1 Kings 3 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And Solomon contracted an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt,––and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem, round about. ² Save only, that the people were sacrificing in the high places,––because there had not been built a house unto the Name of Yahweh, until those days, ³ Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father,––save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense. ⁴ So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place,––a thousand ascending–sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.
⁵ In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,––and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee. ⁶ Then said Solomon––Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee, in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart, with thee,––and thou hast kept, for him, this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father,––and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in. ⁸ And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,––a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude. ⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,––that Solomon had asked this thing; ¹¹ And God said unto him––Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee. ¹³ Moreover also, what thou hast not asked, have I given unto thee, both riches and honour,––so that there hath been none, like thee, among the kings, all thy days. ¹⁴ And, if thou wilt walk in my ways, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out thy days. ¹⁵ And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and offered peace–offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.
¹⁶ Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king,––and stood before him. ¹⁷ And the one woman said––Pardon, my lord! I and this woman, dwell in one house,––and I gave birth to a child near her, in the house. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, the third day after I bare, that, this woman also, gave birth to a child,––we two, being together, there was no stranger with us in the house, none but we two in the house. ¹⁹ And this woman’s son died in the night,––because she overlaid it. ²⁰ Then arose she, in the middle of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid was sleeping, and laid it in her own besom,––but, her dead son, laid she in, my, bosom. ²¹ And, when I arose in the morning, to give suck unto my child, lo! it was dead! but, when I looked at it narrowly in the morning, lo! it was not, my son that I had borne. ²² Then said the other woman––Nay! but, my son, is the, living, and, thy son, the, dead. But, this, one kept on saying––Nay, verily! but, thy son, is the, dead, and, my son, the, living. Thus spake they before the king. ²³ Then said the king, The one woman, is saying, This, is, my son, the one that liveth, and, thy son, is, the one that is dead,––and, the other, is saying, Nay! but, thy son, is, the dead one, and, my son, the, living. ²⁴ And the king said––Bring me a sword! So they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ Then said the king, Divide the living child, in twain,––and give half to the one, and half to the other. ²⁶ Then spake the woman, whose was the living child, unto the king––for tender became her compassions over her son––so she said––Pardon, my lord! Give, her, the living child, and do not, kill, it. But the other kept on saying––Neither mine, nor thine, shall it be, divide it. ²⁷ Then responded the king, and said––Give, her, the living child, ye shall not, kill, it,––she, is its mother. ²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king,––for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.

¹⁶ and I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth,––so that, if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

⁷ And she said––Who would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age!

¹⁷ That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

¹² And he dreamed, and lo! a stairway, planted earthwards, with, its top, reaching towards the heavens,––and lo! messengers of God, ascending and descending thereon; ¹³ and lo! Yahweh, standing by him,––and he said, I, am Yahweh, God of Abraham thy father and God of Isaac,––The land whereon, thou, art lying, to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed;

⁵⁴ and Jacob offered sacrifice in the mountain, and called on his brethren to eat bread. So they did eat bread, and tarried the night in the mountain.

²⁰ And it came to pass, on the third day––the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants,––and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers, in the midst of his servants;

⁷ Then did the lean ears swallow up the seven fat and full ears. So Pharaoh awoke, and lo! it was a dream.

²⁰ and said, May it please my lord! We, did indeed come down, at the beginning to buy food.

³⁰ And Joseph made haste, for his compassions towards his brother, were pent up, and he sought to weep,––so he went into the inner chamber, and wept there.

¹¹ And Moses said unto God, Who am, I, that I should go unto Pharaoh,––and that I should bring forth the sons of Israel, out of Egypt? ¹² And he said––I will be with thee, and, this, to thee, [shall be] the sign, that, I, have sent thee,––When thou bringest forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall do service unto God, upon this mountain.

¹⁰ And Moses said unto Yahweh––Pardon, O My Lord! not a man of words, am I, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant,––for, heavy of mouth, and heavy of tongue, I am. ¹¹ Then Yahweh said unto him––Who appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not, I, Yahweh? ¹² Now, therefore, go,––and, I, will be with thy mouth, so will I direct thee, what thou shalt speak. ¹³ And he said––Pardon, O My Lord! send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send––

³¹ And, when Israel saw the mighty hand wherewith Yahweh had wrought against the Egyptians, then did the people revere Yahweh,––and they put their trust in Yahweh, and in Moses, his servant.

¹³ Now it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses sat, to judge the people,––and the people stood by Moses, from the morning, until the evening.

¹⁶ When they have a matter, they come in unto me, then do I judge between a man and his neighbour,––and make known the statutes of God, and his laws.

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; ⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

¹ But, if, a peace–offering, be his oblation, if, of the herd, he himself, be bringing near,––whether male or female, without defect, shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ² Then shall he lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it at the entrance of the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar, round about. ³ Then shall he bring near, out of the peace–offering, an altar–flame unto Yahweh,––the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins,––and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it. ⁵ Then shall the sons of Aaron make thereof a perfume, at the altar, upon the ascending–sacrifice, which is on the wood, which is on the fire,––an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.
⁶ But, if, out of the flock, be his oblation, for a peace–offering unto Yahweh, whether male or female––without defect, shall he bring it near. ⁷ If, a young sheep, he himself, be bringing near as his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ⁸ And he shall lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and shall slay it, before the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood thereof against the altar, round about. ⁹ Then shall he bring near, out of the peace–offering, an altar–flame unto Yahweh, the fat thereof, the fat–tail thereof entire, close to the backbone, shall he remove it,––and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ¹⁰ and the two kidneys, with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,––and the caul that is on the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. ¹¹ Then shall the priest make a perfume, at the altar,––the food of an altar–flame, unto Yahweh. ¹² But, if, a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ¹³ And he shall lean his hand upon its head, and shall slay it, before the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood against the altar, round about. ¹⁴ Then shall he bring near therefrom, as his oblation, an altar–flame unto Yahweh,––the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ¹⁵ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,––the caul upon the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. ¹⁶ Then shall the priest make a perfume at the altar,––the food of an altar–flame, for a satisfying odour,––all the fat––unto Yahweh. ¹⁷ An age–abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,––none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.

¹¹ And, this, is the law of the peace–offering which one may bring near unto Yahweh. ¹² If, for thanksgiving, he bring it near, then shall he bring near, with the thanksgiving sacrifice, perforated cakes, unleavened, overflowed with oil, and wafers, unleavened, anointed with oil,––and of fine flour moistened, perforated cakes overflowed with oil. ¹³ With perforated cakes of leavened bread, shall he bring near his oblation, with his peace–offering of thanksgiving. ¹⁴ Then shall he bring near, therefrom, one of each oblation, a heave–offering unto Yahweh,––to the priest who dasheth [against the altar] the blood of the peace–offering––to him, shall it belong. ¹⁵ But, as for the flesh of his peace–offering of thanksgiving, on the day of bringing it near, shall it be eaten,––he shall not leave thereof, until morning. ¹⁶ But, if, a vow or a freewill offering, be his sacrifice of oblation, in the day he bringeth near his sacrifice, shall it be eaten,––and, on the morrow, then may, the remainder thereof, be eaten; ¹⁷ but, as for the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice, on the third day––in fire, shall it be consumed. ¹⁸ And, if any of the flesh of his peace–offering, be at all eaten, on the third day, he that brought it near, shall not be accepted, it shall not be reckoned to him, unclean, shall it be,––and, the person who shall eat thereof, shall bear, his iniquity. ¹⁹ And, the flesh that toucheth anything unclean, shall not be eaten, in fire, shall it be consumed,––but, as for the [other] flesh, any one who is clean, may eat flesh.

³ What man soever, there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goat, in the camp,––or who slayeth it outside the camp; ⁴ and, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, bringeth it not in, to present [it as] an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood, shall be imputed to that man––blood, hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people: ⁵ to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which they are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahweh––unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest,––and that so, as peace–offerings unto Yahweh, they may offer them. ⁶ Then shall the priest dash the blood against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,––and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh;

²⁹ Do not profane thy daughter, by causing her to be unchaste,––lest the land fall to unchastity, and so the land be filled with wickedness.

³⁰ And I will destroy your high places, And cut down your sun–pillars, And cast your carcases upon the carcases of your manufactured gods,––Thus shall my soul abhor you.

⁶ Then said he, Hear, I beseech you, my words. When ye have your prophet, As Yahweh, in a vision, will I make myself known, unto him; In a dream, will I speak with him. ⁷ Not so, my servant Moses,––In all my house, trusty, is he:

² So they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the assembly,––at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying:

¹⁷ who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may take them out, and who may bring them in,––that the assembly of Yahweh become not as sheep that have no shepherd.

¹⁶ Honour thy father, and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded, thee,––that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee:

⁵ Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,––with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;

⁶ For, a holy people, art thou, unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground: ⁷ not because ye were more in number than any of the peoples, did Yahweh become attached to you, and make choice of you,––for, ye, were fewer than any of the peoples; ⁸ but, because Yahweh loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, did Yahweh bring you forth with a firm hand,––and redeem thee out of the house of servants, out of the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

¹² Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,––but to revere Yahweh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

² Ye must, utterly destroy, all the places, where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods,––Upon the high mountains, And upon the hills, And under every green tree; ³ And ye must tear down their altars, And break in pieces their pillars, And, their sacred stems, must ye consume with fire, And, the carved images of their gods, must ye fell to the ground,––And destroy their name out of that place. ⁴ Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God;
⁵ but, unto the place, which Yahweh your God shall choose, out of all your tribes, to put his name there,––as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;

¹⁷ There shall be no female devotee of the daughters of Israel,––neither shall there be a male devotee, of the sons of Israel.

¹⁵ A weight, full and just, shalt thou have, a measure, full and just, shalt thou have,––that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.

⁶ And Yahweh thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed,––to love Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

¹⁶ for thou must keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, which I am commanding thee, today, to love Yahweh thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his regulations,––so shalt thou live and multiply, and Yahweh thy God will bless thee, in the land which thou art entering to possess.

²⁰ to love Yahweh thy God, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him,––for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them.

² and said unto them––A hundred and twenty years old, am I today, I can no more go out and come in,––Yahweh, indeed hath said unto me, Thou shall not pass over this Jordan.

¹ Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

¹⁴ On that day, did Yahweh magnify Joshua in the eyes of all Israel,––and they revered him, as they revered Moses, all the days of his life.

³ Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai;

² then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities,––and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty:

¹ Now, Jephthah the Gileadite, was a mighty man of valour, but, he, was the son of an unchaste woman,––yet Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

²³ And Elkanah her husband said to her––Do what is good in thine own eyes, tarry until thou have weaned him, only may Yahweh establish his word! So the woman tarried, and nursed her son, until she weaned him.

¹⁸ So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day,––and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel.

²² For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.

¹⁶ But, all Israel and Judah, were in love with David,––for he was going out and coming in before them.

² Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou, wast he that led out and brought in, Israel,––and Yahweh said to thee––Thou, shalt be shepherd unto my people, Israel, and, thou, shalt become leader over Israel.

⁷ So then David captured the citadel of Zion,––the same, is the city of David.

¹⁷ So they brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent which David had stretched out for it,––and David caused to go up ascending–sacrifices before Yahweh, and peace–offerings. ¹⁸ And, when David had finished offering up the ascending–sacrifice and the peace–offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts. ¹⁹ And he apportioned to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and to women––to every one, a loaf of bread, and a sweet drink, and a raisin–cake,––and all the people went their way, every one unto his own house;

⁵ Go and say unto my servant––unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh,––Shalt, thou, build me a house, for me to dwell in;

⁸ Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock,––to become leader over my people, over Israel; ⁹ and was with thee, whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee,––and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth; ¹⁰ and will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, and they shall inhabit their place, and be unsettled no more,––neither shall the sons of perversity again humiliate them, as at first; ¹¹ even from the day when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, thus will I give thee rest from all thine enemies. And Yahweh must tell thee that, a house, will Yahweh make for thee. ¹² And it shall be that, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, then will I raise up thy seed after thee, which proceedeth from thine own body,––and I will establish his kingdom.

⁷ Then said Nathan unto David: Thou, art the man! Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––I, anointed thee to be king over Israel, and, I, delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ and gave unto thee the household of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah. And, if this had been too little, I could have further given thee more and more of such things.

²⁴ And David consoled Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her,––and she bare a son, and called his name, Solomon, and Yahweh loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah[=Beloved of Yah], for Yahweh’s sake.

¹⁷ So thy maidservant said, Pray let the word of my lord the king be comforting,––for, as the messenger of God, so is my lord the king, in hearing the good and the bad, Yahweh thy God, then, be with thee.

⁴⁷ Yahweh liveth, and blessed be my rock,––and exalted be the God (of the rock) of my salvation:–– ⁴⁸ The GOD who hath avenged me, and brought down peoples under me; ⁴⁹ And brought me forth from among my foes,––yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, from the man of violence, hast thou delivered me. ⁵⁰ For this cause, will I praise thee, O Yahweh, among the nations,––and, to thy name, will I touch the strings:–– ⁵¹ Who hath made great the victories of his King,––and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, to David and to his Seed, unto times age–abiding.

⁴⁸ Moreover also, thus and thus, hath said the king,––Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath given, today, one to sit upon my throne, mine own eyes also beholding it.

³ and keep the observances of Yahweh thy God, by walking in his ways, by keeping his statutes, his commandments, and his regulations and his testimonies, as written in the law of Moses,––to the end thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself; ⁴ to the end that Yahweh may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy sons will take heed to their way, by walking before me, in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, (then, said he) there shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel.

⁴ to the end that Yahweh may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy sons will take heed to their way, by walking before me, in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, (then, said he) there shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel.

⁶ Thou, therefore, must do according to thy wisdom,––but will not let his grey hair go down in peace, to hades.

⁹ Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.

³ Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father,––save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense.

⁶ Then said Solomon––Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee, in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart, with thee,––and thou hast kept, for him, this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day.

⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people?

⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,––that Solomon had asked this thing; ¹¹ And God said unto him––Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.

¹⁴ And, if thou wilt walk in my ways, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out thy days.

²³ Then said the king, The one woman, is saying, This, is, my son, the one that liveth, and, thy son, is, the one that is dead,––and, the other, is saying, Nay! but, thy son, is, the dead one, and, my son, the, living. ²⁴ And the king said––Bring me a sword! So they brought a sword before the king.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king,––for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.

²¹ And, Solomon, became ruler over all the kingdoms, from the River [even unto] the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt,––and these were bringing presents, and serving Solomon, all the days of his life. ²² And it came to pass, that Solomon’s provision for one day was,––thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal; ²³ ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep,––besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. ²⁴ For, he, had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even as far as Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River,––and he had, peace, on all sides of him, round about.

²⁹ And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart,––like the sand that is on the shore of the sea: ³⁰ so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East,––and all the wisdom of the Egyptians, ³¹ so that he was wiser than any man––than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol,––and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about. ³² And he spake three thousand proverbs,––and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five. ³³ And he discoursed of trees––from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out in the wall,––and he discoursed of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. ³⁴ And there came in, of all the peoples, to hear the wisdom of Solomon––of all the kings of the earth, who heard his wisdom.

³ Thou, knewest David my father, how that he could not build a house unto the Name of Yahweh his God, because of the wars that were about him on every side,––until Yahweh should put them under the soles of his feet;

¹² And, Yahweh, gave wisdom unto Solomon, as he promised him,––and it came to pass that there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and, they two, solemnised a covenant.

¹ And so it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year (in the month of Zif, the same, being the second month) of the reign of Solomon over Israel, that he began to build the house unto Yahweh. ² Now, the house which King Solomon built unto Yahweh, was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth,––and thirty cubits in height. ³ And, the porch in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, according to the breadth of the house,––ten cubits in breadth, in front of the house. ⁴ And he made to the house windows, with closed bars. ⁵ And he built––by the wall of the house––a gallery, round about, against the walls of the house, round about, both to the temple, and to the shrine,––and he made side chambers round about. ⁶ The, lowest gallery, was five cubits broad, and, the middle, six cubits broad, and, the third, seven cubits broad,––for he put, ledges, against the house round about, on the outer side, so as not to make fastenings in the walls of the house. ⁷ Now, the house, when it was in building, with whole quarry–stones, was built,––neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tools of iron, was heard in the house, when it was in building. ⁸ The entrance of the lowest story, was on the right side of the house,––and, by winding stairs, went they up unto the middle [story], and, out of the middle, into, the third. ⁹ So he built the house, and finished it,––and ceiled the house with planks and beams of cedar; ¹⁰ and built the gallery against all the house, five cubits in height,––and so fastened the house, with timber of cedar.
¹¹ Then came the word of Yahweh unto Solomon, saying: ¹² Concerning this house, which thou art building, If thou wilt walk in my statutes, and, my regulations, wilt practise, and so observe all my commandments, by walking in them, Then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father; ¹³ and will make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel,––and will not forsake my people Israel. ¹⁴ Thus Solomon built the house, and finished it;
¹⁵ and he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house, unto the cross–beams of the ceiling, he overlaid it with wood, on the inside,––and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of fir.

¹ But, his own house, was Solomon thirteen years in building,––so he finished all his house. ² Yea he built the house of the forest of Lebanon, a hundred cubits, the length thereof, and, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and, thirty cubits, the height thereof,––upon four rows of pillars of cedar, with beams of cedar, upon the pillars; ³ and it was covered with cedar above upon the joists, that were on forty–five pillars,––fifteen in a row. ⁴ And there were, window spaces, in three rows,––and light over against light, three times. ⁵ And, all the openings and the posts, were square in their frame,––and light was over against light, three times. ⁶ And, a porch of pillars, made he, fifty cubits, in length, and, thirty cubits, in breadth,––and, a porch, was on the one front of them, and pillars and threshold, were on the other front of them. ⁷ And, a porch for the throne, where he should judge, even the porch of judgment, made he, and it was wainscotted with cedar, from floor to ceiling. ⁸ And, his own house where he should dwell, in the other court within the porch, was, of like workmanship unto this,––a house also, made he, for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken [to wife], in a similar porch. ⁹ All these, were of costly stones, after the dimensions of hewn stones, sawn with saws, within and without,––even from the foundation, unto the coping, and without as far as the great court. ¹⁰ And, the foundation, was of costly stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹ And, above, were costly stones, after the dimensions of hewn stone, and cedar. ¹² And, the great court round about, was of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of beams of cedar,––both to the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and to the porch of the house.
¹³ And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram, out of Tyre: ¹⁴ son of a widow woman, was he of the tribe of Naphtali, but, his father, was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze, and he was filled with wisdom, and discernment, and knowledge, for executing all manner of work in bronze,––so he came unto King Solomon, and executed all his work. ¹⁵ And he cast two pillars of bronze,––eighteen cubits, the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, would surround the second pillar.

⁶³ So Solomon offered as a sacrifice of peace–offerings, which he offered unto Yahweh––Oxen, two and twenty thousand, and Sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,––Thus did, the king and all the sons of Israel, dedicate the house of Yahweh.

⁶⁵ And Solomon made, at that time, a festival––and all Israel with him––a great convocation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the ravine of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days, and seven days,––fourteen days.

² then appeared Yahweh unto Solomon, a second time,––as he appeared unto him, in Gibeon.

⁴ As for thee, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, with a whole heart and with uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,––and, my statutes and my regulations, wilt keep,

⁴ As for thee, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, with a whole heart and with uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,––and, my statutes and my regulations, wilt keep, ⁵ then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel, unto times age–abiding,––as I promised unto David thy father, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel.

¹⁵ Now, the following, is an account of the tax which King Solomon raised, for building the house of Yahweh and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem,––and Hazor and Megiddo, and Gezer. ¹⁶ Pharaoh king of Egypt, had gone up and captured Gezer, and burned it with fire, the Canaanites also who were dwelling in the city, had he slain,––and had given it as a dowry, to his daughter, wife of Solomon. ¹⁷ So then Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon, the nether, ¹⁸ and Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land; ¹⁹ also all the store cities, which Solomon had, and the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen,––and the desire of Solomon that he was pleased to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land that he ruled over.

²⁴ Scarcely had Pharaoh’s daughter come up out of the city of David, into her own house, which he had built for her, when he built Millo.

³ and Solomon answered her all her questions,––there was nothing hidden from the king, which he told her not. ⁴ And, when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon,––and the house which he had built; ⁵ and the food of his table, and the seated assembly of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers with their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he ascended unto the house of Yahweh, there was in her no more spirit. ⁶ And she said unto the king, True, was the word which I heard in mine own land,––concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom. ⁷ Howbeit I believed not the words, until that I had come and mine own eyes had seen, and lo! there had not been told me, the half,––thou dost exceed, in wisdom and prosperity, even the report which I heard! ⁸ How happy, are thy wives, how happy, are these thy servants,––who do stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom!

²³ So King Solomon became greater than any of the kings of the earth,––for riches and for wisdom.

²³ So King Solomon became greater than any of the kings of the earth,––for riches and for wisdom. ²⁴ And, all the earth, did seek the face of Solomon,––to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

²⁴ And, all the earth, did seek the face of Solomon,––to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. ²⁵ And, they, did bring every man his present––vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses and mules,––a rate of a year in a year. ²⁶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and so it was that he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,––for whom he found place in the chariot cities, and near the king, in Jerusalem. ²⁷ And the king caused silver in Jerusalem to be as stones,––cedars also, caused he to be as the sycamores that are in the lowlands, for abundance. ²⁸ And the horses that Solomon had were, an export, out of Egypt,––and, a company of the merchants of the king, used to fetch, a drove, at a price, ²⁹ And a chariot came up and forth out of Egypt, for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty,––and, so, for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means, came they forth.

¹ But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,––women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites:

⁴ Yea it came to pass, in the old age of Solomon, that, his wives, turned aside his heart after other gods,––his heart therefore was not sound with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

⁶ Thus Solomon did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––and went not fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.

⁹ Therefore did Yahweh shew himself angry with Solomon,––because his heart had turned aside from Yahweh God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice;

³⁴ Yet will I not take all the kingdom out of his hand,––but will suffer him to be, leader, all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose,––who kept my commandments and my statutes.

³⁸ So shall it be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as did David my servant, then will I be with thee, and will build thee an assured house, as I have built for David, and will give unto thee, Israel.

³ And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him,––and his heart was not blameless with Yahweh his God, like the heart of David his father.

⁵ because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,––and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him, all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

¹⁴ But, the high places, removed he not,––nevertheless, the heart of Asa, was blameless with Yahweh, all his days.

⁴³ And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, he turned not aside therefrom,––doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: nevertheless, the high places, were not taken away,––still were the people offering sacrifices and burning incense in the high places.

³ save only, that, the high places, took they not away,––still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

⁴ only, the high places, took they not away,––still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

⁴ Only, the high places, took they not away,––still were the people sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.

³⁵ Only, the high places, took they not away, still were the people offering sacrifice and burning incense in the high places,––he, built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.

⁴ He, removed the high places, and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stem,––and beat in pieces the serpent of bronze that, Moses, had made, because, until those days, had the sons of Israel been burning incense thereunto, so he called it Nehushtan.

²² But, if ye should say unto me, In Yahweh our God, do we trust, Then is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, and said unto Judah, and unto Jerusalem––Before this altar, shall ye bow down, in Jerusalem?

³ I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.

⁷ And David dwelt in the citadel,––for this cause, did they call it, The City of David.

¹ So they brought in the ark of God, and placed it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it,––and they brought near ascending–sacrifices and peace–offerings, before God. ² And, when David had made an end of offering the ascending–sacrifices, and the peace–offerings, he blessed the people, in the name of Yahweh.

³⁹ and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the habitation of Yahweh,––in the high place that was in Gibeon:

⁴ Go and say unto David my servant, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Thou, shalt not build me a house, to dwell in; ⁵ seeing that I have not dwelt in a house, since the day that I brought up Israel, until this day,––but have been from tent to tent, and without a habitation. ⁶ Wheresoever I have wandered with all Israel, spake I ever, a word, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I charged to shepherd my people, saying,––Wherefore have ye not built me a house of cedars?

² And David said unto Joab and unto the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel, from Beer–sheba even unto Dan,––and bring [the report] unto me, that I may know the number of them.

⁵ And Joab delivered the sum of the number of the people, unto David,––and all Israel was found to be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men, who drew sword, and Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men, who drew sword. ⁶ But, Levi and Benjamin, counted he not among them,––for detestable was the word of the king unto Joab.

²⁹ But, the habitation of Yahweh, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of ascending–sacrifice, were, at that time, in the high place at Gibeon;

¹² Only Yahweh give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel,––so that thou take heed unto the law of Yahweh thy God.

¹² Only Yahweh give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel,––so that thou take heed unto the law of Yahweh thy God. ¹³ Then, shalt thou prosper, if thou take heed to do the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh commanded Moses, concerning Israel,––be strong and bold, thou mayst not be in fear, nor be dismayed.

²³ But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,––because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,––neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

³ But, God, said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my Name,––for, a man of war, thou art, and, blood, hast thou shed. ⁴ Howbeit Yahweh, God of Israel, made choice of me, out of all of the house of my father, to become king over Israel unto times age–abiding, for, of Judah, had he made choice to be chief ruler, and, in the house of Judah, the house of my father,––and, among the sons of my father, with me, was he well–pleased, to make me king over all Israel; ⁵ and, from among all my sons,––for, many sons, hath Yahweh given me,––he hath made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh, over Israel. ⁶ And he said unto am, Solomon thy son––he, shall build my house, and my courts,––for I have made choice of him that he may be my son, and that, I, may be his father.

⁸ Now, therefore, in the eyes of all Israel––the convocation of Yahweh, and in the ears of our God, Observe and seek all the commandments of Yahweh your God,––to the end that ye may possess the good land,––and suffer your sons after you to inherit it, unto times age–abiding. ⁹ Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,––If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.

⁹ Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,––If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.

¹ Then said David the king unto all the convocation, Solomon my son, the one, of whom God hath made choice, is young and tender,––and, the work, is great, seeing that, not for man, is the palace, but for Yahweh Elohim.

¹² and, riches and honour, are from before thee, and, thou, art ruling over all, and, in thy hand, are power and might,––and, in thy hand, it is, to give greatness and strength unto any. ¹³ Now, therefore, O our God, we are giving thanks unto thee,––and offering praise, unto thy beautiful Name. ¹⁴ And yet, who am, I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer willingly like this? for, from thee, is the whole, and, out of thine own hand, have we given unto thee;

¹⁹ Also, unto Solomon my son, give thou an undivided heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,––to do the whole, and to build the palace for which I have prepared.

²⁴ And, all the rulers, and the heroes, yea moreover all the sons of King David, gave a hand, under Solomon the king.

³ and Solomon, and all the convocation with him, went to the high place that was in Gibeon,––for, there, was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh made in the desert.

⁶ And Solomon went up thither, unto the altar of bronze before Yahweh, which belonged to the tent of meeting,––and caused to go up thereon a thousand ascending–sacrifices. ⁷ During that night, God appeared unto Solomon,––and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. ⁸ And Solomon said unto God, Thou thyself, didst deal with David my father in great lovingkindness,––and hast made me king in his stead. ⁹ Now, O Yahweh Elohim, let thy word with David my father be brought to pass,–for, thou, hast made me king over a people, for multitude like the dust of the earth. ¹⁰ Now, wisdom and knowledge, give thou unto me, that I may go out before this people, and may come in,––for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

¹⁰ Now, wisdom and knowledge, give thou unto me, that I may go out before this people, and may come in,––for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? ¹¹ And God said unto Solomon, Because this was near thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, or the life of them that hate thee, nor even, many days, hast thou asked,––but hast asked for thyself, wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king, ¹² wisdom and knowledge, are granted unto thee,––moreover, riches and wealth and honour, will I give thee, such as the kings who were before thee did not possess, neither shall they who come after thee possess the like.

¹ Then Solomon gave word to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom. ² And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to hew in the mountain,––and, to oversee them, three thousand six hundred. ³ And Solomon sent unto Huram king of Tyre, saying,––As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, ⁴ lo! I, am about to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God, to hallow unto him––to burn before him sweet incense, and for a continual setting in array, and to offer ascending–sacrifices morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God,–age–abiding, is this [law] for Israel.

¹² And Huram said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth,––who hath given, unto David the king, a wise son, skilled in prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

⁵ And King Solomon offered a sacrifice––of oxen, twenty–two thousand, and of sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,––and so the king and all the people, dedicated the house of God;

⁷ And Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, for he offered there the ascending–sacrifices, and the fat portions of the peace–offerings,––because, the altar of bronze which Solomon had made, was not able to receive the ascending–sacrifice and the meal–offering and the fat portions. ⁸ And Solomon made a festival––at that time––for seven days, and all Israel with him, an exceeding great convocation,––from the entering in of Hamath, unto the ravine of Egypt. ⁹ And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast,––because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days. ¹⁰ And, on the twenty–third of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their own homes,––rejoicing and glad in heart, over the goodness which Yahweh had performed unto David and unto Solomon, and unto Israel his people.

¹⁷ Thou, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee,––and, my statutes and regulations, thou wilt observe, ¹⁸ then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom,––according as I covenanted to David thy father, saying––There shall not fail thee a man, to rule over Israel. ¹⁹ But, if, ye yourselves, shall turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you,––and shall go and serve other gods, and bow down to them,

¹¹ And, the daughter of Pharaoh, Solomon brought up, out of the city of David, unto the house which he had built for her,––for he said, A wife of mine must not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for holy are those places whereinto the ark of Yahweh hath come.

⁵ And she said unto the king, True was the word, which I heard in my own land,––concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom. ⁶ Howbeit I believed not their words, until I had come and mine own eyes had seen, when lo! there had not been told me, the half of the fulness of thy wisdom,––thou dost exceed the report which I heard. ⁷ How happy! are thy men, and how happy! are these thy servants,––who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom. ⁸ Yahweh thy God be blessed, who hath delighted in thee, to set thee upon his throne as king unto Yahweh thy God. Because of the love of thy God unto Israel, to establish them unto times age–abiding, therefore hath he set thee over them, as king, to execute justice and righteousness.

³ And it came to pass, that, Yahweh, was with Jehoshaphat,––because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not unto the Baalim;

³ And it came to pass, that, Yahweh, was with Jehoshaphat,––because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not unto the Baalim; ⁴ for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked,––and not according to the doing of Israel.

⁴ for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked,––and not according to the doing of Israel. ⁵ Therefore did Yahweh establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave a present unto Jehoshaphat,––and he came to have riches and honour, in abundance.

¹ And it came to pass, when Jehoshaphat had riches and honour, in abundance, that he contracted, by marriage, affinity with Ahab.

² And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that, David his father, had done.

³² And it came to pass that, the number of ascending–sacrifices which the convocation brought, was––seventy bullocks, and a hundred rams, and two hundred young sheep,––as an ascending–sacrifice unto Yahweh, all these. ³³ But, the hallowed beasts, were six hundred bullocks, and three thousand sheep. ³⁴ Only, the priests, were too few, and were unable to flay all the ascending–sacrifices,––so their brethren the Levites strengthened them, until the work was complete and until the priests had hallowed themselves, for, the Levites, were more upright in heart to hallow themselves, than the priests. ³⁵ Moreover also, the ascending–sacrifices, were in abundance, with the fat portions of the peace–offerings, and with the drink–offerings to every ascending–sacrifice,–thus was established the service of the house of Yahweh.

²² And Hezekiah spake unto the heart of all the Levites who were giving good instruction respecting Yahweh,––and they did eat the appointed feast seven days, sacrificing the peace–offerings, and offering praise unto Yahweh, God of their fathers. ²³ Then all the convocation took counsel, to keep seven days more,––and they kept seven days, with rejoicing. ²⁴ For, Hezekiah king of Judah, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and, the rulers, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep,–and, priests in great numbers, hallowed themselves.

²⁴ For, Hezekiah king of Judah, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and, the rulers, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep,–and, priests in great numbers, hallowed themselves. ²⁵ So all the convocation of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and all the convocation that came in out of Israel, rejoiced,––also the sojourners who were coming in out of the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Judah. ²⁶ Thus was there great rejoicing, in Jerusalem,––for, since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel, there had not been the like of this, in Jerusalem.

¹⁷ Howbeit, still were, the people, sacrificing in the high places,––only unto Yahweh their God.

² And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh,––and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside, to the right hand or to the left.

¹¹ And, thus, returned they, answer, to us saying,––We, are servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and are building the house which was built these many years ago, which, a great king of Israel, built and completed.

²⁵ And, thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint thou judges and magistrates, who shall administer justice to all the people that are Beyond the River, to all who know the law of thy God,––and, whoso knoweth not, ye shall teach.

¹⁴ should we again break thy commandments and join ourselves by affinity of marriage with the peoples of these abominations,––wouldst thou not be angry with us, unto a full end, that there should be neither remainder nor deliverance?

³ in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his rulers, and his servants,––the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers being before him;

¹³ They, have become rebels against the light,––they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof. ¹⁴ With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief. ¹⁵ And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on; ¹⁶ He breaketh, in the dark, into houses,––By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light; ¹⁷ For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death–shade, For, to be recognised, is a death–shade terror.

⁶ So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said:––Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared––to shew my knowledge unto you: ⁷ I said, Days, should speak,––and, the multitude of years, should make known wisdom. ⁸ Yet surely, there is a spirit in men, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth them understanding;

¹⁴ For, in one way, GOD may speak,––and, in a second way, one may not heed it:–– ¹⁵ In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed,

⁶ Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.

¹⁷ The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:

⁶ I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.

² He that walketh without blame, and doeth what is right, and speaketh truth with his heart;

²⁰ Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me; ²¹ For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God; ²² For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me: ²³ So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴ Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes.

⁴ Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age–abiding and beyond.

²³ Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness,––Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.

³ Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

¹ [Solomon’s.> O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
² May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

² May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

⁴ May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.

⁷⁰ And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep: ⁷¹ From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in,––To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.

⁷¹ From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in,––To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance. ⁷² So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.

¹¹ For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God,––Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame. ¹² O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!

¹⁶ With length of days, will I satisfy him, And will show him my salvation.

⁷ Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For, Yahweh, hath dealt bountifully with thee.

¹⁷ [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant––let me live, That I may observe thy word.

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.

⁷³ [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age–abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.

⁸ Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age–abiding.

¹² If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne.

¹¹ If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.

³ Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice; ⁴ If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her, ⁵ Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find. ⁶ For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding; ⁷ Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity, ⁸ To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard. ⁹ Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity––every noble course.

² For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee.

¹³ How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding, ¹⁴ For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase; ¹⁵ More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her: ¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;

¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour; ¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace; ¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent, is to understand his way, but, the folly of dullards, is a fraud.

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

¹⁶ To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

³¹ A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.

¹² The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh hath made them, both.

²¹ Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;

⁸ Do not go forth to strive in haste,––lest [thou know not] what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.

¹³ And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens,––the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,

¹⁶ Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem,––and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:

¹¹ Good is wisdom, with an inheritance,––and a profit, to such as see the sun.

¹⁹ Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.

¹⁵ but there was found therein, a man, poor [but] wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom,––yet, no one, remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength,––although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard. ¹⁷ The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard,––beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards. ¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

¹⁶ Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy,––and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:

² And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest, upon him,––The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge, and reverence of Yahweh; ³ So will he find fragrance, in the reverence of Yahweh, And not, by the sight of his eyes, will he judge, Nor, by the hearing of his ears, will he decide; ⁴ But he will judge, with righteousness, them who are poor, And decide, with equity! for the oppressed of the land,––And he will smite the land with the sceptre of his mouth, And, with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one;

¹⁶ And, Lebanon, is not sufficient to burn,––Nor, the beasts thereof, sufficient for an ascending–sacrifice!

¹⁵ Can, a woman, forget, her sucking child, Past taking compassion on the son of her womb? Even these, may forget, Yet will, I, not forget, thee:

²⁴ And it shall come to pass–That, before they call, I, will answer, And, while yet they, are speaking, I, will hear.

⁶ Then said I––Ah! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak,––For, a child, am, I!

²⁰ Was Ephraim, a very precious son to me? Was he a most delightful, child? For, as often as I have spoken against him, I have, remembered, him, again! For this cause, have my affections been deeply moved for him, I must have, compassion, upon him, Declareth Yahweh.

²⁶ Upon this, I awoke and considered,––And, my sleep, had been sweet to me!

³ Even wild dogs, draw out the breast, give suck to their whelps––The daughter of my people, hath become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert. ⁴ The tongue of the suckling, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst,––Young children, have asked bread, there was none, to break, it to them.

²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding:

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said––Of a truth, your God, is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets,––seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret.

²⁵ That, thee, are they going to drive forth from among men, and, along with the wild beasts of the field, shall be thy dwelling, and, grass––like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, will they suffer, thee, to be drenched, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,––until that thou come to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaesth, he giveth it.

³² And, from among men, are they going to drive, thee, forth, and, with the wild beast of the field, shall be thy dwelling, grass––like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,––until that thou come to know that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it.

¹ Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles,––and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine.

¹¹ There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and, in the days of thy father, light, and intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him,––and, King Nebuchadnezzar thy father, appointed him, chief of the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers,––thy father, O king!

¹⁸ As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

²¹ And, from among the sons of men, was he driven, and, his heart, to a wild beast’s, became equal, and, with the wild asses, was his dwelling, and, grass––like oxen, they suffered him to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, his body, was drenched––until that he came to know that the Most High God, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, whomsoever he pleaseth, he setteth up over it.

⁸ How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions.

⁶ Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending–sacrifice? with calves of a year old? ⁷ Will Yahweh, be pleased, with thousands of rams? with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, If, in my ways, thou wilt walk, and if, of my charge, thou wilt keep charge, Then, even thou, shalt govern my house, Moreover also, thou shalt have charge of my courts,––and I will give thee free access among these who stand by.

²⁰ But, when, these things, he had pondered, lo! a messenger of the Lord, by dream, appeared to him, saying,––Joseph, son of David! do not fear to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for, that which, in her, hath been begotten, is of [the], Holy, Spirit.

¹³ Now, when they had retired, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph, saying, Arise, take unto thee the child and its mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there, until I tell thee,––for Herod is about to seek the child, to destroy it.

¹⁹ But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt;

¹¹ I, indeed, am immersing you, in water, unto repentance,––but, he who, after me, cometh is, mightier than I, whose, sandals, I am not worthy to bear, he, will immerse you, in Holy Spirit and fire:

¹⁴ But, he, would have hindered him, saying––I, have, need, by thee, to be immersed,––and dost, thou, come unto me?

³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,––and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

⁷ Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find,––Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you. ⁸ For, whosoever asketh, receiveth, and, he that seeketh, findeth,––and, to him that knocketh, shall it be opened.

⁴² The queen of the south, will arise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it––because she came out of the ends of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! something greater than Solomon, here.

²⁵ and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came, and sowed over darnel, in among the wheat,––and away he went.

³ and said––Verily, I say unto you, Except ye turn and become as the children, in nowise, shall ye enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this child, the same, is the greatest, in the kingdom of the heavens;

²¹ And, he, said to her––What desirest thou? She saith unto him––Bid, that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus, answering, said––Ye know not what ye are asking: Are ye able to drink the cup, which, I, am about to drink; They say unto him––We are able.

³⁷ And, he, said unto him––Thou shalt love the Lord thy God––with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind:

²¹ And, an opportune day arriving, when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, and for the rulers of thousands and for the first men of Galilee,

³⁶ But, he, said unto them––What desire ye, I should do for you?

³⁸ But, Jesus, said unto them––Ye know not what ye are asking: Are ye able to drink the cup that, I, am to drink? or to be immersed, with the immersion wherewith, I, am to be immersed? ³⁹ And, they, said unto him––We are able. And, Jesus, said unto them––The cup which, I, am to drink, ye shall drink, and, with the immersion wherewith, I, am to be immersed, shall ye be immersed; ⁴⁰ But, to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except unto them for whom it hath been prepared. ⁴¹ And the ten, hearing, began to be sorely displeased, concerning James and John. ⁴² And Jesus, calling them near, saith unto them––Ye know that, they who think to rule the nations, lord it over them, and, their great ones, wield authority over them; ⁴³ But, not so, it is, among you. But, whosoever desireth to become, great, among you, shall be, your minister, ⁴⁴ And, whosoever desireth, among you, to be, first, shall be, servant of all; ⁴⁵ For, even the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but minister,––and to give his life, a ransom instead of many.
⁴⁶ And they come into Jericho. And, as he was journeying forth from Jericho, and his disciples, and a considerable multitude, the son of Timaeus, blind Bar–Timaeus, a beggar, was sitting beside the road. ⁴⁷ And, hearing that it was, Jesus the Nazarene, he began to be crying aloud, and saying––O Son of David! Jesus! have mercy on me. ⁴⁸ And many were rebuking him, that he might hold his peace; but, he, so much the more, was crying aloud, O Son of David, have mercy on me. ⁴⁹ And, coming to a stand, Jesus said––Call him! And they call the blind man, saying unto him––Take courage! rise! he calleth thee! ⁵⁰ And, he, throwing off his mantle––springing to his feet, came unto Jesus. ⁵¹ And, answering him, Jesus said––What desirest thou, I should do for thee? And, the blind man, said unto him––Rabboni! that may recover sight.

²⁴ For this cause, I say unto you––All things, whatsoever ye are praying for and asking, believe that ye have received, and they shall be yours.

²⁹ Jesus answered––The chief is: Hear! O Israel,––The Lord our God, is, one Lord; ³⁰ Therefore shalt thou love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,––and with all thy mind; and with all thy strength.

¹⁵ For, I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which one–and–all who are setting themselves against, you shall be unable to withstand or gainsay.

²⁰ For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;

³⁰ I, cannot be doing, of myself, a single thing,––Just as I hear, I judge; and, my judging, is, just,––because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³ To him, the porter openeth, and, the sheep, unto his voice, hearken: and, his own sheep, he calleth by name, and leadeth them forth. ⁴ As soon as, all his own, he hath put forth, before them, he moveth on, and, the sheep, follow him, because they know his voice;

⁹ I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.

¹³ And because, whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, the same, will I do, that, the Father, may be glorified, in the Son: ¹⁴ If anything ye shall ask [me] in my name, the same, will I do.
¹⁵ If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him.

¹⁶ Not, ye, chose, me, but, I, chose you, and placed you, that ye should go your way and bear, fruit,––and, your fruit, should abide: that, whatsoever ye should ask the Father in my name, he might give unto you.

⁴⁷ But, Solomon, built him a house. ⁴⁸ Although indeed, the Most High, not in hand–made places, dwelleth; just as, the prophet, saith–– ⁴⁹ Heaven is my thrown, and, the earth, is my footstool: What manner of house, will ye build me, saith the Lord,––Or what shall be the place of my resting?

²² And, setting him aside, raised up, David, unto them for king,––of whom he also said, bearing witness––I have found David, the son of Jesse,––[a man] according to my heart, who will do all my will.

³¹ Without discernment, regardless of covenants, without natural affection, unmerciful:––

²⁶ In the selfsame way moreover, even the Spirit, helpeth together in our weakness,––for, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not, but, the Spirit itself, maketh intercession with sighings unutterable,

²⁶ In the selfsame way moreover, even the Spirit, helpeth together in our weakness,––for, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not, but, the Spirit itself, maketh intercession with sighings unutterable, ²⁷ And, he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is preferred by the Spirit––that, according to God, he maketh intercession in behalf of saints; ²⁸ We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good,––unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;

³² He, at least, who his own Son did not spare, but in behalf of us all delivered him up, how shall he not also, with him, all things upon us in favour bestow?

⁷ Render unto all their dues,––unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.

²⁴ But, unto the called themselves––both Jews and Greeks, Christ, God’s power, and, God’s wisdom.

³⁰ But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,––both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

¹⁴ But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined; ¹⁵ But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.

²² Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all, are, yours, ²³ And, ye, are Christ’s,––and, Christ, is, God’s.

³ But, if anyone loveth God, the same, is known of him––

¹⁶ In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

⁵ Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God; ––

⁵ Necessary, therefore, I regarded it, to exhort the brethren that they would go forward unto you, and make up beforehand your previously– promised blessing. The same, to be ready––thus, as a blessing, and not as of constraint.

¹¹ In every thing, being enriched, unto every kind of liberality,––which, indeed, worketh out, through us, thanksgiving unto God;

²⁰ Now, unto him who is able to do, above all things, exceeding abundantly above the things which we ask or conceive,––according to the power which doth energise itself within us,––

¹⁷ For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

⁸ For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ To the end ye may be putting to the test the things that differ, in order that ye may be incorrupt and may give no occasion of stumbling, unto the day of Christ,

¹ If there be, therefore, any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,

³ In whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden away.

⁸ For, the bodily training, for little, is profitable, whereas, godliness, for all things is profitable,––having, promise, of life––the present and the coming.

³ without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self–control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,

¹⁴ But, to such as are mature, pertaineth, the strong food, to them who, by reason of habit, have their organs of perception well trained for discriminating both good and evil.

⁵ But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

⁵ But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him; ⁶ But let him be asking in faith, nothing, doubting, for, he that doubteth, is like a wave of the sea, wind–driven and storm–tossed,––

¹² Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life––which he hath promised unto them that love him.

⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

² Ye covet––and have not, ye commit murder, and are jealous––and cannot obtain,––ye fight and war. Ye have not––because ye do not really ask, ³ Ye ask and receive not, because that, basely, ye ask, in order that, in your pleasures, ye may spend [it].

¹⁷ But, whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?

¹⁹ We, love, because, he, first loved us:–– ²⁰ If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!

² Hereby, perceive we, that we love the children of God, as soon as, God, we love, and, his commandments, we are doing. ³ For, this is the love of God––that, his commandments, we be keeping, and, his commandments, are not burdensome;

¹⁴ And, this, is the boldness which we have towards him: that, if, anything, we ask, according to his will, He doth hearken unto us. ¹⁵ And, if we know that he doth hearken unto us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the things asked, which we have asked of him,