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, 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, 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. 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 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: 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? 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.
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, 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. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 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. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore 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. 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. 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 that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, 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, which 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 bondservice unto 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. 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.
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.
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.
26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, 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. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
1 Kad Salamans bija pabeidzis celt tā Kunga namu un ķēniņa namu un itin visu, kas tam patika un ko tas bija nodomājis uzcelt,
2 Tad tas Kungs parādījās Salamanam vēl otru reizi tā, kā Viņš tam bija Gibeonā parādījies.
3 Un tas Kungs sacīja viņam: „Es esmu dzirdējis tavas lūgšanas un arī tavas sauksmes, ar kādām tu žēlastību esi izlūdzies no Manis. Es esmu šo namu svētījis, kādu tu esi uzcēlis, lai mans vārds tanī mistu mūžīgi, un lai manas acis un mana sirds pie tā saistītos mūžīgi.
4 Bet tu pats, ja tu vien staigāsi manos ceļos tāpat, kā tavs tēvs Dāvids ir staigājis, ar sirds vientiesību un ar taisnu prātu pildīdams visu gluži tā, kā Es to tev esmu pavēlējis: lai tu sargā manus nolikumus un manas tiesas, —
5 Tad Es uzcelšu tavas valdības krēslu pār Israēlu uz mūžīgiem laikiem, kā Es tavam tēvam Dāvidam biju apsolījis: neviens pats tavs tiesīgais mantinieks netiks atrauts Israēla tronim.
6 Bet ja tu nogriezīsies un man nesekosi, —vai nu tu pats, vai arī tavi bērni, un jūs nesargāsit manus baušļus un manus nolikumus, kādus Es jums esmu cēlis priekšā, un jūs paši staigāsit un kalposit citiem dieviem, ar savām sejām nomezdamies to priekšā zemē,
7 Tad Es izdeldēšu Israēlu no tās zemes, kujm Es tiem esmu devis, un namu, ko Es savam vārdam esmu svētījis, Es atmetīšu no sava vaiga. Un Israēls būs par palamu un apsmieklu visām tautām.
8 Un šis nams, kas bija tik augsts, būs tāds, par ko katrs garāmgājējs vīpsnās un sacīs: „Kādēļ gan tas Kungs tā ir darījis šai zemei un šim namam?“
9 Un tad tiem atbildēs: „Tāpēc, ka viņi atstāja savu Dievu, kas viņus izveda no Ēģiptes zemes, un stipri pieķērās citiem dieviem, ka vini ar saviem vaigiem noliecās to priekšā zemē un tiem kalpoja, tādēļ tas Kungs pār viņiem ir licis nākt šai nelaimei.“
10 Un notika pēc divdesmit gadiem no tā laika, kad Salamans bija pabeidzis uzcelt šos divi namus, —tā Kunga namu un ķēniņa namu, —
11 Un kad toreiz Tiras ķēniņš Hīrāms bija Salamanu apgādājis ar ciedru kokiem un ar ciprešu kokiem un arī ar zeltu, kā arī ar itin visu, ko vien viņš bija vēlējies, —tad Salamans deva Hirāmam divdesmit pilsētas Galilejas zemē.
12 Un Hīrāms devās ceļā no Tiras apskatīt tās pilsētas, kutas Salamans viņam bija nodevis, bet tās nepatika viņa acīm,
13 Un viņš sacīja: „Kas tās tādas par pilsētām, kuras tu, mans brāli, man esi devis?“ Tādēļ tās nosauca par Kabula zemi līdz pat šai dienai vēl.
14 Un Hīrāms bija ķēniņam nosūtījis simts un divdesmit talentus zelta.
15 Bet lieta ar klaušu pildītājiem, kurus ķēniņš Salamans bija savācis, lai uzceltu tā Kunga namu un pats savu namu, Millas pili un Jeruzālemes mūrus, kā arī Hacoru, Megidu un Gezeru, ir šāda:
16 Ēģiptes ķēniņš faraons bija devies uzbrukumā, ieņēmis Gezeru un nodedzinājis to. Viņš bija ari nokāvis pilsētas kānaāniešu iedzīvotājus. Un pēc tam viņš to bija devis savai meitai pūrā, kas bija kļuvusi Salamana sieva.
17 Bet Salamans uzcēla atkal Gezeru, tāpat arī Lejas Bet-Horonu,
18 Viņš uzcēla klajumā Baālatu un Tamāru,
19 Kā arī visas pilsētas ar noliktavām, kādas bija Salamanam, un arī kara ratu novietņu pilsētas un jātnieku novietošanas pilsētas, un visu, ko vien vēl Salamans bija iedomājies uzcelt vai nu Jeruzālemē, vai Libanonā, vai viņa pārvaldītajā zemē.
20 Tad nu visus tos, kas bija atlikušies no amoriešiem, hetiešiem, ferisiešiem, hīviešiem un jebusiešiem, kas nebija no Israēla bērnu vidus,
21 Un bērnus, kādi šiem palicējiem bija palikuši tanī zemē un kurus israēlieši nebija varējuši pilnīgi iznīcināt, —tos tad Salamans sev izraudzīja par klaušu gaitniekiem, un tādi tie ir līdz pat šai dienai.
22 Bet no Israēla bērniem Salamans neprasīja, lai tie kļūtu vergi, jo tie bija karavīri, bija viņa ierēdņi, viņa virsnieki, viņa tuvākie valdības locekli, viņa kara ratu vadītāji un jātnieki.
23 Pārraugu vien, kas Salamanam bija izraudzīti darbu pārraudzībai, bija pieci simti un piecdesmit; tie pārlūkoja tos ļaudis, kuri pildīja darbus.
24 Arī faraona meita pārcēlās no Dāvida pilsētas pati uz savu namu, kuru viņai bija uzcēlis Salamans. Tad viņš uzcēla arī Millu.
25 Un trīs reizes gadā Salamans nesa dedzināmos upurus un kaujamos pateicības upurus uz tā altāra, kuru viņš bija uzcēlis tam Kungam, turpat arī kvēpinādams tā Kunga priekšā. Un viņš laimīgi pabeidza visus savus ēku celtniecības darbus.
26 Un Eceon-Geberā ķēniņš Salamans taisīja kuģus. Šī vieta atrodas pie Ēlatas, Ēdoma zemē, pie Niedru jūras krastiem.
27 Bet Hīrāms sūtīja kuģu apkalpei savus kalpus kuģiniekus, jūras pazinējus, kas darbojās kopā ar Salamana kalpiem.
28 Un tie devās pāri uz Ofīru; un tic atveda no turienes zeltu, četri simti un divdesmit talentu. Un tie tos atveda ķēniņam Salamanam.
