Kings III

35e and Solomon made the sea, and the bases, and the great lavers, and the pillars, and the fountain of the court, and the brazen sea— ‡and he built the citadel as a defence above it, he made a breach in the wall of the city of David;

35f thus the daughter of Pharao went up out of the city of David to her house which he built for her. Then he built the citadel;

35g and Solomon offered up three whole-burnt-offerings in the year, and peace-offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord, and finished the house.

35h And these are the chief persons who presided over the works of Solomon; three thousand and six hundred masters of the people that wrought the works.

35i And he built Assur, and Magdo, and Gazer, and upper Bæthoron, and Ballath:

35k only after he had built the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about, afterwards he built these cities.

35l And when David was yet living, he charged Solomon, saying, Behold, there is with thee Semei the son of Gera, of the seed of §Benjamin out of Chebron:

35m he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp;

35n and he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, **He shall not be slain with the sword.

35o But now do not thou hold him guiltless, for thou art a man of understanding, and thou wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and thou shalt bring down his ††grey hairs with blood to ‡‡the grave.

36 And the king called Semei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and thou shalt not go out thence any whither.

37 And it shall come to pass in the day §§that thou shalt go forth and cross over the brook Kedron, ***know assuredly that thou shalt certainly die: thy blood shall be upon thine head. And the king caused him to swear in that day.

38 And Semei said to the king, Good is the word that thou hast spoken, my lord O king: thus will thy servant do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem three years.

39 And it came to pass after the three years, that two servants of Semei ran away to Anchus son of Maacha king of Geth: and it was told Semei, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Geth.

40 And Semei rose up, and saddled his ass, and went to Geth to Anchus to seek out his servants: and Semei went, and brought his servants out of Geth.

41 And it was told Solomon, saying, Semei is gone out of Jerusalem to Geth, and has brought back his servants.

42 And the king sent and called Semei, and said to him, Did I not adjure thee by the Lord, and testify to thee, saying, In whatsoever day thou shalt go out of Jerusalem, and go to the right or left, know certainly that thou shalt assuredly die?

43 And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded †††thee?

44 And the king said to Semei, Thou knowest all thy mischief which thy heart knows, which thou didst to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed thy mischief on thine own head.

45 And king Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

46 And Solomon commanded Banæas the son of Jodae, and he went forth and slew him.

46a And king Solomon was very prudent and wise: and Juda and Israel were very many, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating, and drinking, and rejoicing:

46b and Solomon was chief in all the kingdoms, and they brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

46c And Solomon began to open the domains of Libanus,

46d and he built Thermæ in the wilderness.

46e And this was the ‡‡‡daily provision of Solomon, thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of ground meal, ten choice calves, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and does, and choice fed birds.

46f For he ruled in all the country on this side the river, from Raphi unto Gaza, over all the kings §§§on this side the river:

46g and he was at peace on all sides round about; and Juda and Israel dwelt *safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, eating and drinking, and feasting, from Dan even to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.

46h And these were the princes of Solomon; Azariu son of Sadoc the priest, and Orniu son of Nathan chief of the officers, and he †went to his house; and Suba the scribe, and Basa son of Achithalam recorder, and Abi son of Joab commander-in-chief, and Achire son of Edrai was over the ‡levies, and Banæas son of Jodae over the household and over the brickwork, and Cachur the son of Nathan was counsellor.

46i And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses.

46k And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt:

46l so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.