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Verse 1

Da det var gått tjue år, etter at Salomo hadde bygd Herrens hus og sitt eget hus,

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,

Verse 2

bygde han de byene som Huram hadde gitt til Salomo, og lot Israels barn bosette seg der.

that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Verse 3

Salomo dro til Hamath-Soba og vant over det.

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Verse 4

Han bygde også Tadmor i ørkenen, og alle forrådsbyene som han bygde i Hamath.

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

Verse 5

Videre bygde han Øvre Bet-Horon og Nedre Bet-Horon som befestede byer med murer, porter og bommer;

Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Verse 6

og Ba'alat, og alle forrådsbyene som Salomo hadde, samt vognbyene og byene for hestene hans, og alt det Salomo ønsket å bygge for sin fornøyelse i Jerusalem, i Libanon, og i hele sitt rike.

and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

Verse 7

For folket som var igjen av hetittene, amorittene, perisittene, hevittene og jebusittene, som ikke var av Israel,

As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;

Verse 8

av deres etterkommere som var igjen i landet, og som Israels barn ikke hadde utryddet, opprettet Salomo en tvangsarbeidstjeneste, og det varer til denne dag.

of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy `of bondservants' unto this day.

Verse 9

Men av Israels barn gjorde Salomo ingen tjenere for sitt arbeid; de var krigere, hans befal og høvdinger over hans vogner og hestfolk.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

Verse 10

Dette var de øverste embetsmenn hos kong Salomo, to hundre og femti, som styrte over folket.

And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

Verse 11

Salomo førte datteren til farao opp fra Davids by til huset han hadde bygd for henne. Han sa: Min hustru skal ikke bo i Israels konge Davids hus, fordi de stedene er hellige, hvor Herrens ark har vært.

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

Verse 12

Så ofret Salomo brennoffer til Herren på Herrens alter, som han hadde bygd foran forhallen,

Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

Verse 13

som det foreskreves hver dag, ved å ofre i henhold til Moseloven, på sabbatene, nymånedagene, og på de fastsatte høytidene, tre ganger i året: i høytiden for de usyrede brød, i ukefesten og løvhyttefesten.

even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, `even' in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Verse 14

Han utnevnte etter sin far Davids forskrifter prestene til deres tjeneste, og levittene til deres oppgaver, å prise og tjene foran prestene, som dagen krevde, og dørvaktene etter deres vaktposter ved hver port, slik David, Guds mann, hadde befalt.

And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

Verse 15

De vek ikke fra kongens befaling til prestene og levittene angående noe, eller angående skattene.

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Verse 16

Så ble alt Salomos verk fullført fra den dagen grunnsteinen til Herrens hus ble lagt, til det ble ferdig. Slik ble Herrens hus fullført.

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. `So' the house of Jehovah was completed.

Verse 17

Derefter dro Salomo til Esjon-Geber og til Elot ved sjøen i Edoms land.

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

Verse 18

Huram sendte ham med sine tjenere skip, og tjenere som var kjent med havet; og de kom sammen med Salomos tjenere til Ofir, og hentet derfra fire hundre og femti talenter gull, og brakte dem til kong Salomo.

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

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