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1 And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself. 2 And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers. 3 Also, he sent to Hiram, the […]

1 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, as it had been shown to David his father, at the place which David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of […]

1 Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height, 2 as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went […]

1 Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, which he placed in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the […]

1 Then Solomon said: “The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud. 2 But I have built a house to his name, so that he may dwell there forever.” 3 And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire multitude of Israel, (for the whole crowd was standing and attentive) […]

1 And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers, fire descended from heaven, and it devoured the holocausts and the victims. And the majesty of the Lord filled the house. 2 Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple […]

1 Then, twenty years having passed since Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house, 2 he built the cities that Hiram had given to Solomon, and he caused the sons of Israel to live there. 3 Also, he went to Hamath Zobah, and he obtained it. 4 And he built Palmira […]

1 Also, when the queen of Sheba had heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem, with great riches and with camels which were carrying aromatics, and very much gold, and precious gems, so that she might test him with enigmas. And when she had approached Solomon, she spoke to him all that […]

1 Now Rehoboam set out for Shechem. For in that place all of Israel had convened, so that they might appoint him as king. 2 But when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (indeed he had fled to that place from Solomon) had heard it, he promptly returned. 3 And they summoned […]

1 Then Rehoboam went to Jerusalem, and he called together the entire house of Judah and of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand elect men of war, so that he might contend against Israel, and turn back his kingdom to himself. 2 And the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying: […]