field by night. a Ps. 18:2 of his servants.

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the beginning of harvest, until 2water dropped upon them from the heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to 3light on them by day, nor beasts of the field by night. 11 ¶ And it was told David, what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done. 12 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had changed them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa. 13 So he brought thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the grave of Kish his father: and when they had performed all that the King had commanded, God was then 1appeased with the land. 15 ¶ Again the Philistines hath war with Israel: and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines, and David fainted. 16 Then Ishbi-Benob which was of the sons of 1Haraphah (the head of whose spear weighed three hundred 2shekels of brass) even he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then David's men swore unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, lest thou quench the 1light of Israel. 18 ¶ And after this also there was a battle with the Philistines at 1Gob, then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was one of the sons of Haraphah. 19 And there was yet another battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim, a Bethlehemite slew 1Goliath the Gittite: the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 Afterward there was also a battle in Gath, where was a man of a great stature, and had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number: who was also the son of Haraphah. 21 And when he reviled Israel, Jonathan the son

of dShimea the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to Haraphah in Gath, and died by the hand of David, and by the hands of his servants. 22 2 David after his victories praiseth God. 8 The anger of God toward the wicked. 44 He prophesieth of the rejection of the Jews, and vocation of the Gentiles.

c 1 Sam. 31:10

d 1 Sam. 16:9

chapter 22

a Ps. 18:2

1 And David spake the words of this 1song unto the Lord, what time the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. 2 And he said, aThe Lord is my 1rock and my fortress, and he that delivereth me. 3 God is my 1strength, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower and my refuge: my Savior, thou hast saved me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be safe from mine enemies. 5 For the 1pangs of death have compassed me: the floods of ungodliness have made me afraid. 6 The sorrows of the grave compassed me about: the snares of death overtook me. 7 But in my tribulation did I call upon the Lord, and cry to my God, and he did hear my voice out of his Temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then the earth trembled and quaked: the foundations of the heavens moved and shook, because he was angry. 9 1Smoke went out at his nostrils, and consuming 2fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled thereat. 10 He 1bowed the heavens also, and came down, and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon 1Cherub and did fly, and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness a Tabernacle round about him, even the gatherings of waters, and the clouds of the air. 13 At the brightness of his presence 1the coals of fire were kindled. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most

2 Because drought was the cause of this famine, God by sending of rain showed that he was pacified. 3 Or, rest. 21:14 1 For where the magistrate suffereth faults unpunished, there the plague of God lieth upon the land. 21:16 1 That is, of the race of giants. 2 Which amount to nine pounds three quarters. 21:17 1 For the glory and wealth of the country standeth in the pres­ ervation of the godly magistrate. 21:18 1 Called Gezer, and Saph is called Sippai, 1 Chron. 20:4. 21:19 1 That is, Lahmi the brother of Goliath, whom David slew, 1 Chron. 20:5. 22:1 1 In token of the wonderful benefits that he received of God.

22:2 1 By the diversity of these comfortable means, he showeth how his faith was strengthened in all tentations. 22:3 1 Or, rock. 22:5 1 As David (who was the figure of Christ) was by God's power delivered from all dangers: so Christ and his Church shall overcome most grievous dangers, tyranny and death. 22:9 1 That is, clouds, and vapors. 2 Lightning and thundering. 22:10 1 So it seemeth when the air is dark. 22:11 1 To fly in a moment through the world. 22:13 1 By this description of a tempest he declareth the power of God against his enemies.

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High gave his voice. 15 He shot arrows also, and scattered them: to wit, lightning, and destroyed them. 16 The 1channels also of the sea appeared, even the foundations of the world were discovered by the rebuking of the Lord, and at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, and took me: he drew me out of many waters. 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They 1prevented me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay, 20 And brought me forth into a large place: he delivered me, because he favored me. 21 The Lord rewarded me according to my 1righteousness: according to the pureness of mine hands he recompensed me. 22 For I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not 1wickedly against my God. 23 For all his laws were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom. 24 I was upright also toward him, and have kept me from my wickedness. 25 Therefore the Lord did reward me according to my righteousness, according to my pureness before his eyes. 26 With the godly thou wilt show thyself godly: with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure, and with the 1froward thou wilt show thyself froward. 28 Thus thou wilt save the poor people: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, to humble them. 29 Surely thou art my light, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee have I broken through an host, and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 The way of God is 1uncorrupt: the word of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him. 32 For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mighty, save our God? 33 God is my strength in battle, and maketh my way upright. 34 He maketh my feet like 1hinds feet, and hath set me upon mine high places.

35 He teacheth mine hands to fight, so that a bowl 1of brass is broken with mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy loving kindness hath caused me to increase. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and mine heels have not slid. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, and have not turned again until I had consumed them. 39 Yea, I have consumed them and thrust them through, and they shall not arise, but shall fall under my feet. 40 For thou hast 1girded me with power to battle, and them that rose against me, hast thou subdued under me. 41 And thou hast given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked about, but there was none to save them, even unto the 1Lord, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I did tread them flat as the clay of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou hast also delivered me from the contentions of my 1people: thou hast preserved me to be the head over nations: the people which I knew not, do serve me. 45 Strangers 1shall be in subjection to me: as soon as they hear, they shall obey me. 46 Strangers shall shrink away, and fear in their privy chambers. 47 Let the Lord live, 1and blessed be my strength: and God, even the force of my salvation be exalted. 48 It is God that giveth me power to revenge me, and subdue the people under me, 49 And rescueth me from mine enemies: (thou also hast lift me up from them that rose against me, thou hast delivered me from the cruel man. 50 Therefore I will praise thee, O Lord, among the bnations, and will sing unto thy Name.) 51 He is the tower of salvation for his King, and showeth mercy to his anointed, even to David, and to his seed cforever. 23 1 The last words of David. 6 The wicked shall be plucked up as thorns. 8 The names and facts of his mighty men. 15 He desired water, and would not drink it.

b Rom. 15:9

c 2 Sam. 7:13

22:16 1 He alludeth to the miracle of the red Sea. 22:19 1 I was so beset, that all means seemed to fail. 22:21 1 Toward Saul and mine enemies. 22:22 1 I attempted nothing without his commandment. 22:27 1 Their wickedness is cause that thou seemest to forget thy wonted mercy. 22:31 1 The manner that God useth to succor his, never faileth. 22:34 1 He useth extraordinary means to make me win most strong­ holds.

22:35 1 Or, steel. 22:40 1 He acknowledgeth that God was the author of his victories, who gave him strength. 22:42 1 The wicked in their necessity are compelled to flee to God, but it is too late. 22:44 1 Meaning, of the Jews, who conspired against me. 22:45 1 Not willingly obeying me, but dissemblingly. 22:47 1 Let him show his power, that he is the governor of all the world.

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1 These also be the 1last words of David, David the son of Jesse saith, even the man who was set up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel saith, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my 1tongue. 3 The God of Israel spake to me, the strength of Israel said, Thou shalt bear rule over men, being just, and ruling in the fear of God. 4 Even as the morning light when the sun riseth, the morning, I say, without clouds, so shall mine house be, and not as the 1grass of the earth is by the bright rain. 5 For so shall not mine house be with God: for he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, perfect in all points, and sure: therefore all mine health and whole desire is, that he will not make it 1grow so. 6 But the wicked shall be every one as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man that shall touch them, must be defenced with iron, or with the shaft of a spear: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place. 8 ¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David hath: He that sat in the seat of 1wisdom, being chief of the princes, was Adino of Ezni, he slew eight hundred at one time. 9 And after him was aEleazar the son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi, one of the three worthies with David, when they 1defied the Philistines gathered there to battle, when the men of Israel were 2gone up. 10 He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his 1hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord gave great victory the same day, and the people returned after him only to spoil. 11 After him was bShammah the son of Agee the Hararite: for the Philistines assembled at a town, where was a piece of a field full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the field, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: so the Lord gave 1great victory. 13 ¶ Afterward three of the thirty captains went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines

pitched in the valley of 1Rephaim. 14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15 And David 1longed, and said, Oh, that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate. 16 Then the three mighty brake into the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took and brought it to David, who would not drink thereof, but 1poured it for an offering unto the Lord, 17 And said, O Lord, be it far from me, that I should do this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 ¶ cAnd Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, 1and slew them, and he had the name among the three. 19 For he was most excellent of the three, and was their captain, but he attained not unto the first three. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of 1a valiant man, which had done many acts, and was of Kabzeel, slew two strong men of Moab: he went down also, and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow. 21 And he slew an Egyptian a 1man of great stature, and the Egyptian had a 2spear in his hand: but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies. 23 He was honorable among 1thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David made him of his counsel. 24 ¶ dAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem: 25 Shammoth the Harorite: Elika the Harodite: 26 Helez the e,1Paltite: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: 27 Abiezer the Anathothite: 1Mebunnai the Hushathite: 28 Zalmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophathite:

chapter 23

a 1 Chron. 11:12

b 1 Chron. 11:27

c 1 Chron. 11:20

d 2 Sam. 2:18

e 1 Chron. 11:27

23:1 1 Which he spake after that he had made the Psalms. 23:2 1 Meaning, he spake nothing but by the motion of God's Spirit. 23:4 1 Which groweth quickly, and fadeth soon. 23:5 1 But that my kingdom may continue forever according to his promise. 23:8 1 As one of the King's counsel. 23:9 1 Or, assailed with danger of their lives. 2 Meaning, fled from the battle. 23:10 1 By a cramp which came of weariness and striving. 23:12 1 Which hath neither respect to many nor few, when he will show his power. 23:13 1 Or, giants.

23:15 1 Being overcome with weariness and thirst. 23:16 1 Bridling his affection, and also desiring God not to be offended for that rash enterprise. 23:18 1 Hebrew, slain. 23:20 1 Or, Jesse 23:21 1 Or, a comely man. 2 Which was as big as a weaver's beam, 1 Chron. 11:23. 23:23 1 He was more valiant than the thirty that follow, and not so valiant as the six before. 23:26 1 Or, Pelonite. 23:27 1 Divers of these had two names, appeareth 1 Chron. 11, and also many more are there mentioned.

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29 Heleb the son of Baanah a Netophathite: Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin: 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite: Hiddai of the river of Gaash: 31 Abi-Albon the Arbathite: Azmaveth the Barhumite: 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite: of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan: 33 Shammah the Hararite: Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite: 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of Maach­ athi: Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite: 35 Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah: Bani the Gadite: 37 Zelek the Ammonite: Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah: 38 Ira the Ithrite: Gareb the Ithrite: 39 Uriah the Hittite, 1thirty and seven in all. 24 1 David causeth the people to be numbered. 10 He repenteth,and chooseth to fall into God's hands. 15 Seventy thousand perish with the pestilence.

Hodshi, so they came to Dan Jaan, and so about to Sidon, 7 And came to the fortress of 1Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and went toward the South of Judah, even to Beersheba. 8 ¶ So when they had gone about all the land, they returned to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 ¶ And Joab delivered the number and sum of the people unto the King: and there were in Israel 1eight hundred thousand strong men that drew swords, and the men of Judah were 2five hundred thousand men. 10 Then David's heart smote him, after that he had numbered the people: and David said unto the Lord, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done: therefore now, Lord, I beseech thee, take away the trespass of thy servant: for I have done very foolishly. 11 ¶ And when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the Prophet Gad David's 1Seer, saying, 12 Go, and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things, choose thee which of them I shall do unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and showed him, and said unto him, Wilt thou that 1seven years famine come upon thee in thy land, or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, they following thee, or that there be three days pestilence in my land? now advise thee, and see, what answer I shall give to him that sent me. 14 ¶ And David said unto Gad, I am in a wonderful strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed: and there died of the people from 1Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 16 And when the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord arepented of the evil, and said to the Angel, that destroyed the people, It is sufficient, 1hold now thine hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite.

chapter 24

a 1 Sam. 15:11

1 And the wrath of the Lord was 1again kindled against Israel, and 2he moved David against them, in that he said, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 For the King said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go speedily now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the 1number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the King, The Lord thy God increase the people an hundredfold more than they be, and that the eyes of my lord the King may see it: but why doth my lord the King desire this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the King's word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the host: therefore Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the King to number the people of Israel. 5 ¶ And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer at the right side of the city that is in the midst of the 1valley of Gad, and toward Jazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to 1Tahtim

23:39 1 These came to David, and helped to restore him to his Kingdom. 24:1 1 Before they were plagued with famine, 2 Sam. 21:1. 2 The Lord permitted Satan, as 1 Chron. 21:2. 24:2 1 Because he did this to try his power, and so to trust therein, it offended God, else it was lawful to number the people, Exod. 30:12; Num. 1:2. 24:5 1 Or, river. 24:6 1 Or, to the nether land newly inhabited. 24:7 1 Or, Zor. 24:9 1 According to Joab's count: for in all there were eleven hun­

dred thousand, 1 Chron. 21:5. 2 Concluding under them the Benjamites: for else they had but four hundred and seventy thousand, 1 Chron. 21:5. 24:11 1 Whom God had appointed for David and his time. 24:13 1 For three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites' mat­ ter: this was the fourth year to the which should have been added other three years more, 1 Chron. 21:12. 24:15 1 From the one side of the country to the other. 24:16 1 The Lord spared this place, because he had chosen it to build his Temple there.

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17 And David spake unto the Lord (when he saw the Angel that smote the people) and said, Behold, I have sinned, yea, I have done wickedly, but these sheep, what have they 1done? let thine hand, I pray, thee, be against me and against my father's house. 18 ¶ So Gad came the same day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David (according to the saying of Gad) went up, as the Lord had commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the King on his face to the ground. 21 And 1Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? Then David answered, to buy the threshing floor of thee for to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may cease from the

people. 22 Then Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes: behold the oxen for the burnt offering, and chariots, and the instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 (All these things did Araunah 1as a king give unto the king: and Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God be favorable unto thee.) 24 Then the king said unto Araunah, Not so, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and will not offer burnt offering unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor, and the oxen for 1fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and the Lord was appeased toward the land, and the plague ceased from Israel.

24:17 1 David saw not the just cause why God plagued the people, and therefore he offereth himself to God's corrections as the only cause of this evil. 24:21 1 Called also Ornan, 1 Chron. 21:20.

24:23 1 That is, abundantly: for as some write, he was King of Jerusa­ lem before David won the tower. 24:24 1 Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600, or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels, 1 Chron. 21:25.

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1 3 Abishag keepeth David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah usurpeth the kingdom. 30 Solomon is anointed king, 50 Adonijah fleeth to the altar.

11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of aHaggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, and I will now give thee counsel, how to save thine own 1life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go, and get thee in unto King David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O King, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why is then Adonijah King? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the King, I also will come in after thee, and 1confirm thy words. 15 ¶ So Bathsheba went in unto the King into the chamber, and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the King. 16 And Bathsheba bowed and made obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What is thy matter? 17 And she answered him, My lord, thou swearest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And behold, now is Adonijah king, and now my lord, O King, thou knowest 1it not. 19 And he hath offered many oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep, and hath called all the sons of the King, and Abiathar the Priest, and Joab the Captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not bidden. 20 And thou, my lord, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who should sit on the throne of my lord the King after him. 21 For else when my lord the King shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be 1reputed 2vile.

chapter 1

a 2 Sam. 3:4

1 Now when King David was 1old, and stricken in years, they covered him with clothes, but no 2heat came unto him. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her 1stand before the king, and cherish him: and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the King may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair young maid throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found one Abishag 1a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the maid was exceedingly fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not. 5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, I will be king. And he got him chariots and horsemen, and 1fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father would not displease him from his 1childhood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And he was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next after Absalom. 7 And he 1took counsel of Joab the son of Zer­ uiah, and of Abiathar the Priest: and they 2helped forward Adonijah. 8 But Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the Prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the men of might, which were with David, were not with Adonijah. 9 Then Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen, and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by 1En Rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants. 10 But Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah, and 1the mighty men, and Solomon his brother he called not.

1:1 1 He was about 70 years old, 2 Sam. 5:4. 2 For his natural heat was worn away with travails. 1:2 1 Or, serve him. 1:3 1 Which city was in the tribe of Issachar, as Josh. 19:18. 1:5 1 Read 2 Sam. 15:1. 1:6 1 Hebrew, days. 1:7 1 Hebrew, his words were with Joab. 2 They took his part and followed him.

1:9 1 Or, the fountains. 1:10 1 As the Cherethites and Pelethites. 1:12 1 For Adonijah will destroy thee and thy son, if he reigns. 1:14 1 By declaring such things, as may further the same. 1:18 1 The king being worn with age, could not attend to the affairs of the realm, and also Adonijah had many flatterers which kept it from the king. 1:21 1 And so put to the death as wicked transgressors. 2 Hebrew, sinners.

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22 And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan also the Prophet came in. 23 And they told the King, saying, Behold, Nathan the Prophet. And when he was come in to the King, he made obeisance before the king upon his face 1to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain many oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the Priest: and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, 1God save king Adonijah. 26 But me thy servant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy 1servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 ¶ Then king David answered, and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the King. 29 And the King sware, saying, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 30 That as I 1sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place, so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, and did reverence unto the king, and said, God save my lord king David forever. 32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the King. 33 Then the king said unto them, Take with you the 1servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and carry him down to Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him there king over Israel, and blow ye the trumpet, and say, God save King Solomon. 35 Then come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne: and he shall be King in my stead: for I have 1appointed him to be prince over Israel, and over Judah.

36 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, So be it, and the Lord God of my lord the king 1ratify it. 37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so be he with Solomon, and exalt his throne above the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the Priest took an horn of 1oil out of the Tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth 1rang with the sound of them. 41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him, heard it: (and they had made an end of eating) and when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, What meaneth this noise and uproar in the city? 42 And as he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the Priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in: for thou art a 1worthy man, and bringest 2good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered, and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule. 45 And Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are gone up from thence with joy, and the city is moved: this is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And Solomon also sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants came 1to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon more famous than thy name, and exalt his throne above thy throne: therefore the king worshipped upon the 2bed. 48 And thus said the king also, Blessed be the

1:23 1 Acknowledging him to be the true and worthy King appointed of God, as the figure of his Christ. 1:25 1 Hebrew, let the king Adonijah live. 1:27 1 Meaning, that he ought in such affairs enterprise nothing except he had consulted with the Lord. 1:30 1 Moved by the Spirit of God so to do, because he foresaw that Solomon should be the figure of Christ. 1:33 1 Meaning, the king's servants and such as were of his guard. 1:35 1 Hebrew, commanded.

1:36 1 Hebrew, say so. 1:39 1 Wherewith they accustomed to anoint the Priests and the holy instruments, Exod. 30:23. 1:40 1 Hebrew, brake. 1:42 1 Hebrew, a man of power. 2 He praised Jonathan, thinking to have heard comfortable news but God wrought things contrary to his expectation, and so did beat down his pride. 1:47 1 To salute him, and to pray and praise God for him. 2 He gave God thanks for the good success.

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of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let thou not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But show kindness unto the sons of eBarzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eat at thy table: 1for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. 8 ¶ And behold, with thee fis Shimei the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, of Bahurim, which cursed me with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, gI will not slay thee with the sword. 9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoar head to go down to the grave with 1blood. 10 So hDavid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 11 And the days which David ireigned upon Israel, were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 12 ¶ j Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established mightily. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon: and she said, 1Comest thou peaceably? and he said, Yea. 14 He said moreover, I have a suit unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 Then he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set 1their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned away, and is my brother's: for it came to him by the Lord. 16 Now therefore I ask thee one request, 1refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the King, (for he will not say thee nay) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the King. 19 ¶ Bathsheba therefore went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah: and the king rose to meet her, and 1bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne: and he caused a seat to be set for the king's mother, and she sat at his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire a small request of thee,

Lord God of Israel, who hath made one to sit on my throne this day, even in my sight. 49 Then all the guests that were with Adonijah, were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 ¶ And Adonijah fearing the presence of Solomon, arose and went, and took hold on the horns of the 1altar. 51 And one told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah doth fear king Solomon: for lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear unto me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 Then Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth, but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die. 53 Then king Solomon sent, and they brought him from the altar, and he came and did obeisance unto King Solomon. And Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 2 1 David exhorteth Solomon, and giveth charge concerning Joab, Barzillai, and Shimei. 10 The death of David. 17 Adonijah asketh Abishag to wife. 25 He is slain. 35 Zadok was placed in Abiathar's room.

chapter 2

a Deut. 29:9

Josh. 1:7

b 2 Sam. 7:12

c 2 Sam. 3:27

d 2 Sam. 29:10

e 2 Sam. 19:31

f 2 Sam. 16:5

g 2 Sam. 19:23

h Acts 2:29

Acts 13:36

i 2 Sam. 5:4

1 Chron. 29:26,27

j 1 Chron. 29:25

1 Then the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 I go the 1way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show thyself a man, 3 And take heed to the 1charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest a,2prosper in all that thou doest, and in everything whereunto thou turnest thee, 4 That the Lord may confirm his word which he spake unto me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, that they walk before me in 1truth, with all their hearts, and with all their souls, b,2thou shalt not (said he) want one of thy posterity upon the throne of Israel. 5 Thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains to the hosts of Israel, unto cAbner the son of Ner, and unto dAmasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and 1shed blood of battle in peace, and 2put the blood

1:50 1 Which David his father had built in the floor of Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:25. 2:2 1 I am ready to die as all men must. 2:3 1 He showeth how hard a thing it is to govern, and that none can do it well except he obey God. 2 Or, do wisely. 2:4 1 And without hypocrisy. 2 Hebrew, a man shall not be cut off to thee from off the throne. 2:5 1 He shed his blood in time of peace, as if there had been war.

2 He put the bloody sword into his sheath. 2:7 1 That is, they dealt mercifully with me. 2:9 1 Let him be punished with death, see 1 Kings 2:46. 2:13 1 For she feared lest he would work treason against the king. 2:15 1 In sign of their favor and consent. 2:16 1 Hebrew, cause not my face to turn away. 2:19 1 In token of reverence, and that others by his example might have her in greater honor.

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say me not nay. Then the King said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 She said then, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 But king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the 1kingdom also: for he is mine elder brother, and hath for him both Abiathar the Priest, and Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then King Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, who hath also made me an house, as he kpromised, Adonijah shall surely die this day. 25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he 1smote him that he died. 26 ¶ Then the King said unto Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth unto thine own 1fields: for thou art 2worthy of death: but I will not this day kill thee, because thou 3barest the Ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast suffered in all, wherein my father hath been afflicted. 27 So Solomon cast out Abiathar from being Priest unto the Lord, that he might lfulfill the words of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 ¶ Then tidings came to Joab: (for Joab had 1turned after Adonijah, but he turned not after Absalom) and Joab fled unto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled unto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and behold, he is by the 1altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the King, Come out. And he said, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and 1smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed causeless, from me,

and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord shall bring his blood upon his own head, for he smote two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not: to wit, mAbner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and nAmasa the son of Jether captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the 1head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and smote him and slew him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And the King put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and the king set Zadok the 1Priest in the room of Abiathar. 36 ¶ Afterward the king sent, and called Shimei and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither. 37 For that day that thou goest out, and passest over the river of Kidron, know assuredly, that thou shalt die the death: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The thing is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And after three years two of the 1servants of Shimei fled away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath: and they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants: and 1Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon, that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the King sent and called Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, That day that thou goest out, and walkest any whither, know assuredly that thou shalt die the death? And thou saidest unto me, The thing is good, that I have heard. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment wherewith I charged thee?

k 2 Sam. 7:12,13

l 1 Sam. 2:31,35

m 2 Sam. 3:27

n 2 Sam. 20:7

2:22 1 Meaning, that if he should have granted Abishag, which was so dear to his father, he would afterward have aspired to the king­ dom. 2:25 1 Or, fell upon him. 2:26 1 Or, possessions. 2 Hebrew, man of death. 3 When he fled before Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:24. 2:28 1 He took Adonijah's part when he would have usurped the kingdom, 1 Kings 1:7. 2:29 1 Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the place.

2:31 1 For it was lawful to take the willful murderer from the altar, Exod. 21:14. 2:33 1 Joab shall be justly punished for the blood that he hath cru­ elly shed. 2:35 1 And so took the office of the high Priest from the house of Eli, and restored it to the house of Phinehas. 2:39 1 Thus God appointeth the ways and means to bring his just judgments upon the wicked. 2:40 1 His covetous mind moved him rather to venture his life, than to lose his worldly profit, which he had by his servants.

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44 The King said also to Shimei, 1Thou knowest all the wickedness whereunto thine heart is privy, that thou didst to David my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickedness upon thine own head. 45 And let king Solomon be blessed, and the throne of David established before the Lord forever. 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada: who went out and smote him that he died. And the okingdom was 1established in the hand of Solomon. 3 1 Solomon taketh Pharaoh's daughter to wife. 5 The Lord appeareth to him, and giveth him wisdom. 17 The pleading of the two harlots, and Solomon's sentence therein.

9 bGive therefore unto thy servant an 1understanding heart, to judge thy people: that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy 2mighty people? 10 And this pleased the Lord well, that Solomon had desired this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine 1enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment, 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like unto thee. 13 And I have also cgiven thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that among the Kings there 1shall be none like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep mine ordinances and my commandments, das thy father David did walk, I will prolong thy days. 15 And when Solomon awoke, behold it was 1a dream, and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings, and made peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 ¶ Then came two 1harlots unto the king, and 2stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And the third day after that I was delivered, this woman was delivered also, and we were in the house together: no stranger was with us in the house save we twain. 19 And this woman's son died in the night: for she overlay him. 20 And she rose at midnight, and 1took my son from my side, while thine handmaid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. 21 And when I arose in the morning to give my son suck, behold, he was dead: and when I had well considered him in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

o 2 Chron. 1:1

chapter 3

a 1 Kings 7:8

b 2 Chron. 1:10

c Matt. 6:33

d 1 Kings 35:5

1 Solomon athen made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the 1city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in the 1high places, because there was no house built unto the Name of the Lord, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the ordinances of David his 1father: only he sacrificed and offered incense in the high places. 4 And the King went to 1Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the chief high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, 1when he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee: and thou hast 2kept for him this great mercy, and hast given him a son, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a young child, and know not how to 1go out and in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people, which thou hast chosen, even a great people, which cannot be told nor numbered for multitude.

2:44 1 For though thou wouldest deny, yet thine own conscience would accuse thee for reviling and doing wrong to my father, 2 Sam 16:5. 2:46 1 Because all his enemies were destroyed. 3:1 1 Which was Bethlehem. 3:2 1 Where altars were appointed before the temple was built, to offer unto the Lord. 3:3 1 For his father had commanded him to obey the Lord and walk in his ways, 1 Kings 2:3. 3:4 1 For there the Tabernacle was, 2 Chron. 1:3. 3:6 1 Or, as he walked. 2 Thou hast performed thy promise.

3:7 1 That is, to behave himself in executing this charge of ruling. 3:9 1 Or, obedient. 2 Which are so many in number. 3:11 1 That is, that thine enemy should die. 3:13 1 Or, hath been none. 3:15 1 He knew that God had appeared unto him in a dream. 3:16 1 Or, victuallers. 2 By this example it appeareth that God kept his promise with Solomon in granting him wisdom. 3:20 1 She stole the quick child away, because she might both avoid the shame and punishment.

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22 Then the other woman said, Nay, but my son liveth, and thy son is dead. Again she said, No, but thy son is dead, and mine alive: thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, She saith, This that liveth is my son, and the dead is thy son: and the other saith, Nay, but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. 24 Then the King said, 1Bring me a sword: and they brought out a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide ye the living child in twain, and give the one half to the one, and the other half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman, whose the living child was, unto the king, for her compassion was kindled toward her son, and she said, Oh my lord, give her the living child and 1slay him not: but the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 Then the king answered, and said, Give her the living child, and slay him not: this is his mother. 28 And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice. 4 2 The princes and rulers under Solomon. 22 The purveyance for his victuals. 26 The number of his horses. 32 His books and writings.

and Beth Shemesh, and 1Elon and Beth Hanan: 10 The son of Hesed in Arubboth, to whom pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 11 The son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife. 12 Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, and Megiddo, and in all Beth Shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean 1to Abel Meholah, even till beyond over against Jokneam: 13 The son of Geber in Ramoth Gilead, and his were the towns of 1Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and under him was the region of Argob, which is in Bashan: threescore great cities with walls and bars of brass. 14 ¶ Ahinadab the son of Iddo had to Mahanaim: 15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali, and he took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16 Baanah the son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth: 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in 1Issachar: 18 Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin: 19 Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan, and was officer alone in the land. 20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, 1eating, drinking, and making merry. 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms, from the 1River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 And Solomon's victuals for one day were thirty 1measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal: 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, besides harts, and bucks, and bugles, and fat fowl. 24 For he ruled in all the region on the other side of the River, from Tiphsah even unto 1Gaza, over all the 2kings on the other side the River: and he had peace round about him on every side. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear every man under his vine, and under his fig tree, from 1Dan, even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26 ¶ And Solomon had bforty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

chapter 4

a 1 Kings 5:14

b 2 Chron. 9:23

1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were 1his princes, 2Azariah the son of Zadok the Priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, Scribes, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the Recorder, 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host, and Zadok and 1Abiathar, Priests, 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers, and Zabud the son of Nathan, Priest, was the king's friend, 6 And Ahishar was over the household, and aAdoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 ¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had a month in the year to provide victuals. 8 And these are their names: the son of Hur in mount Ephraim: 9 The son of Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim

3:24 1 Except God give Judges understanding, the impudency of the trespasser shall overthrow the just cause of the innocent. 3:26 1 Her motherly affection herein appeareth that she had rather endure the rigor of the Law, than see her child cruelly slain. 4:2 1 That is, his chief officers. 2 He was the son of Ahimaaz and Zadok's nephew. 4:4 1 Not Abiathar whom Solomon had put from his office, 1 Kings 2:27, but another of that Name. 4:9 1 Or, Elon in Beth Aven. 4:12 1 Or, to the plain.

4:13 1 Which towns bare Jair's name, because he took them of the Canaanites, Num. 32:41. 4:17 1 Solomon observed not the division that Joshua made, but divided it as might best serve for his purpose. 4:20 1 They lived in all peace and security. 4:21 1 Which is Euphrates. 4:22 1 Hebrew, Kors. 4:24 1 Or, Gaza. 2 For they were all tributaries unto him. 4:25 1 Throughout all Israel.

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27 And these officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon's table, every man his month, and they suffered to lack nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and mules, brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. 29 ¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and 1a large heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore, 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the 1East, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than any man: yea, than were Ethan the Ezrahite, than Heman, than Chalcol, than Darda the sons of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about. 32 And Solomon spake three thousand 1proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the 1hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 5 1 Hiram sendeth to Solomon, and Solomon to him, purposing to build the house of God. 6 He prepareth the stuff for the building. 13 The number of the workmen.

set upon thy throne for thee, he shall build an house unto my Name. 6 Now therefore command, that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my servants shall be with thy servants, and unto thee will I give the 1hire for thy servants, according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there are none among us, that can hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7 ¶ And when 1Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this mighty people. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things, for the which thou sentest unto me, and will accomplish all thy desire, concerning the cedar trees and fir trees. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will convey them by sea 1in rafts unto the place that thou shalt show me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: now thou shalt do me a pleasure to minister food for 2my family. 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, even his full desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand 1measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of 2beaten oil. Thus much gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 ¶ And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom as he cpromised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they 1two made a covenant. 13 ¶ And King Solomon raised a sum out of all Israel, and the sum was thirty thousand men: 14 Whom he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by course: they were a month in Lebanon, and two months at home. And dAdoniram was over the sum. 15 And Solomon had seventy thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand masons in the mountain, 16 Besides the 1princes, whom Solomon appointed over the work, even three thousand and three hundred, which ruled the people that wrought in the work. 17 And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundations of the house, even hewed stones.

chapter 5

a 2 Chron. 2:3

b 2 Sam. 7:13 2 Chron. 22:10

c 1 Kings 3:12

d 1 Kings 4:6

1 And Hiram king of 1Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, (for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father) because Hiram had ever loved David. 2 aAnd Solomon sent him to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord had put 1them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me 1rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary, nor evil to resist. 5 And behold, I purpose to build an house unto the Name of the Lord my God, bas the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will

4:29 1 Meaning, great understanding and able to comprehend all things. 4:30 1 To wit, the Philosophers and Astronomers, which were judged most wise. 4:32 1 Which for the most part are thought to have perished in the captivity of Babylon. 4:33 1 From the highest to the lowest. 5:1 1 Or, Zor. 5:3 1 Or, his enemies. 5:4 1 He declareth that he was bound to set forth God's glory, foras­ much as the Lord had sent him rest and peace.

5:6 1 This was his equity, that he would not receive a benefit without some recompense. 5:7 1 In Hiram is prefigured the vocation of the Gentiles, who should help to build the Spiritual Temple. 5:9 1 Or, floats. 2 While my servants are occupied about thy business. 5:11 1 Hebrew, Kors. 2 Or, pure. 5:12 1 As touching the furniture of wood and vittles. 5:16 1 Or, masters of the work.

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18 And Solomon's workmen, and the workmen of Hiram, and the 1masons hewed and prepared timber and stones for the building of the house. 6 1 The building of the Temple and the form thereof. 12 The promise of the Lord to Solomon.

12 Concerning this house which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in mine ordinances, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, to walk in them, then will I perform unto thee my promise, bwhich I promised to David thy father. 13 And I will 1dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house and finished it, 15 And built the walls of the house within, with boards of Cedar tree from the pavement of the house unto 1the walls of the ceiling, and within he covered them with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits in the sides of the house with boards of Cedar, from the floor to the walls, and he prepared a place within it for the oracle, even the most holy place. 17 But the 1house, that is, the Temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the Cedar of the house within was carved with 1knops, and graven with flowers: all was Cedar, so that no stone was seen. 19 ¶ Also he prepared the place of the oracle in the midst of the 1house within, to set the Ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 And the place of the oracle within was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and twenty cubits high: and he covered it with pure gold, and covered the altar with Cedar. 21 So Solomon covered the house within with pure gold, and he 1shut the place of the oracle with chains of gold, and covered it with gold. 22 And he overlaid all the house with gold, until all the house was made perfect. Also he covered the 1whole altar, that was before the oracle, with gold. 23 And within the oracle he made two Cherubims of 1Olive tree, ten cubits high. 24 The wing also of the one Cherub was five cubits, and the wing of the other Cherub was five cubits: from the uttermost part of one of his wings unto the uttermost part of the other of his wings, were ten cubits. 25 Also the other Cherub was of ten cubits: both the Cherubims were of one measure and one size.

chapter 6

a 2 Chron. 3:1

b 2 Sam. 7:13

1 And ain the four hundred and fourscore year (after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt) and in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month 1Ziv, (which is the second month) he built the 2house of the Lord. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, was threescore cubits long, and twenty broad, and thirty cubits high. 3 And the 1porch before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubits broad before the house. 4 And in the house he made windows, 1broad without, and narrow within. 5 And by the wall of the house he made 1galleries round about, even by the walls of the house round about the Temple and 2the oracle, and made chambers round about. 6 And the nethermost gallery was five cubits broad, and the middlemost six cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad: for he made 1rests round about without the house, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7 And when the house was built, it was built of stone perfect, before it was brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door of the middle 1chamber was in the right side of the house, and men went up with winding stairs into the middlemost, and out of the middlemost into the third. 9 So he built the 1house and finished it, and ceiled the house, being vaulted with ceiling of cedar trees. 10 And he built the galleries upon all the wall of the house of five cubits height, and they were joined to the house with beams of cedar. 11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

5:18 1 The Hebrew word is Giblim, which some say were excel­ lent masons. 6:1 1 Which month containeth part of April and part of May. 2 Whereby is meant the Temple and the Oracle. 6:3 1 Or the court where the people prayed, which was before the place where the altar of burnt offerings stood. 6:4 1 Or, to open and to shut. 6:5 1 Or, lofts. 2 Whence God spake between the Cherubims, called also the most holy place. 6:6 1 Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.

6:8 1 Or, Gallery. 6:9 1 In Exodus it is called the Tabernacle: and the Temple is here called the Sanctuary, and the Oracle the most holy place. 6:13 1 According as he promised unto Moses, Exod. 25:22. 6:15 1 Meaning, unto the roof which was also ceiled. 6:17 1 For when he spake of the house in the first verse, he meant both the Oracle, and the Temple. 6:18 1 Or, wild cucumbers. 6:19 1 That is, in the most inward place of the house. 6:21 1 Hebrew, he drew through chains of gold before. 6:22 1 Meaning, the altar of incense, Exod. 30:1. 6:23 1 Or, Pine tree

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26 For the height of the one Cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other Cherub. 27 And he put the Cherubims within the inner house, cand the Cherubims stretched out their wings, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other Cherub touched the other wall: and their other wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he 1overlaid the Cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with graven figures of Cherubims and of Palm trees, and graven flowers within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he covered with gold within and without. 31 And in the entering of the oracle he made two doors of Olive trees: and the upper post and side posts were five square. 32 The two doors also were of Olive tree, and he graved them with graving of Cherubims, and Palm trees, and graven flowers, and covered them with gold, and laid 1thin gold upon the Cherubims and upon the Palm trees. 33 And so made he for the door of the Temple, posts of Olive trees foursquare. 34 But the two doors were of fir tree, the two sides of the one door were 1round, and the two sides of the other door were round. 35 And he graved Cherubims, and Palm trees, and carved flowers, and covered the carved work with gold finely wrought. 36 ¶ And he built the 1court within with three rows of hewed stone, and one row of beams of Cedar. 37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid in the month of Ziv: 38 And in the eleventh year in the month of 1Bul, (which is the eighth month) he finished the house with all the furniture thereof, and in every point: so was he seven years in building it. 7 1 The building of the house of Solomon. 15 The excellent workmanship of Hiram in the pieces which he made for the Temple.

1 But Solomon was building his own house athirteen years, and 1finished all his house. 2 He built also an house 1called the forest of Leba­ non, an hundred cubits long, and fifty cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, upon four rows of Cedar pillars: and Cedar beams were laid upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered above with cedar upon the beams, that lay on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And the windows were in three rows, and window was 1against window in three ranks. 5 And all the doors, and the side posts with the windows were foursquare, and window was over against window in three ranks. 6 And he made a porch of pillars fifty cubits long, and thirty cubits broad, and the porch was before 1them, even before them were thirty pillars. 7 ¶ Then he made a porch 1for the throne, where he judged, even a porch of judgment, and it was ceiled with cedar from pavement to pavement. 8 And in his house where he dwelt was another hall more inward than the porch which was of the same work. Also Solomon made an house for Pharaoh's daughter (bwhom he had taken to wife) like unto this porch. 9 All these were 1of costly stones, hewed by measure, and sawed with saws within and without, from the foundation unto 2the stones of an 3hand breadth, and on the outside to the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, even of stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 1Above also were costly stones squared by rule, and boards of cedar. 12 ¶ And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams: 1so was it to the inner court of the house of the Lord, and to the porch of the house. 13 ¶ Then King Solomon sent, and fet one Hiram out of 1Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, his father being a man of Tyre, and wrought in brass: 1he was full of wisdom, and understanding, and

c Exod. 25:20

chapter 7

a 1 Kings 9:10

b 1 Kings 3:1

6:28 1 For the others which Moses made of beaten gold, were taken away with the other jewels by their enemies, whom God permitted divers times to overcome them for their great sins. 6:32 1 So that the fashion of the carved work might still appear. 6:34 1 Or, folding. 6:36 1 Where the Priests were, and was thus called in respect of the great court, which is called in Acts 3:11, the porch of Solomon, where the people used to pray. 6:38 1 Which containeth part of October and part of November. 7:1 1 After he had built the Temple. 7:2 1 For the beauty of the place, and great abundance of cedar trees that went to the building thereof, it was compared to mount Lebanon in Syria: this house he used in summer for pleasure and recreation.

7:4 1 There were as many, and like proportion on the one side as the other, and at every end even three in a row one above another. 7:6 1 Before the pillars of the house. 7:7 1 For his house which was at Jerusalem. 7:9 1 Or, precious. 2 Which were rests and stays for the beams to lie upon. 3 Or, span. 7:11 1 From the foundation upward. 7:12 1 As the Lord's house was built, so was this: only the great court of Solomon's house was uncovered. 7:13 1 Or, Zor. 7:14 1 Thus when God will have his glory set forth, he raiseth up men, and giveth them excellent gifts for the accomplishment of the same, Exod. 31:2,3.

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flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand 2baths. 27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass, one base was four cubits long, and four cubits broad, and three cubits high. 28 ¶ And the work of the bases was on this manner, They had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges, were lions, bulls and Cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and bulls, were additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners had 1undersetters: under the caldron were undersetters molten at the side of every addition. 31 And the 1mouth of it was within the chapiter and above to measure by the cubit: for the mouth thereof was round, made like a base, and it was a cubit and half a cubit: and also upon the mouth thereof were graven works, whose borders were foursquare, and not round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels and the axletrees of the wheels joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit, and half a cubit. 33 And the fashion of the wheels was like the fashion of a chariot wheel, their axletrees, and their naves and their 1felloes, and their spokes were all molten. 34 And four undersetters were upon the four corners of one base: and the undersetters thereof were of the base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was a round 1compass of half a cubit high round about: and upon the top of the base the ledges thereof, and the borders thereof were of the same. 36 And upon the tables of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof he did grave Cherubims, lions and palm trees, on the side of every one, and additions round about. 37 Thus made he the ten bases, They had all one casting, one measure, and one size. 38 ¶ Then made he 1ten cauldrons of brass, one cauldron contained forty baths, and every cauldron was four cubits, one cauldron was upon one base throughout the ten bases.

knowledge to work all manner of work in brass: who came to King Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass: the height of a pillar was eighteen cubits, and a thread of twelve cubits did compass 1either of the pillars. 16 And he made two 1chapiters of molten brass to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of one of the chapiters was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits. 17 He made grates like network and 1wreathen work like chains for the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars, even seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 So he made the pillars and two rows of pomegranates round about in the one grate to cover the chapiters that were upon the top. And thus did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars were after 1lily work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had also above, 1over against the belly 2within the network pomegranates: for two hundred pomegranates were in the two ranks about upon 3either of the chapiters. 21 And he set up the pillars in the 1porch of the Temple. And when he had set up the right pillar, he called the name thereof 2Jachin: and when he had set up the left pillar, he called the name thereof 3Boaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was work of lilies: so was the workmanship of the pillars finished. 23 ¶ And he made a molten 1sea of ten cubits wide from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about. 24 And under the brim of it were knops like wild cucumbers compassing it round about, ten in one cubit, compassing the sea cround about: and the two rows of knops were cast, when it was molten. 25 It stood on twelve bulls, three looking toward the North, and three toward the West, and three toward the South, and three toward the East: and the sea stood above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 It was 1an handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was like the work of the brim of a cup with

c 2 Chron. 4:3

7:15 1 Hebrew, the second. 7:16 1 Or, pommels. 7:17 1 Or, cords like chains. 7:19 1 As was seen commonly wrought in costly porches. 7:20 1 Or, round about the midst. 2 Or, bound. 3 Hebrew, the second. 7:21 1 Which was in the inner court between the Temple and the oracle. 2 That is, he will stablish, to wit, his promise toward this house. 3 That is, in strength: meaning the power thereof shall continue.

7:23 1 So called for the hugeness of the vessel. 7:26 1 Or, a span. 2 Bath and Ephah seem to be both one measure, Ezek. 45:11, every bath contained about ten pottles. 7:30 1 Hebrew, shoulders. 7:31 1 The mouth of the great base or frame entered into the chapi­ ter, or pillar that bare up the cauldron. 7:33 1 Or, rings. 7:35 1 Which was called the pillar, chapiter, or small base, wherein the cauldron stood. 7:38 1 To keep waters for the use of the sacrifices.

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39 And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. And he set the sea on the right side of the 1house Eastward toward the South. 40 ¶ And Hiram made cauldrons, and besoms, and basins, and Hiram finished all the work that he made to King Solomon for the house of the Lord: 41 To wit, two pillars and two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars, and two grates to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars, 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two grates, even two rows of pomegranates for every grate to cover the two bowls of the chapiters, that were upon the pillars, 43 And the ten bases, and ten cauldrons upon the bases, 44 And the sea, and twelve bulls under that sea, 45 And pots, and besoms, and basins: and all these vessels, which 1Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of shining brass. 46 In the plain of Jordan did the King cast them in 1clay between Succoth and Zaretan. 47 And Solomon left to weigh all the vessels, because of the exceeding abundance, neither could the weight of the brass be counted. 48 So Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord, the 1golden altar, and the golden table, whereon the showbread was, 49 And the candlesticks, five at the right side, and five at the left, before the oracle of pure gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold, 50 And the bowls, 1and the hooks, and the basins, and the spoons, and the ashpans of pure gold, and hinges of gold for the doors of the house within, even for the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the Temple. 51 So was finished all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord, and Solomon brought in the things which dDavid his father had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the vessels, and laid them among the treasures of the house of the Lord. 8 4 The Ark is borne into the Temple. 10 A cloud filleth the Temple. 14 The king blesseth the people.

Israel, even all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel unto 1him in Jerusalem, for to 2bring up the Ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled unto King Solomon at the feast in the month of 1Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Priests took the Ark. 4 They bare the Ark of the Lord, and they bare the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle: those did the Priests and Levites bring up. 5 And King Solomon and all the Congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him, were with him before the Ark, offering sheep and beeves, which could not be told, nor numbered for multitude. 6 So the 1Priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house into the most holy place, even under the wings of the Cherubims. 7 For the Cherubims stretched out their wings over the place of the Ark, and the Cherubims covered the Ark, and the bars thereof above. 8 And they 1drew out the bars, that the ends of the bars might appear out of the Sanctuary before the oracle, but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 9 Nothing was in the Ark 1save the two tables of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 10 And when the Priests were come out of the Sanctuary, the bcloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. 12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord csaid, that he would dwell in the dark cloud. 13 I have built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abide in for 1ever. 14 ¶ And the King turned his face and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: for all the Congregation of Israel stood there. 15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father,

d 2 Chron. 5:1

chapter 8

a 1 Chron. 5:3

b Exod. 40:34

c 2 Chron. 6:1

1 Then King Solomon assembled athe Elders of

7:39 1 To wit, of the Temple or Sanctuary. 7:45 1 By this name also Hiram the king of Tyre was called. 7:46 1 Or, thick earth. 7:48 1 This was done according to the form that the Lord prescribed unto Moses in Exodus. 7:50 1 Some take this for some instrument of music. 8:1 1 Hebrew, Solomon. 2 For David brought it from Obed-edom, and placed it in the Tab­ ernacle which he had made for it, 2 Sam. 6:17.

8:2 1 Containing part of September and part of October in the which month they held three solemn feasts, Num. 29:1. 8:6 1 That is, the Kohathites, Num. 4:5. 8:8 1 They drew them only out so far as they might be seen: for they might not pull them altogether out, Exod. 25:15. 8:9 1 For it is like that the enemies when they had the Ark in their hands, took away the rod of Aaron and the pot with Manna. 8:13 1 He spake according to the tenor of God's promise which was conditionally that they should serve him aright.

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and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build an house that my Name might be there: but I have chosen dDavid to be over my people Israel. 17 And it was in the heart of David my father, to build an house to the Name of the Lord God of Israel. 18 And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my Name, thou didst well, that thou wast so minded: 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that shall come out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my Name. 20 And the Lord hath 1made good his word that he spake: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel. 21 And I have prepared therein a place for the Ark, wherein is the 1covenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 22 ¶ Then Solomon stood before ethe altar of the Lord in the sight of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his hands toward heaven, 23 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, thou that keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee, with 1all their heart, 24 Thou that hast kept with thy servant David my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as appeareth this day. 25 Therefore, now Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou hast promised him, saying, f Thou shalt not want a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel: so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me, as thou hast walked in my sight. 26 And now, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27 1Is it true indeed that God will dwell on the earth? behold, the heavens, and the heavens of heavens are not able to contain thee: how much more unable is this house that I have built? 28 But have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to

hear the cry and prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day: 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, gMy Name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth in this place. 30 Hear thou therefore the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel which pray in this place, and hear thou 1in the place of thine habitation, even in heaven, and when thou hearest, have mercy. 31 ¶ When a man shall trespass against his neighbor, and 1he lay upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and 2the swearer shall come before thine altar into this house, 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and 1do and judge thy servants, that thou condemn the wicked to bring his way upon his head, and justify the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 33 ¶ When thy people Israel shall be overthrown before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and turn again to thee, and 1confess thy Name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house, 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and be merciful unto the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land, which thou gavest unto their fathers. 35 ¶ When heaven shall be 1shut up, and there shall be no rain because they have sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confess thy Name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them, 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and pardon the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walk) and give rain upon the land that thou hast given thy people to inherit. 37 When there shall be famine in the land, when there shall be pestilence, when there shall be blasting, mildew, grasshopper or caterpillar, when their enemies shall besiege them in the 1cities of their land, or any plague, or any sickness, 38 Then what prayer, and supplication soever shall be made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when everyone shall know the plague in his own 1heart, and stretch forth his hands in this house, 39 Hear thou then in heaven, in thy dwelling place, and be merciful, and do, and give every man according to all his ways, as thou knowest his heart,

d 2 Sam. 7:8

e 2 Chron. 6:13

f 1 Kings 2:4

g Deut. 12:11

8:20 1 Hebrew, confirmed. 8:21 1 The two Tables wherein the articles of the covenant were written. 8:23 1 Unfainedly and without all hypocrisy. 8:27 1 He is ravished with the admiration of God's mercies, who being incomprehensible and Lord over all will become familiar with men. 8:30 1 Or, from.

8:31 1 To wit, the judge or neighbor. 2 Hebrew, the oath. 8:32 1 That is, make it known. 8:33 1 Acknowledge thy just judgment, and praise thee. 8:35 1 So that there be a drought to destroy the fruit of the land. 8:37 1 Hebrew, in the land of their gates. 8:38 1 For such are most meet to receive God's mercies.

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cause that they which led them away captives, may 1have pity and compassion on them. 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the midst of the iron furnace. 52 Let thine eyes be open unto the prayer of thy servant, and unto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them, in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our jfathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 54 And when Solomon had made an end of praying all this 1prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, and stretching of his hands to heaven, 55 And stood and blessed all the Congregation of Israel, with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake us not, neither leave us, 58 That he may 1bow our hearts unto him, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his laws, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And these my words, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near unto the Lord our God day and night, that he defend the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel 1always as the matter requireth, 60 That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord is God, and none other. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as this day. 62 ¶ kThen the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings which he offered unto the Lord, to wit, two and twenty thousand beeves, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the King and all the children of Israel dedicated the 1house of the Lord.

(for thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men) 40 That they may fear thee as long as they live in the land, which thou gavest unto our fathers. 41 Moreover as touching the 1stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a far country for thy Name's sake, 42 (When they shall hear of thy great Name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm) and shall come and pray in this house, 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for unto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know that thy 1Name is called upon in this house which I have built. 44 ¶ When thy people shall go out to battle against their enemy by the way that thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord htoward the way of the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy Name, 45 Hear thou then in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and 1judge their cause. 46 If they sin against thee, (ifor there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them unto the enemies, so that they carry them away prisoners unto the land of the enemies, either far or near, 47 Yet 1if they turn again unto their heart in the land (to the which they be carried away captives) and return and pray unto thee 2in the land of them that carried them away captives, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, and done wickedly, 48 If they turn again unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, which led them away captives, and pray unto thee toward 1the way of their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name, 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and 1judge their cause, 50 And be merciful unto thy people that have sinned against thee, and unto all their iniquities (wherein they have transgressed against thee) and

h Dan. 6:10

i 2 Chron. 6:36

Eccl. 7:22 1 John 1:8,10

j Exod. 19:6

k 2 Chron. 7:4

8:41 1 He meaneth such as should be turned from their idolatry to serve the true God. 8:43 1 That this is the true religion wherewith thou wilt be wor­ shipped. 8:45 1 Or, maintain their right. 8:47 1 Or, if they repent. 2 Though the Temple was the chief place of prayer, yet he secludeth not them, that being let with necessity call upon him in other places. 8:48 1 As Daniel did, Dan. 6:10.

8:49 1 Or, avenge their wrong. 8:50 1 He understood by faith, that God of enemies would make friends unto them that did convert unto him. 8:54 1 Solomon is a figure of Christ, who continually is the Mediator between God and his Church. 8:58 1 He concludeth that man of himself is enemy unto God, and that all obedience to his Law proceedeth of his mere mercy. 8:59 1 Hebrew, the thing of a day in his day. 8:63 1 Before the oracle where the Ark was.

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64 The same day did the King hallow the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the lbrazen altar that was before the Lord, was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 And Solomon made at that time a feast and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, even from the entering in of 1Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, 2seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 And the eighth day he sent the people away: and they 1thanked the King, and went unto their tents joyous, and with glad heart, because of all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. 9 2 The Lord appeareth the second time to Solomon. 11 Solomon giveth cities to Hiram. 20 The Canaanites become tributaries. 28 He sendeth forth a navy for gold.

lowed efor my Name, will I cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a 1proverb, and a common talk among all people. 8 Even this high house shall be so: everyone that passeth by it, shall be astonied, and shall hiss, and they shall say, fWhy hath the Lord done thus unto this land and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them, therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 10 gAnd at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the King's palace, 11 (For the which Hiram the king of 1Tyre had brought to Solomon timber of Cedar and fir trees, and gold, and whatsoever he desired) then king Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of 2Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not. 13 Therefore he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of 1Cabul unto this day. 14 And Hiram had sent the King 1sixscore 2talents of gold. 15 ¶ And this is the cause of the tribute, why King Solomon raised tribute, to wit, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and 1Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had come up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slew the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter Solomon's wife. 17 (Therefore Solomon built Gezer and Beth Horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness of the land, 19 And all the cities 1of store, that Solomon had, even cities for chariots, and cities for horsemen, and all that Solomon desired and would build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion)

l 2 Chron. 7:7

chapter 9

a 2 Chron. 7:11

b 1 Kings 3:5

c 1 Kings 8:29

Deut. 12:21

d 2 Sam. 7:12 1 Chron. 22:10

e Jer. 7:14

f Deut. 29:24

Jer. 22:8

g 2 Chron. 8:1

1 When aSolomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the King's palace, and all that Solomon desired and minded to do, 2 Then the Lord appeared unto Solomon the second time, as he bappeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house (which thou hast built) to cput my Name there forever, and mine eyes, and my heart shall be there perpetually. 4 And 1if thou wilt walk before me (as David thy father walked in pureness of heart and in righteousness) to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my statutes, and my judgments, 5 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, dThou shalt not want a man upon the throne of Israel. 6 But if ye and your children turn away from me, and will 1not keep my Commandments, and my statutes (which I have set before you) but go and serve other gods, and worship them, 7 Then will I cut off Israel from the land, which I have given them, and the house which I have hal-

8:65 1 That is, from North to South: meaning all the country. 2 Seven days for the dedication, and seven for the feast. 8:66 1 Hebrew, blessed. 9:4 1 If thou walk in my fear, and withdraw thyself from the common manner of men, which follow their sensuality. 9:6 1 God declareth that disobedience against him, is the cause of his displeasure, and so of all misery. 9:7 1 The world shall make of you a mocking stock for the vile con­ tempt and abusing of God's most liberal benefits.

9:11 1 Or, Zor. 2 Or, Galilee. 9:13 1 Or, dirty, or barren. 9:14 1 For his tribute toward the building. 2 The common talent was about threescore pounds weight. 9:15 1 Millo was as the town house or place of assembly which was open above. 9:19 1 Cities for his munitions of war.

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20 All the people that were 1left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel 21 To wit, their children that were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel were not able to destroy, those did Solomon make tributaries unto this day 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon hmake no bondmen: but they were men of war and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and his horsemen. 23 These were the princes of the officers, that were over Solomon's work: even 1five hundred and fifty, and they ruled the people that wrought in the work. 24 ¶ And Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David unto the house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. 25 And thrice a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord: and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord, when he had finished the house. 26 Also king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Elath, and the brink of the red sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent with the navy, his servants, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fet from thence

4 Then the Queen of Sheba saw all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the 1meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and his drinking vessels, and his burnt offerings, that he offered in the house of the Lord, and 2she was greatly astonied. 6 And she said unto the King, It was a true word that I heard in mine own land of thy sayings, and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not this report, till I came, and had seen it with mine eyes: but lo, the one half was not told me: for thou hast more wisdom and prosperity, than I have heard by report. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand ever before thee, and hear thy 1wisdom. 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which 1loved thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever, and made thee king to do 2equity and righteousness. 10 And she gave the king sixscore talents of gold, and of sweet odors exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of sweet odors, as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 The navy also of Hiram (that carried gold from Ophir) brought likewise great plenty of bAlmuggim trees from Ophir, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's palace, and made harps and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seen unto this day. 13 And King Solomon gave unto the Queen of Sheba, whatsoever she would ask, besides that, which Solomon gave her of his 1kingly liberality: so she returned and went to her own country, both she and her servants. 14 ¶ Also the weight of gold, that came to Solomon in one year, was six hundred threescore and six ctalents of gold, 15 Besides that he had of merchant men and of the merchandises of them that sold spices, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the princes of the 1country. 16 And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, six hundred shekels of gold went to a target:

h Lev. 25:59

chapter 10

a 2 Chron. 9:1

Matt. 12:42 Luke 11:31

b 2 Chron. 9:10

c Exod. 25:39

1four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon. 10 1 The Queen of Sheba cometh to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 18 His royal throne. 23 His power and magnificence.

1 And the aQueen of 1Sheba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, and camels that bare sweet odors, and gold exceeding much, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon declared unto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the king, which he expounded not unto her.

9:20 1 These were as bondmen and paid what was required, either labor or money. 9:23 1 The overseers of Solomon's works, were divided into three parts: the first contained 3300, the second 300, and the third 250, which were Israelites: so here are contained the two last parts, which make 550, see 2 Chron. 8:10. 9:28 1 In 2 Chron. 8:18, is made mention of thirty more, which seem to have been employed for their charges. 10:1 1 Josephus saith, that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that Sheba was the name of the chief city of Meroe, which is an island of Nile.

10:5 1 That is, the whole order, and trade of his house. 2 Hebrew, there was no more spirit in her. 10:8 1 But much more happy are they, which hear the wisdom of God revealed in his word. 10:9 1 It is a chief sign of God's favor, when godly and wise rulers sit in the throne of justice. 2 This is the cause, why Kings are appointed. 10:13 1 Hebrew, by the hand of the King. 10:15 1 To wit, of Arabia, which for the great abundance of all things was called Happy.

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