David exhorteth to fear God. I. CHRONICLES. B. C. about 1015. 1 ch. 27. 16. ch. 27. 1, 2. His instructions to Solomon. ND David assembled all the hath chosen thee to build a house B. A princes princes the sanctuary: about 1015. of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the Or, and his king, and of his sons, with the " officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. * ch. 27. 25. Or, cattle. Or, eunuchs. 4 ch. 11. 10. 3 But God said unto me, Thou Kings shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, 13. ch. 17. 4. & 22.8. 5 And of all my sons, for the LORD hath given me many sons, he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD Over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, ° Solomon 102 Chr. thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ch. 22. 13. him. 12 And the pattern of all that het Heb. of all had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the y ch. 26. 20. treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: 7 Moreover I will establish his king- and for the golden basins he gave gold Heb. strong. dom for ever, if he be † constant to by weight for every basin; and likedo my commandments and my judg-wise silver by weight for every basin ments, as at this day. of silver: Jer. 9. 24. 8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart Ps. 101. 2. and with a willing mind: for the 3 m. 16. 7. LORD searcheth all hearts, and unch 29. 17. Pa derstandeth all the imaginations of 79. & 139. 2. the thoughts: if thou seek him, he Jer. 11. 20 & will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for 10 Take heed now; " for the LORD LORD. 1 Sam. 4. 4. 1 Kings 6. 23, &c. a See Ex. 25. 40. ver. 11, 12. b Deut. 31. 7, 8. Josh. 1. 6, 7, 9. ch. 22. 13. © Josh. 1. 5. Solomon anointed king. I. CHRONICLES. David's reign and death. B. C. 1015.ed the LORD God of their fathers, and 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second 41 Kings 1.35, time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. B. C. 1015. 1 Kings 3.13. 2 Chr. 1. 12. Ecc. 2. 9. 1 Kings 2. 11. u 2 Sam. 5. 5. 27 And the time that he reigned 2 Sam. 5. 4. over Israel was forty years; u seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, Gen. 25. 8. y ch. 23. 1. Or, history. Heb. words. 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, Dan. 2. 21. and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. 423 f 2 Sam. 6. 2, 17. 1 Chr.15.1. 5 Ex. 27. 1, 2. & 38. 1, 2. h Ex. 31. 2. ness. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the brazen altar, that h Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Or, was there. Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the i1 Kings 3. 4. congregation, and 'offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. k 1 Kings 3.5. 6. 11 Chr. 28, 5. m 1 Kings 3. 7, 8. + Heb, much as the dust of the earth. n 1 Kings S. 9. Deut. 31. 2. 7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me 1to reign in his stead. m 9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10" Give me now wisdom and knowlo Num. 27. 17. edge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 P And God said to Solomon, Be- B. C. 1015. cause this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, P1 Kings 3.11, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 12, 13. ch. 9. 22. Ecc. 2. 9. 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that 41 Chr. 29. 25. have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 T Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. $ 1 Kings 10. 27. ch. 9. 21. Job 22. 24. 15 And the king made silver and Heb, gre gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the 1 Kings 10. vale for abundance. 16 'And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, + by their means. CHAPTER II. Solomon's labourers for the building of the temple. 3 His message to Huram for workmen and timber. 11 Huram's kind answer. Solomon sendeth to Huram. B. C. 1015. 1 Or, Hiram, 1 Kings 5. 1. el Chr. 14. 1. 4 ver. L. 1. Ex. 30. 7. Heb incense of spices. II. CHRONICLES. 4 Behold, I build a house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Nam 28. 3, sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. Ex 25 30. Lev. 24. 8. 5 And the house which I build is Kings 8.27. great: for great is our God above all gods. Ch. 5.18. Is. 66.1. • Heh, hath reliaed, or, Chained strength. etto grave patags. 1 Chr. 22 15. 1 Kings 5. 6. Huram's friendly answer. man, endued with understanding, of B. C. 1015. Huram my father's, 13, 14. 14 The son of a woman of the q1 Kings 7. daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants : 16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 And Solomon numbered all r ver. 10. 1 Kings 5. 8, 9. + Heb. according to all thy need. Heb. Japho, Josh. 19. 46. the strangers. t As ver. 2. 1 Kings 5. 13, 15, 16. & 9. 20, 21. ch. 8. 7,8. 6 But who is able to build him at the strangers that were in the land + Heb.the men 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, * whom David my father did provide. of Israel, after the numbering where- ul Chr. 22. 2. 2. 18 And he set threescore and ten x As it is ver. thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people awork. CHAPTER III. 8 'Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, The place, and time of building the temple. 3 The 10r, almug and algum trees, out of Lebanon : HEN Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had preHeb great am about to build shall be † wonder-pared in the threshingfloor of || Ornan ad wonderful great. 1012. a1 Kings 6. 1, &c. || Or, which was seen of David his father. Or, Araunah, 2 Sum. 24. 18. b Gen. 22. 2, 14. 1 Chr. 21. 18. & 22. 1. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 Now these are the things where-d1 Kings 6. 2. in Solomon was instructed for the + Heb. found building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. e ed. 4 And the porch that was in the 1 Kings 6. 3. front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled 11 Kings 6. 17. with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with + Heb.covered. |
