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: Before CHRIST, 1004. diction. 11 or, juris 12 Heb. thy called upon this name is 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 1 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 is 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 is 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 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 m2 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 meat ing-place, and maintain their 16 cause, lofferings, and the fat of the peace-offer wilderness, in the land, 3 And the Lord said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast 2 Chr. 8. 1. Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and 3 that which built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. perpetually. not right 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 1 Heb. were wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: in his eyes. 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, das I promised to David thy father, saying, 2 That is, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. displeas ing, or, пагrow. the desire 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 3 Heb. 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: 8 And at this house which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, of Solomon desired. 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 But Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then 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 s Why hath the LORD done thus to this 12 Chr. 8.11. the LORD, and he burnt incense 4 upon land, and to this house? the altar that was before the LORD. SO 9 And they shall answer, Because they he finished the house. 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 26 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. them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of 28 And they came to Ophir, and im 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 ported from thence gold, four hundred 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 targets: 18 The throne of ivory: 21 His vessels: 24 His presents: 26 His chariots and horsemen: 28 His tribute. A Before CHRIST, 984. 2 Chr. 9. 1. Matt. 12. 42. 1 Heb. 2 Heb. ND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning standing. the name of the LORD, she came to prove 3 or, butlers. him with hard questions. 4 Heb. word. sayings. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a 5 or, very great train, with camels that bore spices, and she had come to Solo- hast added and very much gold, and precious 6 Heb. mon, she communed with him of all that and good was in her heart. ness to the fame. 3 And Solomon told her all her 1 questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. wisdom 7 or, rails. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house 8 Heb. 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 apparel, 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. a prop. 15 Besides what he had of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spicemerchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the 10 governors of the country. And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 16 17 And he made 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 in behind: 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. 211 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of 2Chr. 9. 10. 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. 9Heb. ac- Solomon. 7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, 10 or, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: 6 thy 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. captains. 11 Heb. on the hinder part. hands. 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, who 12 Heb. 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. 13 Heb. so. was no sil. ver in 10 And she gave the king a hundred 14 or, there and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great quantity, and precious them. 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 suchalmug-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 I Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, elephant's teeth. face of. d2 Chr. 1.14. 17 Heb. & 9. 28. 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. 26a 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 2 Chr. 1. 16. 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. them from Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him for a wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tabpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country. 22 Then Pharaoh said to him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thy own country? And he answered, 5 Nothing: yet, in any wise let me go. 23 And God stirred him up another 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 2 went not fully after the sc. 12. 15. adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who LORD, as did David his father. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, 82 Sam. 8. in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and 14. for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9 And the LORD was angry with Sol fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24 And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a band, & when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt in it, and reigned in Damascus. omon, because his heart was turned from 4 Heb. Send Israel, and reigned over Syria. the LORD God of Israel, who had ap- me away. peared to him twice, 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred 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. 26 And i Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he raised his hand against the king. 5 Heb. not. 11. Wherefore the LORD said to Solomon, Forasmuch as this 3 is done by thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have command 27 And this was the cause why he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and 6 repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. ed thee, I will surely rend the kingdom 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon, see from thee, and will give it to thy ser- 2 Sam. 8.3. ing the young man that he was indus 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of trious, he made him ruler over all the s charge of the house of Joseph. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. Before CHRIST, 980. 34 Yet I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make c. 12. 15. him prince all the days of his life for Da vid my servant's sake, whom I chose, be- 9 Heb. lamp, cause he kept my commandments and or, candle. my statutes: 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to thee, even ten tribes. 10 or, words, 11 Heb. days. 36 And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city 12 Chr. 9. 30. which I have chosen for me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. ous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant to this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had Matt. 1. 7. grown up with him, and who stood becalled, fore him: Roboam. 9 And he said to them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken to all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do right in my #1 Chr. 10.1. yoke which thy father did put upon us sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a bc. 11. 40. sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed c. 4. 7. of David, but not for ever. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fied into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solo lighter? 10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to this people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shalt thou say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people 1 roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; 14 And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father. made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not to the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spoke by Abijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam 2 made |