the LORD said unto him, Kings 20.5. I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name Deut. 11. 12 there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. fch. 8. 29. 4 And if thou wilt hwalk 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, kas I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 61 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 m 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 11 (Now Hiram the king of Chr. & 2 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. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. ↑ Heb. were not right in his eyes. 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he call-Josh. 19, 27. ed them the land of Cabul unto this day. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. That is, Displeasing. or, Dirty. 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon "ch. 5. 13 raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Je-ver. 24. rusalem, and y Hazor, and Megiddo, and a Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, band slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. His ships fetch gold from Ophir. I. KINGS. Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon. Before in all the land of his domin- | very much gold, and precious CHRIST ion. about 992. E2 Chr. S. 7, &c. h Judg. 1. 21, 27, 29. & 3. 1. i Josh. 15. 63. & 17. 12. Before CHRIST about 992. stones: and when she was come 20 And all the people that were to Solomon, she communed with left of the Amorites, Hittites, him of all that was in her heart. Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebu- 3 And Solomon told her all her sites, which were not of the chil-questions: there was not any Heb, words. dren of Israel, thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to Judg. 1. 28. destroy, kupon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. I See Gen. 9. 25.25. Ezra 2. 55, 58. Nel 7.57. & 11. 3. Lev. 25. 39. * See ? Chr. 8. 10. ch. 3. 1. 2 Chr. 8. 11. Pch. 7. 8. 42 Sam. 5. 9. ch. 11. 27. ↑ Heb. upon it. 2 Chr. 8. 17. 18. t Num. 33. 35. ch. 10. 11. * Job 22. 24. • 2 Chr. 9. 1. Matt. 12. 42. 22 But of the children of Israel 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solo mon had built for her: then did he build Millo. 25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense tupon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the tshore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11h And the navy also of Hiram, ch. 9. 27. that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and pre cious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there algum trees, 2 Chr. 9. 8. & 9. 10, 11. 12 Chr. 9. 11. 10r, rails. Heb. a prop. of Solomon concerning the name 2 And she came to Jerusalem Solomon's wealth and wisdom. Before CHRIST about 992. Ps. 72. 10. I. KINGS. salem. Solomon seduced to idolatry. she turned and went to her own | bestowed in the cities for char- 15 Besides that he had of the 1 Or, captains. ch. 14. 26. ach. 7. 2. 2 Chr. 9. 17, &c. ↑ Heb. on the hinder part thereof. ↑ Heb. hands. ↑ Heb. so. P 2 Chr. 9. 20, &c. I Or, there was no sil ver in them. 4 Gen. 10. 4. 2 Chr. 20. 36. 17 And he made m three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 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 t behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood bef side the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 21 PAnd 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; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of a Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 Soking Solomon exceeded ch. 3. 12, 13. all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. to be in Jerusalem as stones, and 28+ And Solomon had horses 1 Solomon's wives and concubines. 4 In his Josh. 1. 4. 2 Kings 7. 6. their hand. about 992. Neh. 13 26. 10r, berides. Deut. 17. 17. Deut. 7. 3,4. 2 Of the nations concerning children of Israel, Ye shall not Ex. 34. 16. which the LORD said unto the go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. about 984. wives, princesses, and Deut. 17. 17. Neh. 13. 26. father. For Solomon went after Ash-ver. 32. sight of the LORD, and twent Judg. 2. 13. 2 Kings 23. 13. ICalled, Molech, ver. 7. Heb. fulfilled not after. Num. 14. 24. h Num. 33. 52. high place for Chemosh, the iNum. 21. 29. Judg. 11. 24. k2 Kings 23. 13. God threateneth him. Before for Molech, the abomination of ter of his own wife, the sister of CHRIST the children of Ammon. about 984. 1 ver. 2, 3. ch. 3. 5. & 9.2. a ch. 6, 19. & 9.6 ↑ Heb. is with thee. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 T And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared I unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend ch. 12. 15, 16. the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. ver. 31. P2 Sam. 7. 15. 12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 PHowbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Deut. 12.11. Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. ch. 12. 20. 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom :) Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. Before CHRIST about 984. 21 And when Hadad heard inch. 2. 10, 34. Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, † Let me depart, Heb. Send that I may go to mine own country. me away. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: † Heb. Not. howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord y Hadadezer king of 12 Sam & a Zobah: & 10. 8, 18. 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of 2 Sam && Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted Sam. 20. up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and trepaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 17 That Hadad fled, he and cer- 28 And the man Jeroboam was 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sis d 21. ch. 9. 24. Heb. closed. ↑ Heb. did work. ↑ Heb burden. about 980. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him ch. 14. 2. in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and See1 Sam. erent it in twelve pieces: 15. 27. & 24. |