1 Kings, 9

1. And it came to pass, when 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,

1. After Solomon had finished building Yahweh's House, the royal palace, and everything he wanted to build,

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

2. Yahweh appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3. And the LORD said unto him, 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 there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

3. Yahweh said to him, "I have heard the prayer and supplication you made before me. I have consecrated this House you have built, that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there forever.

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:

4. As for you, if you will live in my presence, the way your father David did, with sincerity and uprightness, doing all that I have commanded you and keeping my decrees and laws,

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.

5. I will affirm your kingship in Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, 'You shall always have someone from your family on 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:

6. But if you or your children refuse to follow me, and disobey my commands and laws which I have set before you; if they serve and worship other gods,

7. 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:

7. then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them and I will remove from my sight this House I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

8. And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

8. This House will be reduced to a heap of stones and everyone passing by will be astonished and jeer: 'Why has Yahweh done such a thing to this land and to this House?'

9. And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD 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 hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

9. Then people will answer: 'Because they abandoned Yahweh their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they followed other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why Yahweh has brought all this evil on them'."

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

10. During these twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses - Yahweh's House and the royal house -

11. ([Now] 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.

11. Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with as much cedar, cypress, timber and gold as he wanted. 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.

12. But when Hiram left Tyre to visit the cities which Solomon had given him, he was displeased

13. And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

13. and said, "What kind of cities have you given me, my brother?" And that is why, to this day, they are called the land of Cabul.

14. And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

14. Hiram, however, had sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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

15. This is the account of the forced labor imposed by King Solomon for the building of Yahweh's House and his own palace, the Millo as well as the wall of Jerusalem; the cities of Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

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 unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

16. (Pharaoh king of Egypt had captured and burned Gezer, putting to death the Canaanites who dwelt there. Then he had given the city as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.)

17. And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

17. So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

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

18. Baalath and Tamar in the desert, in the land of Judah,

19. 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.

19. all the store-cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and those for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon wanted to build in Jerusalem, 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, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

20. On all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the people 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 bondservice unto this day.

21. their descendants who were left in the land and whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy - on all of these Solomon imposed forced labor and it remains so to this day.

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

22. Of the people of Israel, however, Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and horsemen.

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

23. The overseers of Solomon's work, in charge of those who were working, were five hundred and fifty.

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

24. When Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her, he began building the 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 upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house.

25. After Solomon had finished the House, he came three times a year to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built to Yahweh, burning incense before Yahweh.

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

26. King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Elath on the shore 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.

27. Hiram sent his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, to serve in the fleet together with the servants of Solomon.

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

28. They sailed for Ophir and brought back to King Solomon gold amounting to four hundred and twenty talents.