Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef3
1 Kings · Chapter 3
And Shelomoh made affinity with Pharaoh king of Mitsrayim, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of Dawid, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and the wall of Yerushalayim round about.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), until those days.
And Shelomoh loved 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), walking in the statutes of Dawid his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that
was
the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Shelomoh offer upon that altar.
In Gibeon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) appeared to Shelomoh in a dream by night: and Elohim said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Shelomoh said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant Dawid my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as
it is
this day.
And now, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim, thou hast made thy servant king instead of Dawid my father: and I
am but a little child: I know not
how
to go out or come in.
And thy servant
is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
And the speech pleased the master, that Shelomoh had asked this thing.
And Elohim 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 enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my mitsvot, as thy father Dawid did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
And Shelomoh awoke; and, behold,
it was a dream. And he came to Yerushalayim, and stood before the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Then came there two women,
that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we
were together;
there was
no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
And the other woman said, Nay; but the living
is my son, and the dead
is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead
is
thy son, and the living
is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
Then said the king, The one saith, This
is my son that liveth, and thy son
is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son
is the dead, and my son
is the living.
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Then spake the woman whose the living child
was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine,
but divide
it.
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she
is the mother thereof.
And all Yisra'el heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of Elohim
was in him, to do judgment.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef4
1 Kings · Chapter 4
So king Shelomoh was king over all Yisra'el.
And these
were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the kohen,
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar
were the kohanim:
And Azariah the son of Nathan
was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan
was principal officer,
and the king’s friend:
And Ahishar
was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda
was over the tribute.
And Shelomoh had twelve officers over all Yisra'el, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
And these
are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him
pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Shelomoh to wife:
Baana the son of Ahilud;
to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah,
even unto
the place that is beyond Jokneam:
The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him
pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which
are in Gilead; to him
also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Ahinadab the son of Iddo
had Mahanaim:
Ahimaaz
was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Shelomoh to wife:
Baanah the son of Hushai
was in Asher and in Aloth:
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
Geber the son of Uri
was in the country of Gilead,
in
the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and
he was the only officer which
was in the land.
Judah and Yisra'el
were many, as the sand which
is
by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
And Shelomoh reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Mitsrayim: they brought presents, and served Shelomoh all the days of his life.
And Shelomoh’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
For he had dominion over all
the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
And Judah and Yisra'el dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Shelomoh.
And Shelomoh had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
And those officers provided victual for king Shelomoh, and for all that came unto king Shelomoh’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where
the officers were, every man according to his charge.
And Elohim gave Shelomoh wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that
is on the sea shore.
And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that
is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Shelomoh, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef5
1 Kings · Chapter 5
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Shelomoh; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of Dawid.
And Shelomoh sent to Hiram, saying,
Thou knowest how that Dawid my father could not build an house unto the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim for the wars which were about him on every side, until 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) put them under the soles of his feet.
But now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim hath given me rest on every side,
so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Dawid my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that
there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Shelomoh, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed
be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) this day, which hath given unto Dawid a wise son over this great people.
And Hiram sent to Shelomoh, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for:
and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
My servants shall bring
them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive
them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
So Hiram gave Shelomoh cedar trees and fir trees
according to
all his desire.
And Shelomoh gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat
for
food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Shelomoh to Hiram year by year.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) gave Shelomoh wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Shelomoh; and they two made a league together.
And king Shelomoh raised a levy out of all Yisra'el; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon,
and two months at home: and Adoniram
was over the levy.
And Shelomoh had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Shelomoh’s officers which
were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Shelomoh’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew
them,
and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.