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1 Kings - 3 Regum

3 Regum

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The Lord appeareth again to Solomon: he buildeth cities: he sendeth a fleet to Ophir.

  • 9:1
    Factum est autem cum perfecisset Salomon aedificium domus Domini, et aedificium regis, et omne quod optaverat et voluerat facere,
    And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired, and was pleased to do,

    Note — 9:1

  • 9:2
    apparuit ei Dominus secundo, sicut apparuerat ei in Gabaon.
    That the Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.

    Note — 9:2

  • 9:3
    Dixitque Dominus ad eum : Exaudivi orationem tuam et deprecationem tuam, quam deprecatus es coram me : sanctificavi domum hanc, quam aedificasti, ut ponerem nomen meum ibi in sempiternum, et erunt oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus.
    And the Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me: I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.

    Note — 9:3

  • 9:4
    Tu quoque si ambulaveris coram me, sicut ambulavit pater tuus, in simplicitate cordis, et in aequitate, et feceris omnia quae praecepit tibi, et legitima mea et judicia mea servaveris,
    And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness: and wilt do all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances and my judgments,

    Note — 9:4

  • 9:5
    ponam thronum regni tui super Israel in sempiternum, sicut locutus sum David patri tuo, dicens : Non auferetur vir de genere tuo de solio Israel.
    I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I promised David thy father, saying: There shall not fail a man of thy race upon the throne of Israel.

    Note — 9:5

  • 9:6
    Si autem aversione aversi fueritis vos et filii vestri, non sequentes me, nec custodientes mandata mea, et caeremonias meas, quas proposui vobis, sed abieritis et colueritis deos alienos, et adoraveritis eos :
    But if you and your children revolting shall turn away from following me, and will not keep my commandments, and my ceremonies, which I have set before you, but will go and worship strange gods, and adore them:

    Note — 9:6

  • 9:7
    auferam Israel de superficie terrae, quam dedi eis : et templum quod sanctificavi nomini meo, projiciam a conspectu meo, eritque Israel in proverbium, et in fabulam cunctis populis.
    I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the temple which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb, and a byword among all people.

    Note — 9:7

  • 9:8
    Et domus haec erit in exemplum : omnis qui transierit per eam, stupebit, et sibilabit, et dicet : Quare fecit Dominus sic terrae huic, et domui huic?
    And this house shall be made an example of: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house:

    Note — 9:8

  • 9:9
    Et respondebunt : Quia derelinquerunt Dominum Deum suum, qui eduxit patres eorum de terra Aegypti, et secuti sunt deos alienos, et adoraverunt eos, et coluerunt eos : idcirco induxit Dominus super eos omne malum hoc.
    And they shall answer: Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and followed strange gods, and adored them, and worshipped them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

    Note — 9:9

  • 9:10
    Expletis autem annis viginti postquam aedificaverat Salomon duas domos, id est, domum Domini, et domum regis
    And when twenty years were ended after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

    Note — 9:10

  • 9:11
    ( Hiram rege Tyri praebente Salomoni ligna cedrina et abiegna, et aurum juxta omne quod opus habuerat), tunc dedit Salomon Hiram viginti oppida in terra Galilaeae.
    (Hiram the king of Tyre furnishing Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and gold according to all he had need of.) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

    Note — 9:11

  • 9:12
    Et egressus est Hiram de Tyro, ut videret oppida quae dederat ei Salomon, et non placuerunt ei,
    And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not,

    Note — 9:12

  • 9:13
    et ait : Haeccine sunt civitates, quas dedisti mihi frater? Et appellavit eas terram Chabul, usque in diem hanc.
    And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.

    Note — 9:13

  • 9:14
    Misit quoque Hiram ad regem Salomonem centum viginti talenta auri.
    And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

    Note — 9:14

  • 9:15
    Haec est summa expensarum, quam obtulit rex Salomon ad aedificandam domum Domini et domum suam, et Mello, et murum Jerusalem, et Heser, et Mageddo, et Gazer.
    This is the sum of the expenses, which king Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

    Note — 9:15

  • 9:16
    Pharao rex Aegypti ascendit, et cepit Gazar, succenditque eam igni : et Chananaeum, qui habitabat in civitate, interfecit, et dedit eam in dotem filiae suae uxori Salomonis.
    Pharao the king of Egypt came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire: and slew the Chanaanite that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

    Note — 9:16

  • 9:17
    Aedificavit ergo Salomon Gazer, et Bethoron inferiorem,
    So Solomon built: Gazer, and Beth-horon the nether,

    Note — 9:17

  • 9:18
    et Balaath, et Palmiram in terra solitudinis.
    And Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.

    Note — 9:18

  • 9:19
    Et omnes vicos qui ad se pertinebant et erant absque muro, munivit, et civitates curruum et civitates equitum, et quodcumque ei placuit ut aedificaret in Jerusalem, et in Libano, et in omni terra potestatis suae.
    And all the towns that belonged to himself, and were not walled, he fortified, the cities also of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever he had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion.

    Note — 9:19

  • 9:20
    Universum populum, qui remanserat de Amorrhaeis, et Hethaeis, et Pherezaeis, et Hevaeis, et Jebusaeis, qui non sunt de filiis Israel :
    All the people that were left of the Amorrhites, and Hethites, and Pherezites, and Hevites, and Jebusites, that are not of the children of Israel:

    Note — 9:20

  • 9:21
    horum filios, qui remanserant in terra, quos scilicet non potuerant filii Israel exterminare, fecit Salomon tributarios, usque in diem hanc.
    Their children, that were left in the land, to wit, such as the children of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary unto this day.

    Note — 9:21

  • 9:22
    De filiis autem Israel non constituit Salomon servire quemquam, sed erant viri bellatores, et ministri ejus, et principes, et duces, et praefecti curruum et equorum.
    But of the children of Israel Solomon made not any to be bondmen, but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and captains, and overseers of the chariots and horses.

    Note — 9:22

  • 9:23
    Erant autem principes super omnia opera Salomonis praepositi quingenti quinquaginta, qui habebant subjectum populum, et statutis operibus imperabant.
    And there were five hundred and fifty chief officers set over all the works of Solomon, and they had people under them, and had charge over the appointed works.

    Note — 9:23

  • 9:24
    Filia autem Pharaonis ascendit de civitate David in domum suam, quam aedificaverat ei Salomon : tunc aedificavit Mello.
    And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Mello.

    Note — 9:24

  • 9:25
    Offerebat quoque Salomon tribus vicibus per annos singulos holocausta, et pacificas victimas, super altare quod aedificaverat Domino, et adolebat thymiama coram Domino : perfectumque est templum.
    Solomon also offered three times every year holocausts, and victims of peace offerings upon the altar which he had built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord: and the temple was finished.

    Note — 9:25

  • 9:26
    Classem quoque fecit rex Salomon in Asiongaber, quae est juxta Ailath in littore maris Rubri, in terra Idumaeae.
    And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

    Note — 9:26

  • 9:27
    Misitque Hiram in classe illa servos suos viros nauticos et gnaros maris, cum servis Salomonis.
    And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

    Note — 9:27

  • 9:28
    Qui cum venissent in Ophir, sumptum inde aurum quadringentorum viginti talentorum, detulerunt ad regem Salomonem.
    And they came to Ophir, and they brought from thence to king Solomon four hundred and twenty talents of gold.

    Note — 9:28

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