The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The Lorde appeareth the seconde tyme to Salomon. Salomon gyueth townes to Hirem. The Lananytes become tret 〈◊〉〈◊〉. He sendeth shyppes for golde. He vnytoeth many Litres.

CAPI. IX.

ANd when Salomō had * 1.1 finysshed the [unspec A] buyldyng of the house of the lorde, and the kynges palace, and all that he had in his mynde, and was apoynted to make: the lorde appeared vnto hym agayne, as he appeared to hym at Gibeon. And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: I haue herde thy prayer and thy inter∣cessyon, that thou hast made before me. For I haue halowed this house (which thou hast buylte,) to put my name there for euer, and myne eyes, & myne herte shal be there perpe∣tually. And yf thou wylte walke before me (as Dauid thy father walked, in purenesse of herte & in ryghteousnes) to do al that I haue cōmaunded the, & wylte kepe my statutes, & my lawes, then wyll I stablysshe the seate of thy kyngdom vpon Israel for euer, as I pro¦mysed to Dauid thy father, sayenge. [unspec B]

* 1.2 Thou shalte not be without a man vpon the seate of Israel. But and yf ye and youre chyldren turne awaye from me, and wyll not kepe my cōmaundementes and my statutes (whiche I haue set before you) but go & serue other Goddes, and worshyp them: then wyll I wede Israel out of the lande, which I haue gyuen them. And this house whiche I haue halowed * 1.3 for my name, wyl I cast out of my syght. And Israell shall be a prouerbe and a fable among al nacions. And this house shal be taken away: so that euery one that passeth by it, shall be astonyed, and shall hysse, & they shall saye: * 1.4 why hath the lorde done this vn¦to this lande & to this house? And they shall answere: bycause they forsoke the lorde theyr god, whiche brought theyr fathers out of the lande of Egypte, and haue taken holde vpon other Goddes, and haue worshypped them, & serued them: therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all this euyll. * 1.5 And it fortuned, that ☞ at the ende of twentye yeres, Salo∣mon fynysshed the buyldyng of the two hou∣ses, that is to wete, the house of the Lorde, & the kynges palace.

And Hiram the kynge of Tyre broughte [unspec C] Salomon tymbre of Cedar, and Fyrre trees, golde, and what soeuer he desyred. And Sa∣lomon agayne gaue Hiram twentie cityes in the lande of Galile. And * 1.6 Hiram came oute from Tyre to se the cityes whiche Salomon had gyuen hym, and they pleased hym not. And he sayde: What cityes are these, whiche thou hast gyuen me, my brother? And he cal∣led them the lande of ☞ Cabull vnto this daye. And Hiram sente the Kynge syxe score hundred weyght of golde. And this is the summe, whiche kynge Salomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde and his owne house, and ☞ Millo and the wall of Ierusalem, and Hazoer, and Meg••ddo, and Gazer.

For Pharao kyng of Egypte went vp, and

toke Gazer, and burnt it with fyre, and slue the Cananites that dwelt in the cytie, & gaue it for a present vnto his doughter, Salomons wyfe. And Salomon buylte Gazer and Beth Horon the nether: and Baalath and ☞ Tha∣mar in the wyldernesse and in the lande: and all the treasure Cityes that Salomon had, ❀ (and vvere vnvvalled, those he made strong.) and cites for his charettes, and cities for his horsemen, and al that Salomon desyred, and wolde buylde in Ierusalem, in Libanon, and in all the lande of his dominyon. And all the people that were lefte of the Amorites, He∣thites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iesubites, (whiche were not of the chyldren of Israell) theyr chyldren that were left after them in the lande, whom the chyldren of Israel also were not able to destroye. Those dyd Salomon compell to brynge tribute vnto this day.

But of the chyldren of Israel dyd Salomon * 1.7 make no bonde men. But they were men of war, his ministers, his lordes, his captaynes, and rulers of his charettes, and of his horse¦men.

And these were the lordes that were set ouer [unspec D] Salomons worke: euen fyue. C. were they, & fyftye, & they ruled the people that wrought the worke. And Pharaos doughter came vp out of the citie of Dauid vnto the house which Salomon had buylte for her. And then dyd he also buylde Millo. And thryse a yere dyd Salomon offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges vpon the aulter, whiche he buylte vnto the Lorde: And he burnt insence vpon the aulter that was before the lorde, and so he fynysshed the house. And kynge Salomon made a nauye of shyppes in Azion Gaber, whiche is besyde Elath, on the brynke of the red see, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent by shyp also of his seruaūtes, that were shyp¦men, and had knowledge of the see, with the seruauntes of Salomon. And they came to Ophir and fet from thence one and twentye score hundred weyght of golde, and brought it to kynge Salomon.

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