Vedenia de la Ghivon: Solomon este avertizat

După ce Solomon a terminat de zidit Casa Domnului, palatul regelui şi tot ceea ce-şi dorise să facă, Domnul i S-a arătat a doua oară, tot aşa cum i Se arătase la Ghivon. Domnul i-a zis:

„Ţi-am ascultat rugăciunea şi cererea pe care Mi-ai făcut-o; am sfinţit această Casă pe care ai zidit-o, punându-Mi Numele acolo pentru totdeauna. Ochii şi inima Mea vor fi acolo în toate zilele. Cât despre tine, dacă vei umbla înaintea Mea aşa cum a umblat tatăl tău, David, în curăţie de inimă şi în dreptate, împlinind tot ce ţi-am poruncit şi păzind legile şi hotărârile Mele, voi întări pe vecie tronul domniei tale peste Israel, aşa cum i-am promis tatălui tău, David, atunci când am spus: «Nu vei fi lipsit niciodată de un urmaş la tronul lui Israel!» Dar dacă voi sau urmaşii voştri vă veţi întoarce de la Mine, dacă nu veţi păzi poruncile şi legile pe care vi le-am dat, dacă vă veţi depărta, dacă veţi sluji altor dumnezei şi vă veţi închina înaintea lor, atunci îl voi îndepărta pe Israel din ţara pe care i-am dat-o şi voi lepăda dinaintea Mea Casa pe care am sfinţit-o pentru Numele Meu, iar Israel va ajunge de pomină şi de batjocură printre toate popoarele. Şi oricât de impunătoare este această Casă acum, toţi cei care vor trece pe lângă ea se vor îngrozi, vor fluiera şi vor întreba: «De ce a făcut Domnul astfel acestei ţări şi acestei Case?» Atunci li se va răspunde: «Pentru că L-au părăsit pe Domnul, Dumnezeul lor, Cel Care i-a scos pe strămoşii lor din ţara Egiptului, şi pentru că s-au alipit de alţi dumnezei, s-au închinat înaintea lor şi le-au slujit, de aceea a adus Domnul peste ei toată această nenorocire.»“

Alte realizări ale lui Solomon

10 La sfârşitul celor douăzeci de ani, timp în care Solomon zidise cele două clădiri – Casa Domnului şi palatul regelui – 11 (Hiram, regele Tirului, îi dăduse lui Solomon lemne de cedru şi de chiparos şi aur cât a dorit), regele Solomon i-a dat lui Hiram douăzeci de cetăţi în ţara Galileii. 12 Hiram a ieşit din Tir să vadă cetăţile pe care i le-a dat Solomon, dar nu i-au plăcut. 13 Atunci a zis: „Ce fel de cetăţi mi-ai dat, frate?“ Şi le-a numit ţara Cabul[a], nume pe care îl poartă şi astăzi. 14 Hiram îi trimisese regelui Solomon o sută douăzeci de talanţi[b] de aur.

15 Aşa au stat lucrurile cu privire la oamenii de corvoadă pe care i-a folosit regele Solomon pentru a zidi Casa Domnului, palatul său, Milo[c], zidul Ierusalimului şi cetăţile Haţor, Meghido şi Ghezer. 16 Faraonul Egiptului se dusese, capturase Ghezerul şi-i dăduse foc. Îi omorâse pe canaaniţii din cetate şi i-o dăduse ca zestre fiicei sale, soţia lui Solomon. 17 Solomon a rezidit cetăţile Ghezer, Bet-Horonul de Jos, 18 Baalat şi Tadmor[d] în pustie, în interiorul ţării, 19 precum şi toate cetăţile pentru provizii, pe care Solomon le avea, cetăţile pentru care şi cetăţile pentru cavalerie[e], şi tot ceea ce a dorit Solomon să zidească în Ierusalim, în Liban şi în toată ţara aflată sub stăpânirea sa. 20 Iar pe toţi cei ce au mai rămas dintre amoriţi, hitiţi, periziţi, hiviţi şi iebusiţi – cei ce nu făceau parte din Israel – 21 adică dintre urmaşii acestora, care au rămas în ţară şi pe care israeliţii nu i-au putut nimici[f] de tot, Solomon i-a folosit la muncă forţată şi aşa au rămas până astăzi. 22 Dar Solomon nu i-a folosit pe israeliţi ca sclavi, căci aceştia îi slujeau ca ostaşi, slujitori, demnitari, ofiţeri şi conducători de care şi de cavalerie. 23 Căpeteniile puse să supravegheze lucrarea lui Solomon şi poporul care o făcea, erau în număr de cinci sute cincizeci.

24 Fiica lui Faraon s-a suit din Cetatea lui David, la palatul pe care Solomon îl zidise pentru ea. Atunci a zidit el Milo.

25 De trei ori pe an, Solomon aducea arderi de tot şi jertfe de pace[g] pe altarul pe care-l zidise pentru Domnul şi ardea tămâie înaintea Domnului împreună cu jertfele. Astfel, el a terminat Casa.

26 Regele Solomon a construit şi nişte corăbii la Eţion-Gheber, care se află lângă Elat, în ţara Edomului, pe ţărmul Mării Roşii[h]. 27 Hiram şi-a trimis slujitorii, marinari care cunoşteau marea, pentru a sluji împreună cu slujitorii lui Solomon. 28 Ei s-au dus la Ofir şi au luat de acolo patru sute douăzeci de talanţi[i] de aur, pe care i-au adus apoi regelui Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Regi 9:13 Cabul sună asemănător cu expresia ebraică pentru bun-de-nimic
  2. 1 Regi 9:14 Aproximativ 3,6 t
  3. 1 Regi 9:15 Milo înseamnă plin şi se referă, probabil, la un sistem de terase artificiale umplute cu stânci şi susţinute de ziduri; şi în v. 24
  4. 1 Regi 9:18 Sau: Tamar
  5. 1 Regi 9:19 Sau: cai
  6. 1 Regi 9:21 Termenul ebraic se referă la un lucru sau o persoană dedicate irevocabil Domnului, fie ca dar, fie printr-o distrugere completă
  7. 1 Regi 9:25 Vezi nota de la 3:15
  8. 1 Regi 9:26 Ebr.: Yam Suf (lit.: Marea Trestiilor sau Marea Algelor - vezi Iona 2:5, unde acelaşi termen ebraic, suf, are sensul de alge). Denumirea de Marea Roşie a fost introdusă în traducerile moderne prin LXX şi VUL; în VT însă, sintagma ebraică denumea actualul Golf Aqaba, la sud de Elat. Chiar şi astăzi localnicii numesc Golful Aqaba Yam Suf
  9. 1 Regi 9:28 Aproximativ 12,5 t

God’s Second Appearance to Solomon(A)

And (B)it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord (C)and the king’s house, and (D)all Solomon’s desire which he wanted to do, that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, (E)as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. And the Lord said to him: (F)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built (G)to put My name there forever, (H)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. Now if you (I)walk before Me (J)as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you (K)keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, (L)as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ (M)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, (N)then I will [b]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (O)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (P)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And as for (Q)this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, (R)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this (S)calamity on them.’ ”

Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts

10 Now (T)it happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house 11 (U)(Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they did not please him. 13 So he said, “What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” (V)And he called them the land of [c]Cabul, as they are to this day. 14 Then Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

Solomon’s Additional Achievements(W)

15 And this is the reason for (X)the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the Lord, his own house, [d]the (Y)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, (Z)Hazor, (AA)Megiddo, and (AB)Gezer. 16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, (AC)had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.) 17 And Solomon built Gezer, Lower (AD)Beth Horon, 18 (AE)Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19 all the storage cities that Solomon had, cities for (AF)his chariots and cities for his (AG)cavalry, and whatever Solomon (AH)desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 (AI)All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel— 21 that is, their descendants (AJ)who were left in the land after them, (AK)whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely—(AL)from these Solomon raised (AM)forced labor, as it is to this day. 22 But of the children of Israel Solomon (AN)made no forced laborers, because they were men of war and his servants: his officers, his captains, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

23 Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: (AO)five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

24 But (AP)Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to (AQ)her house which [e]Solomon had built for her. (AR)Then he built the Millo.

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

26 (AT)King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at (AU)Ezion Geber, which is near [f]Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 (AV)Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (AW)Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:6 turn back
  2. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy
  3. 1 Kings 9:13 Lit. Good for Nothing
  4. 1 Kings 9:15 Lit. The Landfill
  5. 1 Kings 9:24 Lit. he; cf. 2 Chr. 8:11
  6. 1 Kings 9:26 Heb. Eloth

The Lord Appears to Solomon(A)

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

“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) 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.’

“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, 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. 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) 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

The Lord Appears to Solomon

(A)As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord (B)and the king's house and (C)all that Solomon desired to build, (D)the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, (E)by putting my name there forever. (F)My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. And as for you, if you will (G)walk before me, (H)as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, (I)then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ (J)But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, (K)then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, (L)and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, (M)and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And this house will become a heap of ruins.[a] Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, (N)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will say, ‘Because (O)they abandoned the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this disaster on them.’”

Solomon's Other Acts

10 (P)At the end of (Q)twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house, 11 and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him. 13 Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of (R)Cabul to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[b] of gold.

15 And this is the account of (S)the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and (T)the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and (U)Hazor and (V)Megiddo and Gezer 16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed (W)the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to (X)his daughter, Solomon's wife; 17 so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and (Y)Lower Beth-horon 18 and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,[c] 19 and all the store cities that Solomon had, and (Z)the cities for his chariots, and the cities for (AA)his horsemen, and whatever Solomon (AB)desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel— 21 (AC)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (AD)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[d](AE)these Solomon drafted to be (AF)slaves, and so they are to this day. 22 But (AG)of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.

23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: (AH)550 (AI)who had charge of the people who carried on the work.

24 But (AJ)Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to (AK)her own house that Solomon had built for her. (AL)Then he built (AM)the Millo.

25 Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it[e] before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at (AN)Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent (AO)with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (AP)Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high
  2. 1 Kings 9:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  3. 1 Kings 9:18 Hebrew lacks of Judah
  4. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
  5. 1 Kings 9:25 Septuagint lacks with it