¶ And it came¹ to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house² of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's³ desire which he was pleased to do,

That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he⁴ had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard⁵ thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed⁶ this house, which thou hast built, to put⁷ my name there for ever; and mine eyes⁸ and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And if thou⁹ wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity¹⁰ of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

Then I will establish¹¹ 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.

But if ye¹² 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 go¹³ and serve other gods, and worship them:

Then will I cut¹⁴ off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house¹⁵, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel¹⁶ shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

And at¹⁷ this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why¹⁸ hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

And they shall answer, Because¹⁹ 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: therefore²⁰ hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty²¹ years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

(Now Hiram²² the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon²³ gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee²⁴.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not²⁵.

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother²⁶? And he called them the land of Cabul²⁷ unto this day.

²⁸And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

¶ And this is the reason²⁹ of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build³⁰ the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo³¹, and the wall³² of Jerusalem, and Hazor³³, and Megiddo³⁴, and Gezer³⁵.

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 daughter³⁶, Solomon's wife.

And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron³⁷ the nether,

And Baalath³⁸, and Tadmor³⁹ in the wilderness, in the land,

And all the cities of store⁴⁰ that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired⁴¹ to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

¶ And all the people that were left⁴² of the Amorites⁴³, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

Their children that were left⁴⁴ after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not⁴⁵ able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy⁴⁶ a tribute⁴⁷ of bondservice⁴⁸ unto this day.

But of the children⁴⁹ of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men⁵⁰ of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

These were the chief⁵¹ of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

But Pharaoh's⁵² daughter came up out of the city of David⁵³ unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo⁵⁴.

And three times⁵⁵ in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt⁵⁶ incense upon the altar that was before⁵⁷ the LORD. So he finished the house.

And king Solomon made a navy⁵⁸ of ships in Eziongeber⁵⁹, which is beside Eloth⁶⁰, on the shore⁶¹ of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants⁶², shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

And they came to Ophir⁶³, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred⁶⁴ and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.