1 And Dawiḏ assembled at Yerushalayim all the rulers of Yisra’ĕl: the rulers of the tribes and the commanders of the divisions who served the sovereign, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, and the heads over all the property and possessions of the sovereign and of his sons, Read more
1 And Dawiḏ the sovereign said to all the assembly, “My son Shelomoh, the one whom Elohim has chosen, is young and tender. And the work is great, because the Palace is not for man but for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim. 2 “And with all my power I have prepared for the Read more
1 And Shelomoh son of Dawiḏ strengthened himself over his reign, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 his Elohim was with him and made him exceedingly great. 2 And Shelomoh spoke to all Yisra’ĕl, to the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Yisra’ĕl, Read more
1 And Shelomoh gave word to build a House for the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and a house for his reign. 2 Then Shelomoh enrolled seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand hewing in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them. 3 And Shelomoh sent to Ḥuram Read more
1 And Shelomoh began to build the House of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where He appeared to his father Dawiḏ, at the place that Dawiḏ had prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇusite. 2 And he began to build on the second day of the second month Read more
1 And he made an altar of bronze, twenty ammah long, and twenty ammah wide, and ten ammah high. 2 And he made the sea of cast metal, ten ammah from one rim to the other, round all about. And its height was five ammah, and a line of thirty Read more
1 And all the work that Shelomoh had done for the House of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was completed. And Shelomoh brought in the qodesh items of his father Dawiḏ: the silver and the gold and all the utensils. And he put them in the treasuries of the House of Elohim. 2 And Read more
1 Then Shelomoh said, “𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 has said He would dwell in the thick cloud. 2 “But I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever.” 3 And the sovereign turned around and baraḵ all the assembly of Yisra’ĕl, while all the assembly of Read more
1 And when Shelomoh had ended praying, fire came down from the shamayim and consumed the burnt offering and the slaughterings. And the esteem of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 filled the House. 2 And the kohenim were unable to enter the House of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, because the esteem of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had filled the House Read more
1 And it came to be at the end of twenty years, that Shelomoh had built the House of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and his own house. 2 As to the cities which Ḥuram had given to Shelomoh, Shelomoh had built them, and he settled the children of Yisra’ĕl there. 3 And Shelomoh Read more