Our Lord appearing again to Salomon. 4. admonisheth him and his people to keep the precepts. 6. threatening punishment if they do not. 10. The king of Tyre receiveth seventy cities of Salomon, but liketh them not. 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and towns. 20. Maketh divers nations tributary. 24. The Queen repaireth to her house. 25. The king offereth victims thrice every year. 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir.Our Lord appearing againe to Salomon. 4. admonisheth him and his people to keepe the precepts. 6. threatning punishment if they do not. 10. The king of Tyre receaueth seuentie cities of Salomon, but liketh them not. 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and townes. 20. Maketh diuers nations tributarie. 24. The Quene repayreth to her house. 25. The king offereth victimes thrise euerie yeare. 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir.✦
And it came to pass when Salomon had perfected the building of the house of our Lord, and the king's house, and all that he wished and would have done,AND it came to passe when Salomon had perfected the building of the house of our Lord, & the kinges house, and al that he wished and would haue done,Factum est autem cum perfecisset Salomon ædificium domus Domini, et ædificium regis, et omne quod optaverat et voluerat facere,
2that our Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.that our Lord appeared to him the second time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.✦apparuit ei Dominus secundo, sicut apparuerat ei in Gabaon.
3And our Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy petition, which thou hast prayed before me: I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, that I might put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always.And our Lord said to him: I haue heard thy prayer & thy petition, which thou hast prayed before me: I haue sanctified this house, which thou hast built, that I might put my name there for euer, and myne eies and my hart shal be there alwaies.Dixitque Dominus ad eum : Exaudivi orationem tuam et deprecationem tuam, quam deprecatus es coram me : sanctificavi domum hanc quam ædificasti, ut ponerem nomen meum ibi in sempiternum, et erunt oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus.
4Thou also if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in equity: and wilt do all things, which I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances and my judgments,Thou also if thou wilt walke before me, as thy father walked, in simplicitie of hart, and in equitie: and wilt doe al thinges, which I haue commanded thee, and wilt keepe my ordinances and my iudgements,✦Tu quoque si ambulaveris coram me sicut ambulavit pater tuus, in simplicitate cordis et in æquitate, et feceris omnia quæ præcepi tibi, et legitima mea et judicia mea servaveris,
5I will set the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, as I have spoken to David thy father, saying: There shall not be taken away a man of thy stock from the throne of Israel.I wil sette the throne of thy kingdom ouer Israel for euer, as I haue spoken to Dauid thy father, saying: There shal not be taken away a man of thy stocke from the throne of Israel.ponam thronum regni tui super Israël in sempiternum, sicut locutus sum David patri tuo, dicens : Non auferetur vir de genere tuo de solio Israël.
6But if by revolting you and your children shall turn away, not following me, nor keeping my commandments, and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but shall go and worship strange gods, and adore them:But if by reuolting you and your children shal turne away, not folowing me, nor keeping my commandementes, and my ceremonies, which I haue proposed to you, but shal goe and worshippe strange goddes, and adore them:✦Si autem aversione aversi fueritis vos et filii vestri, non sequentes me, nec custodientes mandata mea et cæremonias meas quas proposui vobis, sed abieritis et colueritis deos alienos, et adoraveritis eos :
7I 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 away from my sight, and Israel shall be for a proverb, and for a fable to all peoples.I wil take away Israel from the face of the land, which I haue geuen them, and the temple which I haue sanctified to my name, I wil cast away from my sight, and Israel shal be for a prouerbe, and for a fable to al peoples.auferam Israël de superficie terræ quam dedi eis, et templum quod sanctificavi nomini meo, projiciam a conspectu meo : eritque Israël in proverbium, et in fabulam cunctis populis.
8And this house shall be for an example: every one that shall pass by it, shall wonder, and hiss, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?And this house shal be for an example: euerie one that shal passe by it, shal wonder, and hisse, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?Et domus hæc erit in exemplum : omnis qui transierit per eam, stupebit, et sibilabit, et dicet : Quare fecit Dominus sic terræ huic, et domui huic ?
9And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have followed strange gods, and adored them, and worshipped them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.And they shal answere: Because they haue forsaken the Lord their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Ægypt, and haue folowed strange goddes, & adored them, and worshipped them: therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them al this euil.Et respondebunt : Quia dereliquerunt Dominum Deum suum, qui eduxit patres eorum de terra Ægypti, et secuti sunt deos alienos, et adoraverunt eos, et coluerunt eos : idcirco induxit Dominus super eos omne malum hoc.
10And twenty years being complete, after that Salomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of our Lord, and the house of the kingAnd twentie yeares being complete, after that Salomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of our Lord, and the house of the king✦Expletis autem annis viginti postquam ædificaverat Salomon duas domos, id est, domum Domini, et domum regis
11(Hiram the king of Tyre ministering to Salomon cedar trees and fir trees, and gold according to all that he had need) then Salomon gave to Hiram twenty towns in the Land of Galilee.(Hiram the king of Tyre ministring to Salomon ceder trees & firre trees, and gold according to al that he had neede) then Salomon gaue to Hiram twentie townes in the Land of Galilee.(Hiram rege Tyri præbente Salomoni ligna cedrina et abiegna, et aurum juxta omne quod opus habuerat), tunc dedit Salomon Hiram viginti oppida in terra Galilææ.
12And Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns which Salomon had given unto him, and they pleased him not,And Hiram went from Tyre to see the townes which Salomon had geuen vnto him, and they pleased him not,Et egressus est Hiram de Tyro ut videret oppida quæ dederat ei Salomon, et non placuerunt ei.
13and he said: Are these the cities, which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land Chabul, until this day.and he sayd: Are these the cities, which thou hast geuen me, brother? And he called them the land *Chabul, vntil this day.✦Et ait : Hæccine sunt civitates quas dedisti mihi, frater ? Et appellavit eas terram Chabul, usque in diem hanc.
14Hiram also sent to king Salomon an hundred and twenty talents of gold.Hiram also sent to king Salomon an hundred and twentie talentes of gold.Misit quoque Hiram ad regem Salomonem centum viginti talenta auri.
15This is the sum of the expenses, which king Salomon offered to build the house of our Lord, and his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and GazerThis is the summe of the expences, which king Salomon offered to build the house of our Lord, and his owne house, and Mello, and the wal of Ierusalem, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer✦Hæc est summa expensarum quam obtulit rex Salomon ad ædificandam domum Domini et domum suam, et Mello, et murum Jerusalem, et Heser, et Mageddo, et Gazer.
16Pharao the king of Egypt came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire: And the Chananite, that dwelt in the city, he slew, and gave it for a dowry to his daughter the wife of Salomon.Pharao the king of Ægypt came vp and tooke Gazer, and burnt it with fire: And the Chananite, that dwelt in the citie, he slewe, and gaue it for a dowrie to his daughter the wife of Salomon.✦Pharao rex Ægypti ascendit, et cepit Gazer, succenditque eam igni, et Chananæum, qui habitabat in civitate, interfecit : et dedit eam in dotem filiæ suæ uxori Salomonis.
17Salomon therefore built Gazer, and Bethhoron the lower,Salomon therfore built Gazer, and Bethhoron the lower,Ædificavit ergo Salomon Gazer, et Bethoron inferiorem,
18and Baalath, and Palmira in the Land of the wilderness.and Baalath, and Palmira in the Land of the wildernes.✦et Baalath, et Palmiram in terra solitudinis.
19And all the villages, that pertained to him, and were without wall, he munivit: enclosed with a fence; fortified, walled about, and the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever pleased him to build in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion.And al the villages, that perteyned to him, and were without wal, he fenced, and the cities of the chariotes, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoeuer pleased him to build in Ierusalem, and in Libanus, and in al the land of his dominion.Et omnes vicos qui ad se pertinebant et erant absque muro, munivit, et civitates curruum et civitates equitum, et quodcumque ei placuit ut ædificaret in Jerusalem, et in Libano, et in omni terra potestatis suæ.
20All the people, that was remaining of the Amorrheites, and Hethaites, and Pherezeites, and Heveites, and Jebuseites, that are not of the children of Israel,Al the people, that was remayning of the Amorrheites, and Hethaites, and Pherezeites, and Heueites, and Iebuseites, that are not of the children of Israel,Universum populum qui remanserat de Amorrhæis, et Hethæis, et Pherezæis, et Hevæis, et Jebusæis, qui non sunt de filiis Israël :
21their children, that were remaining in the land, to scilicet: namely, that is to say, those whom the children of Israel could not exterminare: do away with, repeal; utterly destroy, exterminate: Salomon made tributaries, until this day.their children, that were remayning in the land, to witte, those whom the children of Israel could not abolish: Salomon made tributaries, vntil this day.✦horum filios qui remanserant in terra, quos scilicet non potuerant filii Israël exterminare, fecit Salomon tributarios usque in diem hanc.
22But the children of Israel Salomon appointed not any man to serve, but they were men of war, and his servants, and princes, and captains, and overseers of the chariots and horses.But the children of Israel Salomon appoynted not any man to serue, but they were men of warre, and his seruantes, and princes, and captaynes, and ouerseers of the chariotes and horses.De filiis autem Israël non constituit Salomon servire quemquam, sed erant viri bellatores, et ministri ejus, et principes, et duces, et præfecti curruum et equorum.
23And there were princes over all the works of Salomon, made overseers, five hundred fifty, which had the people subject, and commanded over their appointed works.And there were princes ouer al the workes of Salomon, made ouerseers, fiue hundred fiftie, which had the people subiect, and commanded ouer their appoynted workes.Erant autem principes super omnia opera Salomonis præpositi quingenti quinquaginta, qui habebant subjectum populum, et statutis operibus imperabant.
24And the daughter of Pharao went up out of the city of David into her house, which Salomon had built her: then did he build Mello.And the daughter of Pharao went vp out of the citie of Dauid into her house, which Salomon had built her: then did he build Mello.Filia autem Pharaonis ascendit de civitate David in domum suam, quam ædificaverat ei Salomon : tunc ædificavit Mello.
25Salomon also offered three times every year holocausts, and pacificas: peace offerings victims upon the altar, which he had built to our Lord, and he burnt incense before our Lord: and the temple was perfected.Salomon also offered three times euerie yeare holocaustes, and pacifique victimes vpon the altar, which he had built to our Lord, and he burnt incense before our Lord: and the temple was perfected.Offerebat quoque Salomon, tribus vicibus per annos singulos, holocausta et pacificas victimas super altare quod ædificaverat Domino, et adolebat thymiama coram Domino : perfectumque est templum.
26King Salomon also made a name in Asiongaber, which is beside Ailath in the shore of the Red sea in the Land of Idumea.King Salomon also made a name in Asiongaber, which is beside Ailath in the shore of the Readsea in the Land of Idumæa.✦Classem quoque fecit rex Salomon in Asiongaber, quæ est juxta Ailath in littore maris Rubri, in terra Idumææ.
27And Hiram sent in that navy his men, that were mariners and skilful of the sea, with the servants of Salomon,And Hiram sent in that nauie his men, that were mariners and skilful of the sea, with the seruantes of Salomon,✦Misitque Hiram in classe illa servos suos viros nauticos et gnaros maris, cum servis Salomonis.
28who when they were come into Ophir, the gold taken thence of four hundred and twenty talents, they brought to king Salomon.who when they were come into Ophir, the gold taken thence of foure hundred and twentie talentes, they brought to king Salomon.✦Qui cum venissent in Ophir, sumptum inde aurum quadringentorum viginti talentorum, detulerunt ad regem Salomonem.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.