1 Kings 9:1 It happened, when Solomon8010 had finished3615 the building1129 of the house1004 of Yahweh,3068 and the king's4428 house,1004 and all Solomon's8010 desire2837 which he was pleased2654 to do,6213 cr 2 that Yahweh3068 appeared7200 to Solomon8010 the second time,8145 as he had appeared7200 to him at Gibeon.1391 cr 3 Yahweh3068 said559 to him, "I have heard8085 your prayer8605 and your supplication,8467 that you have made2603 before6440 me. I have made2603 this house1004 holy,6942 which you have built,1129 to put7760 my name8034 there forever;5769 and my eyes5869 and my heart3820 shall be there perpetually.3117 cr 4 As for you, if you will walk3212 before6440 me, as David1732 your father1 walked,1980 in integrity8537 of heart,3824 and in uprightness,3476 to do6213 according to all that I have commanded6680 you, and will keep8104 my statutes2706 and my ordinances;4941 cr 5 then I will establish6965 the throne3678 of your kingdom4467 over Israel3478 forever,5769 according as I promised1696 to David1732 your father,1 saying,559 ‘There shall not fail3772 you a man376 on the throne3678 of Israel.'3478 cr 6 But if you turn7725 away7725 from following310 me, you or your children,1121 and not keep8104 my commandments4687 and my statutes2708 which I have set5414 before6440 you, but shall go1980 and serve5647 other312 gods,430 and worship7812 them; cr 7 then will I cut off3772 Israel3478 out6440 of the land127 which I have given5414 them; and this house,1004 which I have made holy6942 for my name,8034 will I cast out7971 of my sight;6440 and Israel3478 shall be a proverb4912 and a byword8148 among all peoples.5971 cr 8 Though this house1004 is so high,5945 yet shall everyone who passes5674 by it be astonished,8074 and shall hiss;8319 and they shall say,559 ‘Why has Yahweh3068 done6213 thus to this land,776 and to this house?'1004 cr 9 and they shall answer,559 ‘Because they forsook5800 Yahweh3068 their God,430 who brought3318 their fathers1 out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 and laid hold2388 of other312 gods,430 and worshiped7812 them, and served5647 them. Therefore Yahweh3068 has brought935 all this evil7451 on them.'" cr

1 Kings 9:10 It happened at the end7097 of twenty6242 years,8141 in which Solomon8010 had built1129 the two8147 houses,1004 the house1004 of Yahweh3068 and the king's4428 house1004 cr 11 (now Hiram2438 the king4428 of Tyre6865 had furnished5375 Solomon8010 with cedar730 trees6086 and fir1265 trees,6086 and with gold,2091 according to all his desire),2656 that then227 king4428 Solomon8010 gave5414 Hiram2438 twenty6242 cities5892 in the land776 of Galilee.1551 cr 12 Hiram2438 came out3318 from Tyre6865 to see7200 the cities5892 which Solomon8010 had given5414 him; and they didn't please3474 him. cr 13 He said,559 "What cities5892 are these which you have given5414 me, my brother?"251 He called7121 them the land776 of Cabul3521{“Cabul” sounds like Hebrew for “good-for-nothing”.} to this day.3117 cr 14 Hiram2438 sent7971 to the king4428 one hundred twenty3967 talents3603{A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons} of gold.2091 cr

1 Kings 9:15 This is the reason1697 of the levy4522 which king4428 Solomon8010 raised,5927 to build1129 the house1004 of Yahweh,3068 and his own house,1004 and Millo,4407 and the wall2346 of Jerusalem,3389 and Hazor,2674 and Megiddo,4023 and Gezer.1507 cr 16 Pharaoh6547 king4428 of Egypt4714 had gone up,5927 and taken3920 Gezer,1507 and burnt8313 it with fire,784 and slain2026 the Canaanites3669 who lived3427 in the city,5892 and given5414 it for a portion7964 to his daughter,1323 Solomon's8010 wife.802 cr 17 Solomon8010 built1129 Gezer,1507 and Beth Horon1032 the lower,8481 cr 18 and Baalath,1191 and Tamar8412 in the wilderness,4057 in the land,776 cr 19 and all the storage4543 cities5892 that Solomon8010 had, and the cities5892 for his chariots,7393 and the cities5892 for his horsemen,6571 and that2837 which Solomon8010 desired2836 to build1129 for his pleasure in Jerusalem,3389 and in Lebanon,3844 and in all the land776 of his dominion.4475 cr 20 As for all the people5971 who were left3498 of the Amorites,567 the Hittites,2850 the Perizzites,6522 the Hivites,2340 and the Jebusites,2983 who were not of the children1121 of Israel;3478 cr 21 their children1121 who were left3498 after310 them in the land,776 whom the children1121 of Israel3478 were not able3201 utterly to destroy,2763 of them Solomon8010 raised5927 a levy4522 of bondservants5647 to this day.3117 cr 22 But of the children1121 of Israel3478 Solomon8010 made5414 no bondservants;5650 but they were the men582 of war,4421 and his servants,5650 and his princes,8269 and his captains,7991 and rulers8269 of his chariots7393 and of his horsemen.6571 cr 23 These were the chief8269 officers5324 who were over Solomon's8010 work,4399 five2568 hundred3967 fifty,2572 who bore rule7287 over the people5971 who labored6213 in the work.4399 cr 24 But Pharaoh's6547 daughter1323 came up5927 out of the city5892 of David1732 to her house1004 which Solomon had built1129 for her: then he built1129 Millo.4407 cr 25 Solomon8010 offered5927 burnt offerings5930 and peace offerings8002 on the altar4196 which he built1129 to Yahweh3068 three7969 times6471 a year,8141 burning incense6999 with them, on the altar4196 that was before6440 Yahweh.3068 So he finished7999 the house.1004 cr 26 King4428 Solomon8010 made6213 a navy of ships590 in Ezion Geber,6100 which is beside Eloth,359 on the shore8193 of the Red5488 Sea,3220 in the land776 of Edom.123 cr 27 Hiram2438 sent7971 in the navy590 his servants,5650 sailors582 who had knowledge3045 of the sea,3220 with the servants5650 of Solomon.8010 cr 28 They came935 to Ophir,211 and fetched3947 from there gold,2091 four702 hundred3967 and twenty6242 talents,3603{A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tons} and brought935 it to king4428 Solomon.8010 cr