And it came to pass, whenSolomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’shouse, and all Solomon’sdesirewhich he was pleased to do,
And the LORDsaidunto him, I haveheard thy prayer and thy supplication, thatthouhastmadebefore me: I havehallowedthishouse, whichthouhastbuilt, to put my namethere for ever; and mineeyes and mineheartshall be thereperpetually.
And if thouwiltwalkbefore me, as David thy fatherwalked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I havecommandedthee, and wiltkeep my statutes and my judgments:
Then I willestablish the throne of thy kingdomuponIsrael for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, Thereshall not failthee a man upon the throne of Israel.
But if ye shall at all turnfromfollowing me, ye or yourchildren, and will not keep my commandments and my statuteswhich I have set before you, but go and serveothergods, and worshipthem:
Thenwill I cut off Israel out of the landwhich I havegiventhem; and thishouse, which I havehallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israelshall be a proverb and a bywordamong all people:
And at thishouse, which is high, every one thatpasseth by it shall be astonished, and shallhiss; and theyshall say, Why hath the LORDdonethusuntothisland, and to thishouse?
And theyshallanswer, Becausetheyforsook the LORDtheir God, who broughtforththeirfathers out of the land of Egypt, and havetakenholduponothergods, and haveworshippedthem, and servedthem: thereforehath the LORDbroughtuponthem all thisevil.
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnishedSolomonwithcedartrees and fir trees, and withgold, according to all his desire,) thatthenkingSolomongaveHiramtwentycities in the land of Galilee.
And this is the reason of the levywhichkingSolomonraised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
For Pharaohking of Egypt had gone up, and takenGezer, and burnt it withfire, and slain the Canaanitesthatdwelt in the city, and given it for a presentunto his daughter, Solomon’swife.
And all the cities of storethatSolomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and thatwhichSolomondesired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
Theirchildrenthatwereleftafterthem in the land, whom the children of Israelalsowere not ableutterly to destroy, uponthose did Solomonlevy a tribute of bondserviceuntothis day.
But of the children of Israel did Solomonmake no bondmen: but theywere men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
And threetimes in a year did Solomonofferburntofferings and peaceofferingsupon the altarwhich he builtunto the LORD, and he burntincenseupon the altarthat was before the LORD. So he finished the house.