The Lord Appears to Solomon Again
(2 Chronicles 7.11-22)1 The Lord's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished, and Solomon had built everything he wanted. 2 Some time later the Lord appeared to him again in a dream, just as he had done at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said:
I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshiped forever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.
4 You must obey me, as your father David did, and be honest and fair. Obey my laws and teachings, 5 and I will keep my promise to David that someone from your family will always be king of Israel.
6 But if you or any of your descendants disobey my commands or start worshiping foreign gods, 7 I will no longer let my people Israel live in this land I gave them. I will desert this temple where I said I would be worshiped. Then people everywhere will think this nation is only a joke and will make fun of it. 8 This temple will become a pile of rocks! Everyone who walks by will be shocked, and they will ask, “Why did the Lord do such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?” 9 Then they will answer, “We know why the Lord did this. The people of Israel rejected the Lord their God, who rescued their ancestors from Egypt, and they started worshiping other gods.”
Other Things Solomon Did
(2 Chronicles 8.1-18)10 It took 20 years for the Lord's temple and Solomon's palace to be built. 11 Later, Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 20 towns in the region of Galilee to repay him for the cedar, pine, and gold he had given Solomon.
12 When Hiram went to see the towns, he did not like them. 13 He said, “Solomon, my friend, are these the kind of towns you want to give me?” So Hiram called the region Cabul because he thought it was worthless. 14 He sent Solomon only five tons of gold in return.
15 After Solomon's workers had finished the temple and the palace, he ordered them to fill in the land on the east side of Jerusalem, to build a wall around the city, and to rebuild the towns of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 Earlier, the king of Egypt had captured the town of Gezer; he burned it to the ground and killed the Canaanite people living there. Then he gave it to his daughter as a wedding present when she married Solomon. 17 So Solomon had the town rebuilt.
Solomon ordered his workers to rebuild Lower Beth-Horon, 18 Baalath, and Tamar in the desert of Judah. 19 They also built towns where he could keep his supplies and his chariots and horses. Solomon ordered them to build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere in his kingdom.
20-22 Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. They were his soldiers, officials, leaders, commanders, chariot captains, and chariot drivers. But he did make slaves of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites could not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves.
23 Solomon appointed 550 officers to be in charge of his workers and to watch over his building projects.
24 Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the older part of Jerusalem to her new palace. Then Solomon had the land on the east side of Jerusalem filled in.
25 Three times a year, Solomon burned incense and offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar he had built.
Solomon had now finished building the Lord's temple.
26 He also had a lot of ships at Ezion-Geber, a town in Edom near Eloth on the Red Sea. 27-28 King Hiram let some of his experienced sailors go to the country of Ophir with Solomon's own sailors, and they brought back about 14 tons of gold for Solomon.
ǃKhūb ge ǁkhawa Salomoba ra ǂhai
(2 Kroniks 7:11-22)1 Gao-aob Salomob ge Tempeli tsî gao-ommi tsî nau xūn dī ǂgaob geren hoana dītoao, 2 ob ge ǃKhūba ǁkhawa Salomoba ge ǂhai, ǀnaib ge Gibeons ǃnâ ǂhai bi hâ i khami. 3 Tsîb ge ǃKhūba ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Tita ge sa ǀgores tsî sa ǀkhomas tsîra go ǁnâu. Tsî ta ge nē ommi, ǁîb ǃnâ ta ǀamose nî ǀgoreǀîhesets ge ǂnubiba teba nî khai. Tita ge ǁîba hoaǁae ǃûi tsî nî sâu. 4 Titats ga ǂhauǃnâ tsî ǂhanu-aise ǃoabao, sa îb Davidi gere dī khami, tsîts ga ti ǂhanuga ǁnâuǀnam tsî tita ge mîmā tsin hoana dīo, 5 o ta ge tita sa îb Davida ta ge mîmâiba mîmâis, ǀguib sa surib dib ge hoaǁae Israeli ǂama nî gao ti ta ge mîsa nî ǃkhōǀgaipe. 6 Xawe tita xu du ga sats tsî sa surib tsîdo ǁnāǁgôa, tsî du ga ti ǂhanugu tsî mîmādi hîa ta ge sado māna ǁnâuǀnam tama i tsî ǀkhara eloga ǀgoreǀîo, 7 o ta ge tita Israeli khoena ǁîna ta ge mā ǃhūba xu nî ǁgariǂui. Tsî ta ge nē Tempeli, ǁîb ǃnâ ta nî ǀgoreǀîhese ta ge khaiba nî ǁnāxū. Tita ge Israela ǃhōxūse tsî ǂkhoaxūse ǁaedi ǃnâ nî dī. 8 Nē Tempeli, kaise ge ǂoaǂamsa ib, xa i ge ǁîba ga ǃkharuǀkhā-i hoa-e ǂganǃhoa tsî ‘Tare-i ǃaromab kha ǃKhūba, nē ǃhūb tsî nē Tempeli tsîkha ǁnāti ge dī?’ ti nî dî. 9 On ge khoena nî ǃeream: ‘ǁÎn ge ǃKhūb, ǁîn Elob, ǁîn aboxana ge Egipteba xu ǂgaeǂguiǂuiba xu ǁnāǁgôa tsî ǀkhara eloga saoǃgon tsî gere ǀgoreǀî, ǃkhais ǃaromab ge ǃKhūba nē ǂkhôaba ǁîn ai ge hā kai.’ ”
ǃAruǀîb ge Salomoba dī xūn
(2 Kroniks 8:1-2)10 ǁNā ǀgamdisi kurigu, Salomob ge Tempeli tsî gao-ommi tsîkha ǂnubigu, 11 ǃnâb ge gao-aob Hirammi, Tirus diba, ǁîba sederhain, denehain tsî ǃhuniǀurib tsîna ǂhâbab hâs kōse ge mā. Gao-aob Salomob ge Hiramma ǀgamdisi ǃāde Galileaǃhūb ǃnâ ge mā. 12 Hirammi ge ǁnā ǃāde sī kō tsî ǁîdi xa ǃgâibahe tama ge i, 13 ǁnā-amagab ge Salomob ǃoa ge mî: “Tarebe ǃāǃnôade kha ti ǃgâtse sats go tita māde.” Tsîb ge ǁîdi ǂnôaǃnâ ǀkhariba Kabul ti ge ǀonǂgai. 14 Hirammi ge gao-aob Salomoba hakaǀoadisi kiloxramgu ǃhuniǀuriba ge sîba.
ǃAruǀî hâ sīǃnâdi Salomob didi
(1 Kroniks 8:3-18)15 Gao-aob Salomob ge ǁgarisîsenni ǀkha Tempeli, gao-ommi, omǂnamisa ǃās tsî Jerusalems di ǂnubiǂgoab tsî ǁkhāti ǃādi Hasors, Megidos tsî Gesers tsîdi ona ge kuru. 16 Egipteb di gao-aob ge Gesersa ǁnāǂam, Kanaanǁîn ǁîs ǃnâ ge ǁan hâ ina ǃgam tsî ǃāsa ge khauǃkhū. ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǁîsa, ǁîb ôas, Salomob ǀkha ge ǃgamesa ǀkhaeb ase ge mā. 17 Ob ge Salomoba Gesersa ǁkhawa ge omkhâi tsî ǁkhāti ǃNakab-Bet-Horons, 18 Balats, Tamars hîa Judab ǃgaroǃhūb ǃnâ ǂnôas 19 tsî ǁuib ǃādi Salomob didi hoadi tsî kuniǃādi tsî hāǃgapi-aogu ǃādi tsî ǁîb ge Jerusalems, Libanonni tsî ǁîb gaosis ǃhūb hoab ǃnâ ǂnubi ǂgao hâ i xū-i hoa-i tsîna ge ǂnubi. 20-21 ǁGarisîsenni âb ǃaromab ge Salomoba ûiǃgau ge khoen, Kanaanni din, Israelǁîn xa ge ǃgamhe tama in, Amorǁîn, Hetǁîn, Perisǁîn, Hivǁîn tsî Jebusǁîn tsîna gere sîsenū; ǁîn di surib ge nēsis kōse khobosîsenaose hâ. 22 Salomob ge Israelǁîna ge khobodī tama hâ i. ǁÎn ge toroǃkhamaose tsî ǂamkhoese tsî ǂgaeǂgui-aose tsî torokunidi ǃkhōdana-aose tsî hāǃgapi-aose gere ǃoaba.
23 Korokaidisi tsî korodisi mûǂamaogu ge Salomob di sîsenga ra dī sîsenaoga gere mûǂam.
24 Faraob ôas ge Davidi ǃĀsa xu Salomob ge ǁîsa omba gao-omma ǃoa a doe, ob ge omǂnamisa ǃāsa ge ǂnubi.
25 Salomob ge kurib ǃnâ ǃnona ǃnāde khauǁguibadi tsî ǂûǁguibadi tsîna ǃKhūbab ge ǂnubiba altars ai gere ǁguiba. ǁÎb ge ǁkhāti ǀanǀanǁguibade ǃKhūba gere ǂhubiba. ǁNātib ge Salomoba Tempela ge ǂnubitoa.
26 Gao-aob Salomob ge ǁkhāti doe-omde Esiongebers, Elats ǀgūse ǀApahurib amǃgâ, Edomǃhūb ǃnâ ǁgoes tawa ge kuru. 27 Gao-aob Hirammi ge ǁkhāti hurib ai sîsens di ǂansa ūhâ khoegu âba Salomob di khoegu ǀkha gu nî sîsenǀhaose ge sî. 28 ǁÎgu ge Ofiri ǁga ǃnari tsî gao-aob Salomoba disihakaǀaǀoadisi kiloxramgu ǃhuniǀuriba sī ge ūba.
