1 Kings 9
Names of God Bible
The Lord Answers Solomon’s Prayer(A)
9 Solomon finished building Yahweh’s temple, the royal palace, and everything else he wanted to build. 2 Then Yahweh appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him in Gibeon. 3 Yahweh said to him,
“I have heard your prayer for mercy that you made to me.
I have declared that this temple which you have built is holy
so that my name may be placed there forever.
My eyes and my heart will always be there.
4 “If you will be faithful to me as your father David was
(with a sincere and upright heart),
do everything I command,
and keep my laws and rules,
5 then I will establish your royal dynasty over Israel forever
as I promised your father David when I said,
‘You will never fail to have an heir on the throne of Israel.’
6 But if you and your descendants dare to turn away from me
and do not keep my commands and laws that I gave to you,
and follow and serve other gods and worship them,
7 then I will cut Israel out of the land I gave them.
I will reject this temple that I declared holy for my name.
Israel will be an example
and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
8 Everyone passing by this temple, as impressive as it is, will be appalled.
They will gasp and ask,
‘Why did Yahweh do these things to this land and this temple?’
9 They will answer themselves,
‘They abandoned Yahweh their Elohim,
who brought their ancestors out of Egypt.
They adopted other gods, worshiped, and served them.
That is why Yahweh brought this disaster on them.’”
Solomon Completes His Construction(B)
10 It took Solomon 20 years to build the two houses (Yahweh’s house and the royal palace). 11 When King Solomon had finished, he gave King Hiram of Tyre 20 cities in Galilee. (Hiram had supplied Solomon with as much cedar and cypress lumber and gold as he wanted.) 12 Hiram left Tyre to see the cities Solomon gave him. However, they didn’t please him. 13 “What kind of cities have you given me, brother?” he asked. So he named it the region of Cabul [Good for Nothing]. (They’re still called that today.) 14 Hiram had sent the king 9,000 pounds of gold.
15 This is the record of the forced laborers whom King Solomon drafted to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, the Millo,[a] the walls of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 (The king of Egypt captured Gezer, burned it down, and killed the Canaanites living there. Then he gave it to his daughter, Solomon’s wife, as a wedding present.) 17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth Horon, 18 Baalath, Tadmor in the desert (inside the country), and 19 all the storage cities that he owned. He also built cities for his chariots, cities for his war horses, and whatever else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or the entire territory that he governed.
20 The Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had been left in the land because the Israelites had not been able to claim them for God by destroying them.[b] They were not Israelites, 21 but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still slaves today.) 22 But Solomon didn’t make any of the Israelites slaves. Instead, they were soldiers, officials, officers, generals, and commanders of his chariot and cavalry units.
23 These were the officers in charge of Solomon’s projects: 550 foremen for the people who did the work.
24 Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
25 Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he built for Yahweh. He burnt them on the altar that was in Yahweh’s presence. And he finished the temple.
26 King Solomon also built a fleet near the Red Sea coast at Ezion Geber by Elath in Edom. 27 Hiram sent his own servants who were experienced seamen with the fleet. Along with Solomon’s servants 28 they went to Ophir, got 31,500 pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:15 The exact place referred to as “the Millo” is unknown.
- 1 Kings 9:20 “because the Israelites. . .” This clause from verse 21 (in Hebrew) has been placed in verse 20 to express the complex Hebrew paragraph structure more clearly in English.
1 Kungaboken 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
Herren uppenbarar sig på nytt för Salomo
9 Sedan Salomo hade byggt färdigt Herrens hus och även kungshuset och allt annat han hade känt längtan och lust att utföra, 2 visade sig Herren för Salomo en andra gång, så som han förut hade uppenbarat sig för honom i Gibeon. 3 Herren sade till honom: "Jag har hört den bön och begäran du har framburit till mig. Detta hus som du har byggt har jag helgat för att där fästa mitt namn för evig tid. Mina ögon och mitt hjärta skall för alltid vara där. 4 Om du vandrar inför mig, så som din fader David vandrade, med ärligt hjärta och i uppriktighet, så att du följer allt vad jag har befallt dig och håller fast vid mina stadgar och föreskrifter, 5 då skall jag låta din kungatron över Israel bestå för evigt, som jag lovade din fader David, när jag sade: Aldrig skall det på Israels tron saknas en avkomling av dig. 6 Men om ni och era barn vänder er bort från mig och överger mig och inte håller de bud och stadgar jag har förelagt er, utan går bort och tjänar andra gudar och tillber dem, 7 då skall jag utrota Israel ur det land som jag har givit dem. Det hus som jag har helgat åt mitt namn skall jag då förkasta från mitt ansikte. Och Israel skall bli ett ordspråk och en nidvisa bland alla folk. 8 Hur storslaget detta hus än är, skall var och en som då går förbi häpna och vissla. När man frågar: Varför har Herren gjort så mot detta land och mot detta hus? - 9 då skall man svara: Därför att de övergav Herren, sin Gud, som hade fört deras fäder ut ur Egyptens land, och höll sig till andra gudar och tillbad och tjänade dem, därför har Herren låtit allt detta onda komma över dem."
Betalningen till Hiram
10 Sedan Salomo i tjugo år hade byggt på de två husen, Herrens hus och kungshuset, 11 gav kung Salomo tjugo städer i Galileen åt Hiram, kungen i Tyrus, som hade försett honom med cederträ, cypressträ och guld, så mycket han begärde. 12 Men när Hiram från Tyrus begav sig ut för att se på de städer som Salomo hade givit honom, tyckte han inte om dem, 13 utan sade: "Vad är detta för städer som du har gett mig, min broder?" Han kallade dem Kabuls land, som de heter än i dag. 14 Men Hiram hade sänt etthundratjugo talenter guld till kungen.
Salomos övriga byggnadsverksamhet
15 På följande sätt förhöll det sig med det arbetsfolk som kung Salomo samlade för att bygga Herrens hus, sitt eget hus och Millo liksom Jerusalems murar samt Hasor, Megiddo och Gezer. 16 Farao, kungen i Egypten, hade dragit upp och intagit Gezer och tänt eld på staden och dödat de kananeer som bodde där. Sedan hade han givit den till hemgift åt sin dotter, som var Salomos hustru. 17 Men Salomo byggde upp Gezer och Nedre Bet-Horon, 18 Baalat och Tamar i öknen där i landet, 19 vidare alla de städer där han hade sina förråd, vagnar och hästar, och allt annat han önskade bygga i Jerusalem, på Libanon och i övrigt i det land som lydde under hans välde. 20 Allt det folk som fanns kvar av amoreerna, hetiterna, perisseerna, hiveerna och jebusiterna, alltså de som inte tillhörde Israels barn 21 - deras avkomlingar, så många som fanns kvar i landet efter dem därför att Israels barn inte hade förmått ge dem till spillo - dem gjorde Salomo till arbetspliktiga tjänare, så som de är än i dag. 22 Men av Israels barn gjorde Salomo ingen till slav, utan de blev krigare och hans tjänare, befälhavare och kämpar eller tillsyningsmän för hans vagnar och ridhästar. 23 Överfogdarna över Salomos arbeten var femhundrafemtio. Dessa hade befälet över folket som utförde arbetet.
24 När faraos dotter hade flyttat upp från Davids stad till det hus som Salomo hade byggt åt henne, byggde han också Millo.
25 Salomo offrade tre gånger om året brännoffer och gemenskapsoffer på det altare som han hade byggt åt Herren och tände på det rökelsen inför Herrens ansikte. Så hade han då gjort huset färdigt.
26 Kung Salomo byggde också en flotta i Esjon-Geber, som ligger vid Elot, på stranden av Röda havet, i Edoms land. 27 På denna flotta sände Hiram av sitt folk sjökunnigt skeppsmanskap, som följde med Salomos folk. 28 De for till Ofir och hämtade därifrån guld, fyrahundratjugo talenter, som de förde till kung Salomo.
1 Kings 9
New International Version
The Lord Appears to Solomon(A)
9 When Solomon had finished(B) building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared(C) to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:
“I have heard(D) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(E) there forever. My eyes(F) and my heart will always be there.
4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(G) and uprightness, as David(H) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(I) 5 I will establish(J) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(K) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(L) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(M) and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land(N) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(O) Israel will then become a byword(P) and an object of ridicule(Q) among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(R) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(S) 9 People will answer,(T) ‘Because they have forsaken(U) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(V) on them.’”
Solomon’s Other Activities(W)
10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace— 11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold(X) he wanted. 12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 13 “What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,[d](Y) a name they have to this day. 14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[e] of gold.(Z)
15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(AA) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[f](AB) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(AC) Megiddo and Gezer.(AD) 16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter,(AE) Solomon’s wife. 17 And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,(AF) 18 Baalath,(AG) and Tadmor[g] in the desert, within his land, 19 as well as all his store cities(AH) and the towns for his chariots(AI) and for his horses[h]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
20 There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites,(AJ) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(AK) (these peoples were not Israelites). 21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(AL) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[i](AM)—to serve as slave labor,(AN) as it is to this day. 22 But Solomon did not make slaves(AO) of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers. 23 They were also the chief officials(AP) in charge of Solomon’s projects—550 officials supervising those who did the work.
24 After Pharaoh’s daughter(AQ) had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.(AR)
25 Three(AS) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.
26 King Solomon also built ships(AT) at Ezion Geber,(AU) which is near Elath(AV) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[j] 27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(AW) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir(AX) and brought back 420 talents[k] of gold,(AY) which they delivered to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all
- 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
- 1 Kings 9:14 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
- 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24
- 1 Kings 9:18 The Hebrew may also be read Tamar.
- 1 Kings 9:19 Or charioteers
- 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds
- 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons
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