1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.8.6 all that…: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build
7¶ As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 8But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. 9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. 10And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
11¶ And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.8.11 holy: Heb. holiness
12¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 13Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.8.14 so had David…: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God 15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
17¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.8.17 Eloth: also called, Elath 18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Salomons byggeprojekter
1.Kong. 9,10-23
1I 20 år havde Salomon nok at gøre med at bygge Herrens hus og sit eget palads. 2Da de var færdige, gik han i gang med at genopbygge de byer, kong Hiram af Tyrus havde givet tilbage til ham, og han overflyttede nogle af israelitterne til disse byer. 3Derefter gik han til angreb på byen Hamat-Zoba og indtog den. 4Han udbyggede også Tadmor i ørkenen og indrettede byerne i Hamat til forrådscentre. 5Han befæstede byerne Øvre og Nedre Bet-Horon og gjorde dem til forsyningsbyer med stærke mure og forskansede porte. 6Endvidere udbyggede han Ba’alat og andre forsyningsbyer foruden byerne, hvor han indrettede de kongelige heste- og vognstalde. Han fuldførte således alle de byggeplaner, han havde for Jerusalem, Libanons bjerge og hele det store rige, han regerede over.
7-8Salomon udskrev sine tvangsarbejdere fra de folk, Israel havde besejret—hittitterne, amoritterne, perizzitterne, hivvitterne og jebusitterne. Det var nemlig aldrig lykkedes Israels folk at udrydde disse folkeslag helt—selv længe efter deres erobring af landet—ja, endnu den dag i dag findes der slaver, som nedstammer fra disse folk. 9Men han tvang ingen israelitter til slavearbejde. Mange af dem var med i hæren som fodfolk, officerer, vognstyrere og ryttere. 10Blandt israelitterne udpegede han desuden 250 til at være opsynsmænd ved byggeprojekterne.
Forskellige oplysninger
1.Kong. 9,24-28
11Efter at byggeriet var færdigt, flyttede Salomon sin kone, der var en egyptisk prinsesse, fra Davidsbyen til det palads, han havde bygget til hende. „Hun skal ikke bo i kong Davids gamle palads,” sagde han, „for Herrens Ark stod opbevaret i det palads, og derfor er det et helligt sted.”
12På alteret foran templet ofrede Salomon brændofre til Herren. 13Antallet af offerdyr skiftede fra dag til dag i henhold til de instrukser, Moses havde givet. Særlige ofre blev bragt på sabbatten, ved nymånefesten og ved de tre årlige højtider: påskefesten, ugefesten og løvhyttefesten. 14I henhold til den ordning, hans far havde indstiftet, blev præsterne inddelt i skiftehold. Levitterne havde ansvaret for lovsangen, og de skulle også hjælpe præsterne med det daglige arbejde. Tempelvagterne blev stationeret ved templets porte i henhold til deres arbejdsplan, som var fastlagt af David. 15Præsterne og levitterne fulgte til punkt og prikke kongens befalinger vedrørende tempeltjenesten og bevogtningen af templets skatkamre. 16Således havde Salomon nu sørget for, at alt vedrørende tempelbyggeriet var blevet udført nøjagtigt efter forskrifterne, lige fra byggeriet begyndte til templet stod færdigt.
17Salomon tog derefter ned til byerne Etzjon-Geber og Eilat ved kysten ud til Det Røde Hav i Edoms land. 18Kong Hiram havde nemlig sendt ham nogle skibe fra sin egen flåde, bemandet med erfarne søfolk. Salomons folk sejlede nu sammen med dem til Ofir, og de kom tilbage med mere end 15 tons guld, som de afleverede til Salomon.
