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1 Kings 9
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God’s Promise and Warning

9 (A)Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and (B)the king’s house, and (C)all [a]that Solomon desired to do, 2 that (D)the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 And the Lord said to him, “(E)I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have offered before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, (F)by putting My name there forever, and (G)My eyes and My heart will be there [b]always. 4 As for you, (H)if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and honesty, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My ordinances, 5 then (I)I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [c]promised to your father David, saying, ‘[d]You shall not be deprived of a man on the throne of Israel.’

6 “(J)But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have placed before you, but you go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 (K)then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and (L)the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will [e]expel from My sight. So (M)Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples. 8 And this house will become (N)a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and [f]hiss and say, ‘(O)Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and this house?’ 9 And they will say, ‘(P)Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and they [g]adopted other gods and worshiped and served them, for that reason the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

Cities Given to Hiram

10 (Q)Now it came about (R)at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house 11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and juniper timber and gold, [h]satisfying all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram left Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they [i]did not please him. 13 And he said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So [j]they have been called the land of [k](S)Cabul to this day. 14 (T)And Hiram sent to the king [l]120 talents of gold.

15 Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon (U)conscripted to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the [m](V)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, (W)Hazor, (X)Megiddo, and (Y)Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and overthrown Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the (Z)Canaanites who lived in the city; and he had (AA)given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower (AB)Beth-horon, 18 and (AC)Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, that is, (AD)the cities for [n]his chariots and the cities for [o](AE)his horsemen, and [p](AF)everything that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land [q]under his rule. 20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, 21 (AG)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (AH)whom the sons of Israel were unable to completely eliminate, (AI)from them Solomon conscripted (AJ)forced laborers, as they are to this day. 22 But Solomon (AK)did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his commanders, his charioteers, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

23 These were the [r](AL)chief officers who were in charge of Solomon’s work, 550, (AM)who ruled over the people doing the work.

24 As soon as (AN)Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, (AO)he then built the Millo.

25 Now (AP)three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26 King Solomon also built a (AQ)fleet of ships in (AR)Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [s]Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 (AS)And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (AT)Ophir and received [t]420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:1 Lit Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do
  2. 1 Kings 9:3 Lit all the days
  3. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit spoke
  4. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man
  5. 1 Kings 9:7 Lit send
  6. 1 Kings 9:8 Or whistle
  7. 1 Kings 9:9 Lit laid hold of
  8. 1 Kings 9:11 Lit to all
  9. 1 Kings 9:12 Lit were not right in his sight
  10. 1 Kings 9:13 Lit he called them
  11. 1 Kings 9:13 I.e., like nothing
  12. 1 Kings 9:14 About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons
  13. 1 Kings 9:15 I.e., terraced structure
  14. 1 Kings 9:19 Lit the
  15. 1 Kings 9:19 Lit the
  16. 1 Kings 9:19 Lit the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem
  17. 1 Kings 9:19 Lit of
  18. 1 Kings 9:23 Or officers of the deputies
  19. 1 Kings 9:26 Lit Sea of Reeds
  20. 1 Kings 9:28 About 16 tons or 14 metric tons
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Pacto de Dios con Salomón(A)

9 Cuando Salomón terminó de construir el templo del Señor y el palacio real, cumpliendo así todos sus propósitos y deseos, 2 el Señor se le apareció por segunda vez, como lo había hecho en Gabaón, 3 y le dijo:

«He oído la oración y la súplica que me has hecho. Consagro este templo que tú has construido para que yo habite[a] en él para siempre. Mis ojos y mi corazón siempre estarán allí.

4 »En cuanto a ti, si me sigues con integridad y rectitud de corazón, como hizo tu padre David, y me obedeces en todo lo que yo te ordene y cumples mis decretos y leyes, 5 yo afirmaré para siempre tu trono en el reino de Israel, como le prometí a tu padre David cuando le dije: “Nunca te faltará un descendiente en el trono de Israel”.

6 »Pero, si vosotros o vuestros hijos dejáis de cumplir los mandamientos y decretos que os he dado, y os apartáis de mí para servir y adorar a otros dioses, 7 yo arrancaré a Israel de la tierra que le he dado y repudiaré el templo que he consagrado en mi honor. Entonces Israel será el hazmerreír de todos los pueblos. 8 Y, aunque ahora este templo es imponente, llegará el día en que todo el que pase frente a él quedará asombrado y, en son de burla, preguntará: “¿Por qué el Señor ha tratado así a este país y a este templo?” 9 Y le responderán: “Porque abandonaron al Señor su Dios, que sacó de Egipto a sus antepasados, los israelitas, y se echaron en los brazos de otros dioses, a los cuales adoraron y sirvieron. Por eso el Señor ha dejado que les sobrevenga tanto desastre”».

Otras actividades de Salomón(B)

10 Veinte años tardó el rey Salomón en construir los dos edificios, es decir, el templo del Señor y el palacio real, 11 después de lo cual le dio a Hiram, rey de Tiro, veinte ciudades en Galilea, porque Hiram lo había abastecido con todo el cedro, el pino y el oro que quiso. 12 Sin embargo, cuando Hiram salió de Tiro y fue a ver las ciudades que Salomón le había dado, no quedó satisfecho con ellas. 13 «Hermano mío —protestó Hiram—, ¿qué clase de ciudades son estas que me has dado?» De modo que llamó a esa región Cabul,[b] nombre que conserva hasta hoy. 14 Hiram, por su parte, le había enviado a Salomón tres mil novecientos sesenta kilos[c] de oro.

15 En cuanto al trabajo forzado, el rey Salomón reunió trabajadores para construir el templo del Señor, su propio palacio, los terraplenes,[d] el muro de Jerusalén, y Jazor, Meguido y Guézer. 16 El faraón, rey de Egipto, había atacado y tomado Guézer a sangre y fuego, matando a sus habitantes cananeos. Luego, como regalo de bodas, le dio esta ciudad a su hija, la esposa de Salomón. 17 Por eso Salomón reconstruyó las ciudades de Guézer, Bet Jorón la de abajo, 18 Balat y Tadmor,[e] en el desierto del país, 19 así como todos sus lugares de almacenamiento, los cuarteles para sus carros de combate y para su caballería, y cuanto quiso construir en Jerusalén, en el Líbano y en todo el territorio bajo su dominio.

20-21 A los descendientes de los pueblos no israelitas (es decir, a los amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, pueblos que quedaron en el país porque los israelitas no pudieron destruirlos), Salomón los sometió a trabajos forzados, y así continúan hasta el día de hoy. 22 Pero a los israelitas Salomón no los convirtió en esclavos, sino que le servían como soldados, ministros, comandantes, oficiales de carros de combate y jefes de caballería. 23 Salomón tenía además quinientos cincuenta capataces que supervisaban a sus trabajadores en la obra.

24 Los terraplenes se hicieron después de que la hija del faraón se trasladó de la Ciudad de David al palacio que Salomón le había construido.

25 Tres veces al año, Salomón presentaba holocaustos y sacrificios de comunión sobre el altar que él había construido para el Señor, y al mismo tiempo quemaba incienso en su presencia. Así cumplía con las obligaciones del templo.[f]

26 El rey Salomón también construyó una flota naviera en Ezión Guéber, cerca de Elat en Edom, a orillas del Mar Rojo. 27 Hiram envió a algunos de sus oficiales, que eran marineros expertos, para servir en la flota con los oficiales de Salomón, 28 y ellos se hicieron a la mar y llegaron a Ofir, de donde volvieron con unos catorce mil kilos[g] de oro, que le entregaron al rey Salomón.

Footnotes

  1. 9:3 habite. Lit. ponga mi nombre.
  2. 9:13 El nombre Cabul parece ser un juego de palabras que sugiere que esta era una región inútil.
  3. 9:14 tres mil novecientos sesenta kilos. Lit. ciento veinte talentos.
  4. 9:15 los terraplenes. Alt. el Milo; también en v. 24.
  5. 9:18 Tadmor. Alt. Tamar.
  6. 9:25 cumplía con las obligaciones del templo. Lit. completó el templo.
  7. 9:28 catorce mil kilos. Lit. cuatrocientos veinte talentos.
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The Lord Appears to Solomon(A)

9 When Solomon had finished(B) building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared(C) to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:

“I have heard(D) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(E) there forever. My eyes(F) and my heart will always be there.

4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(G) and uprightness, as David(H) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(I) 5 I will establish(J) your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail(K) to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(L) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(M) and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land(N) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(O) Israel will then become a byword(P) and an object of ridicule(Q) among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(R) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(S) 9 People will answer,(T) ‘Because they have forsaken(U) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(V) on them.’”

Solomon’s Other Activities(W)

10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace— 11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold(X) he wanted. 12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 13 “What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,[d](Y) a name they have to this day. 14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[e] of gold.(Z)

15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(AA) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[f](AB) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(AC) Megiddo and Gezer.(AD) 16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter,(AE) Solomon’s wife. 17 And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,(AF) 18 Baalath,(AG) and Tadmor[g] in the desert, within his land, 19 as well as all his store cities(AH) and the towns for his chariots(AI) and for his horses[h]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

20 There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites,(AJ) Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(AK) (these peoples were not Israelites). 21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(AL) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[i](AM)—to serve as slave labor,(AN) as it is to this day. 22 But Solomon did not make slaves(AO) of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers. 23 They were also the chief officials(AP) in charge of Solomon’s projects—550 officials supervising those who did the work.

24 After Pharaoh’s daughter(AQ) had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.(AR)

25 Three(AS) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

26 King Solomon also built ships(AT) at Ezion Geber,(AU) which is near Elath(AV) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[j] 27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(AW) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir(AX) and brought back 420 talents[k] of gold,(AY) which they delivered to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all
  4. 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
  5. 1 Kings 9:14 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
  6. 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24
  7. 1 Kings 9:18 The Hebrew may also be read Tamar.
  8. 1 Kings 9:19 Or charioteers
  9. 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  10. 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds
  11. 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons
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