3. Krallar 2

¹Davut un öleceği günler yaklaşınca, oğlu Süleyman a yanıt vererek şöyle dedi:

²Ben bütün yeryüzünün yoluna gidiyorum; sen ise güçleneceksin ve tam bir adama dönüşeceksin.

³Tanrın Rab bin sana verdiği görevi yerine getir ki O nun yollarında yürüyebilesin; Musa nın yasasında yazılmış olan buyruklarını, kurallarını ve hükümlerini koru ki, yapacağın her şeyde ve sana buyuracağım her konuda derin bir kavrayışa sahip olasın.

⁴Öyle ki Rab, benim için söylediği şu sözü gerçekleştirsin: Eğer oğulların yollarına dikkat eder, bütün yürekleriyle içtenlikle huzurumda yürürlerse, İsrail tahtının üzerinde soyundan gelen bir adam her zaman bulunacaktır.

⁵Ayrıca Seruya oğlu Yoav ın bana ne yaptığını, İsrail ordusunun iki komutanına, yani Ner oğlu Avner ile Yeter oğlu Amasa ya ne yaptığını biliyorsun; onları öldürdü, barış zamanında planlı bir şekilde savaş kanı döktü ve belindeki kuşağına, ayağındaki çarığına suçsuz kanı bulaştırdı.

⁶Bilgeliğine göre davran ve onun kır saçlarının barış içinde Hades e inmesine izin verme.

⁷Ancak Gileadlı Barzillay ın oğullarına lütfet, senin sofranda yemek yiyenlerin arasında olsunlar; çünkü kardeşin Abşalom un önünden kaçtığım sırada bana böyle yakınlık göstermişlerdi.

⁸İşte, Mahanaim e gittiğim gün bana acı ve ıstırap dolu bir lanet okuyan Bahurim den Benyaminli Gera oğlu Şimei de senin yanındadır. Ama Şeria Irmağı nda beni karşılamaya indiğinde, Rab bin adıyla ona, Seni kılıçla öldürmeyeceğim diye ant içmiştim.

⁹Ama şimdi onu cezasız bırakma; sen bilge bir adamsın, ona ne yapacağını bilirsin; onun kır saçlarını kan içinde Hades e indir.

¹⁰Davut babalarıyla birlikte uykuya daldı ve Davut Kenti nde gömüldü.

¹¹Davut un İsrail üzerinde krallık yaptığı süre kırk yıldı; Hebron da yedi yıl, Yeruşalim de ise otuz üç yıl krallık yaptı.

¹²Süleyman, babası Davut un tahtına oturduğunda on iki yaşındaydı ve krallığı son derece sağlam bir şekilde kuruldu.

¹³Haggit oğlu Adoniyahu, Süleyman ın annesi Bat-Şeba nın yanına geldi ve onun önünde yere kapanarak selam verdi. Bat-Şeba, Gelişin barış için mi? diye sordu. Adoniyahu, Evet, barış için dedi.

¹⁴Sana söyleyecek bir sözüm var. Bat-Şeba ona, Konuş dedi.

¹⁵Adoniyahu şöyle dedi: Biliyorsun ki krallık benimdi ve bütün İsrail kral olmam için yüzünü bana çevirmişti; ama krallık benden döndürüldü ve kardeşimin oldu, çünkü bu ona Rab den geldi.

¹⁶Şimdi senden tek bir dileğim var, yüzünü benden çevirme. Bat-Şeba ona, Konuş dedi.

¹⁷Adoniyahu, Lütfen Kral Süleyman la konuş dedi, O yüzünü senden çevirmez; Şunemli Abişag ı bana eş olarak versin.

¹⁸Bat-Şeba, Güzel, senin için kral ile konuşacağım diye yanıtladı.

¹⁹Böylece Bat-Şeba, Adoniyahu hakkında konuşmak üzere Kral Süleyman ın huzuruna çıktı. Kral onu karşılamak için ayağa fırladı, onu öptü ve tahtına oturdu. Kralın annesi için de bir taht getirildi ve o, kralın sağ yanına oturdu.

²⁰Bat-Şeba, Senden küçük bir dileğim var, yüzünü benden çevirme dedi. Kral, Dile ey annem, seni geri çevirmem dedi.

²¹Bat-Şeba, Şunemli Abişag kardeşin Adoniyahu ya eş olarak verilsin dedi.

²²Kral Süleyman annesine şöyle yanıt verdi: Adoniyahu için neden sadece Şunemli Abişag ı istiyorsun? Krallığı da onun için iste! Çünkü o benden büyük ağabeyimdir; üstelik Kâhin Aviyatar ile Seruya oğlu ordu komutanı Yoav da onun yoldaşı ve suç ortağıdır.

²³Sonra Kral Süleyman Rab bin adıyla ant içerek şöyle dedi: Adoniyahu bu sözü kendi canı pahasına söylememişse, Tanrı bana aynısını, hatta daha kötüsünü yapsın!

²⁴Beni pekiştiren, babam Davut un tahtına oturtan ve söz verdiği gibi bana bir hanedan kuran yaşayan Rab bin adıyla ant içerim ki, Adoniyahu bugün kesinlikle öldürülecektir.

²⁵Kral Süleyman, Yehoyada oğlu Benayah ı gönderdi. Benayah gidip Adoniyahu yu ortadan kaldırdı ve Adoniyahu o gün öldü.

²⁶Kral, Kâhin Aviyatar a ise şöyle dedi: Anatot taki tarlana git. Aslında bugün ölümü hak ettin; ama seni öldürmeyeceğim. Çünkü babam Davut un önünde Rab bin Antlaşma Sandığı nı taşıdın ve babamın çektiği bütün sıkıntılara ve eziyetlere ortak oldun.

²⁷Böylece Süleyman, Rab bin Şilo da Eli ailesi hakkında söylediği sözün yerine gelmesi için Aviyatar ı Rab bin kâhinliğinden kovup uzaklaştırdı.

²⁸Haber Seruya oğlu Yoav a ulaştı; çünkü Yoav, Süleyman ın ardınca gitmediği halde Adoniyahu nun ardınca gitmişti. Yoav, Rab bin Çadırı na kaçıp sunağın boynuzlarını sıkıca kavradı.

²⁹Süleyman a, Yoav Rab bin Çadırı na kaçtı, sunağın boynuzlarını kavramış bekliyor diye haber verildi. Kral Süleyman Yoav a haber gönderip, Sunağa kaçmana sebep olan nedir? diye sordu. Yoav, Senden korktuğum için Rab be sığındım dedi. Bunun üzerine Süleyman, Yehoyada oğlu Benayah ı gönderip, Git, onu öldür ve göm diye buyurdu.

³⁰Yehoyada oğlu Benayah, Rab bin Çadırı na gidip Yoav a, Kral, Dışarı çık! diyor dedi. Ama Yoav, Hayır, çıkmıyorum, burada öleceğim diye yanıtladı. Benayah krala dönüp, Yoav böyle söyledi, bana bu yanıtı verdi diyerek durumu bildirdi.

³¹Kral ona, Onun dediği gibi yap dedi, Onu öldür ve göm; böylece Yoav ın boş yere döktüğü kanın sorumluluğunu bugün benden ve babamın soyundan uzaklaştırmış olursun.

³²Rab onun döktüğü haksız kanı kendi başına döndürecektir; çünkü o, kendisinden daha doğru ve daha iyi olan iki adama saldırdı ve babam Davut un haberi olmadan onları kılıçla öldürdü. Bunlar İsrail ordusu komutanı Ner oğlu Avner ile Yahuda ordusu komutanı Yeter oğlu Amasa ydı.

³³Onların kanının sorumluluğu sonsuza dek Yoav ın ve soyunun başına döndürülsün; ama Davut a, soyuna, hanedanına ve tahtına Rab den sonsuza dek esenlik olsun.

³⁴Bunun üzerine Yehoyada oğlu Benayah yukarı gidip Yoav a saldırdı, onu öldürdü. Yoav, çöldeki kendi evine gömüldü.

³⁵Kral, Yoav ın yerine ordu komutanlığına Yehoyada oğlu Benayah ı getirdi; krallık Yeruşalim de başarıyla pekişti. Kral, Aviyatar ın yerine de Kâhin Sadok u başkâhin yaptı.

⁰35α Rab Süleyman a büyük bir seziş, çok fazla bilgelik ve deniz kıyısındaki kum taneleri kadar geniş bir yürek verdi.

⁰35β Süleyman ın bilgeliği, bütün eski insanların bilgeliğinden ve Mısır ın bütün bilgelerinden çok daha üstündü.

⁰35γ Firavun un kızıyla evlendi ve kendi sarayını, her şeyden önce Rab bin Tapınağı nı ve Yeruşalim i çevreleyen surları bitirene dek onu Davut Kenti ne yerleştirdi; bunları yedi yılda yapıp tamamladı.

⁰35δ Süleyman ın yük taşıyan yetmiş bin işçisi ve dağlarda taş kesen seksen bin taş ustası vardı.

⁰35ε Süleyman havuzu, ayaklıkları, büyük kazanları, sütunları, avludaki çeşmeyi ve tunç havuzu yaptı.

⁰35ζ Kaleyi ve burçlarını inşa etti ve Davut Kenti ni böldü; böylece Firavun un kızı, Davut Kenti nden kendisi için inşa edilen saraya taşındı; Süleyman kaleyi o zaman inşa etti.

⁰35η Süleyman yılda üç kez, Rab için yaptırdığı sunakta yakmalık sunular ve esenlik sunuları sunar, Rab bin huzurunda buhur yakardı. Böylece tapınağın yapımını tamamladı.

⁰35θ Süleyman ın işlerini yöneten görevlilerin sayısı üç bin altı yüzdü; bunlar işi yapan halkı denetlerdi.

⁰35ι Süleyman Asur u, Megiddo yu, Gezer i, Yukarı Beyt-Horon u ve Baalat ı inşa etti.

⁰35κ Ancak bu kentleri, ancak Rab bin Tapınağı nı ve Yeruşalim i çevreleyen surları inşa ettikten sonra yaptı.

⁰35λ Davut henüz yaşarken Süleyman a şöyle buyurmuştu: Bak, Benyamin soyundan, Hebronlu Gera oğlu Şimei senin yanındadır.

⁰35μ Mahanaim e gittiğim gün bana acı bir lanet okumuştu.

⁰35ν Ama Şeria Irmağı nda beni karşılamaya indiğinde, Rab bin adıyla ona, Seni kılıçla öldürmeyeceğim diye ant içmiştim.

⁰35ξ Ama şimdi onu cezasız bırakma; sen bilge bir adamsın, ona ne yapacağını bilirsin; onun kır saçlarını kan içinde Hades e indir.

³⁶Bunun üzerine kral Şimei yi çağırtıp ona şöyle dedi: Kendine Yeruşalim de bir ev yap ve orada otur; oradan başka hiçbir yere gitme.

³⁷Dışarı çıkıp Kidron Vadisi ni geçtiğin gün kesinlikle öleceğini iyi bil; kanının sorumluluğu kendi kafanın üzerinde olacaktır. Kral o gün ona ant içirdi.

³⁸Şimei krala, Bu söz iyidir, ey efendim kral dedi, Kulun aynen söylediğin gibi yapacaktır. Böylece Şimei üç yıl Yeruşalim de oturdu.

³⁹Üç yıl sonra Şimei nin iki kölesi, Maaka oğlu Gat Kralı Akiş e kaçtı. Şimei ye, Kölelerin Gat tadır diye haber verildi.

⁴⁰Bunun üzerine Şimei kalktı, eşeğine semer vurup kölelerini aramak için Gat a, Akiş in yanına gitti. Şimei gidip kölelerini Gat tan geri getirdi.

⁴¹Süleyman a, Şimei Yeruşalim den Gat a gidip döndü ve kölelerini geri getirdi diye haber verildi.

⁴²Kral Şimei yi çağırtıp ona şöyle dedi: Ben sana Rab bin adıyla ant içirmedim mi? Yeruşalim den çıkıp sağa sola gittiğin gün kesinlikle öleceğini söyleyerek seni açıkça uyarmadım mı?

⁴³Öyleyse neden Rab be verdiğin andı ve sana verdiğim buyruğu tutmadın?

⁴⁴Kral konuşmasını şöyle sürdürdü: Babam Davut a yaptığın bütün kötülükleri yüreğinde çok iyi biliyorsun. Rab yaptığın kötülüğü kendi kafana geri ödedi.

⁴⁵Ama Kral Süleyman kutsanacak ve Davut un tahtı Rab bin huzurunda sonsuza dek sarsılmayacaktır.

⁴⁶Kral Süleyman Yehoyada oğlu Benayah a buyruk verdi; Benayah dışarı çıkıp Şimei yi ortadan kaldırdı ve Şimei öldü.

⁰46α Kral Süleyman son derece akıllı ve bilgeydi; Yahuda ve İsrail halkı deniz kıyısındaki kum kadar kalabalıktı; yiyip içiyor ve sevinç içinde yaşıyorlardı.

⁰46β Süleyman bütün krallıkların üzerinde egemendi; onun ömrü boyunca ona armağanlar getirip hizmet ettiler.

⁰46γ Süleyman Lübnan ın egemenlik alanlarını açmaya başladı,

⁰46δ ve çölde Thermai yi inşa etti.

⁰46ε Süleyman ın bir günlük yiyecek ihtiyacı şuydu: Otuz ölçek ince un, altmış ölçek elenmiş un, on seçme dana, otlaklardan yirmi sığır, yüz koyun; bunların yanı sıra geyikler, ceylanlar ve seçme otlayan kuşlar.

⁰46ζ Çünkü Fırat Irmağı nın ötesindeki bütün bölgeye, Tifsah tan Gazze ye kadar, nehrin ötesindeki bütün krallara egemendi.

⁰46η Çevresindeki bütün ülkelerle barış içindeydi. Süleyman ın ömrü boyunca Dan dan Beer-Şeba ya kadar bütün Yahuda ve İsrail halkı güven içinde, herkes kendi asmasının ve incir ağacının altında yiyip içerek ve şenlik yaparak yaşadı.

⁰46θ Süleyman ın yöneticileri şunlardı: Kâhin Sadok un oğlu Azaryahu; memurların başı Natan ın oğlu Orniyahu; saray sorumlusu Edram; yazıcı Şuba; devlet tarihçisi Ahitlam oğlu Basa; Yoav ın oğlu başkomutan Avi; angaryadan sorumlu Edray oğlu Ahire; saray muhafızlarının ve tuğla işlerinin başında bulunan Yehoyada oğlu Benayah; danışman Natan ın oğlu Zakur.

⁰46ι Süleyman ın savaş arabaları için kırk bin damızlık kısrağı ve on iki bin atlı askeri vardı.

⁰46κ Fırat Irmağı ndan Filist ülkesine ve Mısır sınırına kadar olan bütün krallıklar üzerinde egemenlik sürdü.

⁰46λ Davut oğlu Süleyman, Yeruşalim de bütün İsrail ve Yahuda üzerinde krallık yaptı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἤγγισαν αἱ ἡμέραι Δαυὶδ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο Σαλωμὼν υἱῷ αὐτοῦ λέγων·

²ἐγώ εἰμι πορεύομαι ἐν ὁδῷ πάσης τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἰσχύσεις καὶ ἔσῃ εἰς ἄνδρα.

³καὶ φυλάξεις φυλακὴν Κυρίου Θεοῦ σου τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ, φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῶ νόμῳ Μωυσέως· ἵνα συνήσῃς ἃ ποιήσεις κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἐντείλωμαί σοι,

⁴ἵνα στήσῃ Κύριος τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἐλάλησε λέγων· ἐὰν φυλάξωσιν οἱ υἱοί σου τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν πορεύεσθαι ἐνώπιόν μου ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν λέγων· οὐκ ἐξολοθρευθήσεταί σοι ἀνὴρ ἐπάνωθεν θρόνου ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵καί γε σὺ ἔγνως ὅσα ἐποίησέ μοι ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουΐας, ὅσα ἐποίησε τοῖς δυσὶν ἄρχουσι τῶν δυνάμεων ᾿Ισραήλ, τῷ ᾿Αβεννὴρ υἱῷ Νὴρ καὶ τῷ ᾿Αμεσσαΐ υἱῷ ᾿Ιεθέρ, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔταξε τὰ αἵματα πολέμου ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἔδωκεν αἷμα ἀθῷον ἐν τῇ ζώνῃ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἐν τῇ ὀσφύϊ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑποδήματι αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐν τῶ ποδὶ αὐτοῦ·

⁶καὶ ποιήσεις κατὰ τὴν σοφίαν σου καὶ οὐ κατάξεις τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ εἰς ᾅδου·

⁷καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Βερζελλὶ τοῦ Γαλααδίτου ποιήσεις ἔλεος, καὶ ἔσονται ἐν τοῖς ἐσθίουσι τὴν τράπεζάν σου, ὅτι οὕτως ἤγγισάν μοι ἐν τῷ με ἀποδιδράσκειν ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Αβεσσαλὼμ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.

⁸καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ σοῦ Σεμεΐ υἱὸς Γηρὰ υἱὸς τοῦ ᾿Ιεμενὶ ἐκ Βαουρίμ, καὶ αὐτὸς κατηράσατό με κατάραν ὀδυνηρὰν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐπορευόμην εἰς Παρεμβολάς, καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβη εἰς ἀπαντήν μου εἰς τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην, καὶ ὤμοσα αὐτῷ ἐν Κυρίῳ λέγων· εἰ θανατώσω σε ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ·

⁹καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθῳώσῃς αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀνὴρ σοφὸς εἶ σὺ καὶ γνώσῃ ἃ ποιήσεις αὐτῷ, καὶ κατάξεις τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν αἵματι εἰς ᾅδου.

¹⁰καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Δαυὶδ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ.

¹¹καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι, ἃς ἐβασίλευσε Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη· ἐν Χεβρὼν ἐβασίλευσεν ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τριάκοντα τρία ἔτη.

¹²Καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ θρόνου Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ υἱὸς ἐτῶν δώδεκα καὶ ἡτοιμάσθη ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.

¹³καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ᾿Αδωνίας υἱὸς ᾿Αγγὶθ πρὸς Βηρσαβεὲ μητέρα Σαλωμὼν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῇ. ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· εἰρήνη ἡ εἴσοδός σου; καὶ εἶπεν· εἰρήνη·

¹⁴λόγος μοι πρός σε· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· λάλησον.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· σὺ οἶδας, ὅτι ἐμοὶ ἦν βασιλεία καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἔθετο πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς βασιλέα, καὶ ἐστράφη ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου, ὅτι παρὰ Κυρίου ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ·

¹⁶καὶ νῦν αἴτησιν μίαν ἐγὼ αἰτοῦμαι παρὰ σοῦ, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βηρσαβεέ· λάλει.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· εἰπὸν δὴ πρὸς Σαλωμὼν τὸν βασιλέα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀποστρέψει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ δώσει μοι τὴν ᾿Αβισὰγ τὴν Σωμανῖτιν εἰς γυναῖκα.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε Βηρσαβεέ· καλῶς· ἐγὼ λαλήσω περὶ σοῦ τῷ βασιλεῖ.

¹⁹καὶ εἰσῆλθε Βηρσαβεὲ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμὼν λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ περὶ ᾿Αδωνίου. καὶ ἐξανέστη ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτῇ καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἐτέθη θρόνος τῇ μητρὶ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ.

²⁰καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· αἴτησιν μίαν μικρὰν ἐγὼ αἰτοῦμαι παρὰ σοῦ, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ βασιλεύς· αἴτησαι, μῆτερ ἐμή, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψω σε.

²¹καὶ εἶπε· δοθήτω δὴ ᾿Αβισὰγ ἡ Σωμανῖτις τῷ ᾿Αδωνίᾳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου εἰς γυναῖκα.

²²καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν καὶ εἶπε τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἱνατί σὺ ᾔτησαι τὴν ᾿Αβισὰγ τῷ ᾿Αδωνίᾳ; καὶ αἴτησαι αὐτῷ τὴν βασιλείαν, ὅτι οὗτος ἀδελφός μου ὁ μέγας ὑπὲρ ἐμέ, καὶ αὐτῷ ᾿Αβιάθαρ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ αὐτῷ ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουΐας ἀρχιστράτηγος ἑταῖρος.

²³καὶ ὤμοσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου λέγων· τάδε ποιήσαι μοι ὁ Θεὸς καὶ τάδε προσθείη, ὅτι κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἐλάλησεν ᾿Αδωνίας τὸν λόγον τοῦτον·

²⁴καὶ νῦν ζῇ Κύριος, ὃς ἡτοίμασέ με καὶ ἔθετό με ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησέ μοι οἶκον, καθὼς ἐλάλησε Κύριος, ὅτι σήμερον θανατωθήσεται ᾿Αδωνίας.

²⁵καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν ἐν χειρὶ Βαναίου υἱοῦ ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ᾿Αδωνίας ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.

²⁶Καὶ τῷ ᾿Αβιάθαρ τῷ ἱερεῖ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· ἀπότρεχε σὺ εἰς ᾿Αναθὼθ εἰς ἀγρόν σου, ὅτι ἀνὴρ θανάτου εἶ σὺ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, καὶ οὐ θανατώσω σε, ὅτι ᾖρας τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ὅτι ἐκακουχήθης ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐκακουχήθη ὁ πατήρ μου.

²⁷καὶ ἐξέβαλε Σαλωμὼν τὸν ᾿Αβιάθαρ τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἱερέα τοῦ Κυρίου, πληρωθῆναι τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον ῾Ηλὶ ἐν Σηλώμ.

²⁸καὶ ἡ ἀκοὴ ἦλθεν ἕως ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱοῦ Σαρουΐας (ὅτι ᾿Ιωὰβ ἦν κεκλικὼς ὀπίσω ᾿Αδωνίου, καὶ ὀπίσω Σαλωμὼν οὐκ ἔκλινε), καὶ ἔφυγεν ᾿Ιωὰβ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ κατέσχε τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

²⁹καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντες ὅτι πέφυγεν ᾿Ιωὰβ εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ ἰδοὺ κατέχει τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαλωμὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ λέγων· τί γέγονέ σοι, ὅτι πέφυγας εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον; καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωάβ· ὅτι ἐφοβήθην ἀπὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἔφυγον πρὸς Κύριον. καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαλωμὼν τὸν Βαναίου υἱὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ λέγων· πορεύου καὶ ἄνελε αὐτὸν καὶ θάψον αὐτόν.

³⁰καὶ ἦλθε Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ πρὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεύς· ἔξελθε. καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωάβ· οὐκ ἐκπορεύομαι, ὅτι ὧδε ἀποθανοῦμαι. καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ εἶπε τῷ βασιλεῖ λέγων· τάδε λελάληκεν ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ τάδε ἀποκέκριταί μοι.

³¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· πορεύου καὶ ποίησον αὐτῷ καθὼς εἴρηκε, καὶ ἄνελε αὐτὸν καὶ θάψεις αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξαρεῖς σήμερον τὸ αἷμα, ὃ δωρεὰν ἐξέχεεν ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου·

³²καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Κύριος τὸ αἷμα τῆς ἀδικίας αὐτοῦ εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀπήντησε τοῖς δυσὶν ἀνθρώποις τοῖς δικαίοις καὶ ἀγαθοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου Δαυὶδ οὐκ ἔγνω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, τὸν ᾿Αβεννὴρ υἱὸν Νὴρ ἀρχιστράτηγον ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ τὸν ᾿Αμεσσὰ υἱὸν ᾿Ιεθὲρ ἀρχιστράτηγον ᾿Ιούδα·

³³καὶ ἐπεστράφη τὰ αἵματα αὐτῶν εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς κεφαλὴν τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τῷ Δαυὶδ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ θρόνῳ αὐτοῦ γένοιτο εἰρήνη ἕως αἰῶνος παρὰ Κυρίου.

³⁴καὶ ἀνέβη Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ ἀπήντησε αὐτῷ καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθαψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

³⁵καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Βαναίου υἱὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν στρατηγίαν· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία κατωρθοῦτο ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· καὶ Σαδὼκ τὸν ἱερέα ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς ἱερέα πρῶτον ἀντὶ ᾿Αβιάθαρ. 35α Καὶ ἔδωκε Κύριος φρόνησιν τῷ Σαλωμὼν καὶ σοφίαν πολλὴν σφόδρα καὶ πλάτος καρδίας, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. 35β καὶ ἐπληθύνθη ἡ φρόνησις Σαλωμὼν σφόδρα ὑπὲρ τὴν φρόνησιν πάντων υἱῶν ἀρχαίων καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντας φρονίμους Αἰγύπτου. 35γ καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν θυγατέρα Φαραὼ καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὴν εἰς πόλιν Δαυὶδ ἕως συντελέσαι αὐτὸν οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. καὶ τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἐν πρώτοις καὶ τὸ τεῖχος ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κυκλόθεν· ἐν ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν ἐποίησε καὶ συνετέλεσε. 35δ καὶ ἦν τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδας αἴροντες ἄρσιν καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα χιλιάδας λατόμων ἐν τῷ ὄρει. 35ε καὶ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὰ ὑποστηρίγματα καὶ τοὺς λουτῆρας τοὺς μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς στύλους καὶ τὴν κρήνην τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν χαλκῆν. 35ζ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ἄκραν καὶ τὰς ἐπάλξεις αὐτῆς καὶ διέκοψε τὴν πόλιν Δαυίδ· οὕτως θυγάτηρ Φαραὼ ἀνέβαινεν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτῇ· τότε ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ἄκραν. 35η καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἀνέφερε τρεῖς ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ εἰρηνικὰς ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, ὃ ᾠκοδόμησε τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐθυμία ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ συνετέλεσε τὸν οἶκον. 35θ καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες οἱ καθεσταμένοι ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Σαλωμών· τρεῖς χιλιάδες καὶ ἑξακόσιοι ἐπιστάται τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα. 35ι καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ᾿Ασσοὺρ καὶ τὴν Μαγδὼ καὶ τὴν Γαζὲρ καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὼν τὴν ἐπάνω καὶ τὰ Βααλάθ· 35κ πλὴν μετὰ τὸ οἰκοδομῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τὸ τεῖχος ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κύκλῳ, μετὰ ταῦτα ᾠκοδόμησε τὰς πόλεις ταύτας. 35λ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔτι Δαυὶδ ζῆν ἐνετείλατο τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγων· ἰδοὺ μετὰ σοῦ Σεμεῒ υἱὸς Γηρὰ υἱὸς τοῦ σπέρματος τοῦ ᾿Ιεμενὶ ἐκ Χεβρών· 35μ οὗτος κατηράσατό με κατάραν ὀδυνηρὰν ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπορευόμην εἰς Παρεμβολάς, 35ν καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβαινεν εἰς ἀπαντὴν μοι ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην καὶ ὤμοσα αὐτῷ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου λέγων· εἰ θανατωθήσεται ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ· 35ξ καὶ νῦν μὴ ἀθωώσῃς αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀνὴρ φρόνιμος σὺ καὶ γνώσῃ ἃ ποιήσεις αὐτῷ, καὶ κατάξεις τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν αἵματι εἰς ᾅδου.

³⁶Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Σεμεῒ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· οἰκοδόμησον σεαυτῷ οἶκον ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ κάθου ἐκεῖ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσῃ ἐκεῖθεν οὐδαμοῦ·

³⁷καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐξόδου σου καὶ διαβήσῃ τὸν χειμάρρουν Κέδρων, γινώσκων γνώσῃ ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ, τὸ αἷμά σου ἔσται ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου. καὶ ὥρκισεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.

³⁸καὶ εἶπε Σεμεῒ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· ἀγαθὸν τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐλάλησας, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ· οὕτω ποιήσει ὁ δοῦλός σου. καὶ ἐκάθισε Σεμεῒ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τρία ἔτη.

³⁹καὶ ἐγενήθη μετὰ τὰ τρία ἔτη καὶ ἀπέδρασαν δύο δοῦλοι τοῦ Σεμεῒ πρὸς ᾿Αγχοὺς υἱὸν Μααχὰ βασιλέα Γέθ, καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σεμεῒ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ οἱ δοῦλοί σου ἐν Γέθ.

⁴⁰καὶ ἀνέστη Σεμεῒ καὶ ἐπέσαξε τὴν ὄνον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γὲθ πρὸς ᾿Αγχοὺς τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τοὺ δούλους αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σεμεῒ καὶ ἤγαγε τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ἐκ Γέθ.

⁴¹καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντες ὅτι ἐπορεύθη Σεμεῒ ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς Γέθ, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ,

⁴²καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν Σεμεῒ καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· οὐχὶ ὥρκισά σε κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ ἐπεμαρτυράμην σοι λέγων· ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐξέλθῃς ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ πορευθῇς εἰς δεξιὰ ἢ ἀριστερά, γινώσκων γνώσῃ ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ;

⁴³καὶ τί ὅτι οὐκ ἐφύλαξας τὸν ὅρκον Κυρίου καὶ τὴν ἐντολήν, ἣν ἐνετειλάμην κατὰ σοῦ;

⁴⁴καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Σεμεΐ· σὺ οἶδας πᾶσαν τὴν κακίαν σου, ἣν οἶδεν ἡ καρδία σου, ἃ ἐποίησας Δαυὶδ τῷ πατρί μου, καὶ ἀνταπέδωκε Κύριος τὴν κακίαν σου εἰς κεφαλήν σου·

⁴⁵καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν εὐλογημένος, καὶ ὁ θρόνος Δαυὶδ ἔσται ἕτοιμος ἐνώπιον Κυρίου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

⁴⁶καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν τῷ Βαναίᾳ υἱῷ ᾿Ιωδαέ, καὶ ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέθανε. 46α Καὶ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν φρόνιμος σφόδρα, καὶ σοφός, καὶ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ πολλοὶ σφόδρα, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης εἰς πλῆθος, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ χαίροντες. 46β καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἦν ἄρχων ἐν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις, καὶ ἦσαν προσφέροντες δῶρα καὶ ἐδούλευον τῷ Σαλωμὼν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ. 46γ καὶ Σαλωμὼν ἤρξατο ἀνοίγειν τὰ δυναστεύματα τοῦ Λιβάνου, 46δ καὶ αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Θερμαὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμω. 46ε καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἄριστον τῷ Σαλωμών· τριάκοντα κόροι σεμιδάλεως καὶ ἑξήκοντα κόροι ἀλεύρου κεκοπανισμένου, δέκα μόσχοι ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ εἴκοσι βόες νομάδες καὶ ἑκατὸν πρόβατα, ἐκτὸς ἐλάφων καὶ δορκάδων καὶ ὀρνίθων ἐκλεκτῶν νομάδων· 46ζ ὅτι ἦν ἄρχων ἐν παντὶ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀπὸ Ῥαφὶ ἕως Γάζης, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς βασιλεῦσι πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ· 46η καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ εἰρήνη ἐκ πάντων τῶν μερῶν αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν, καὶ κατῴκει ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ πεποιθότες ἕκαστος ὑπὸ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ ἑορτάζοντες ἀπὸ Δὰν καὶ ἕως Βηρσαβεὲ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Σαλωμών. 46θ καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ Σαλωμών· ᾿Αζαρίου υἱὸς Σαδὼκ τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ ᾿Ορνίου υἱὸς Νάθαν ἄρχων τῶν ἐφεστηκότων καὶ ᾿Εδρὰμ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ Σουβὰ γραμματεὺς καὶ Βασὰ υἱὸς ᾿Αχιθαλὰμ ἀναμιμνήσκων καὶ ᾿Αβὶ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ ἀρχιστράτηγος καὶ ᾿Αχιρὲ υἱὸς ᾿Εδραῒ ἐπὶ τὰς ἄρσεις καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐλαρχίας καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ πλινθίου καὶ Ζαχοὺρ υἱὸς Νάθαν ὁ σύμβουλος. 46ι καὶ ἦσαν τῷ Σαλωμὼν τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδες τοκάδες ἵπποι εἰς ἅρματα καὶ δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἵππων. 46κ καὶ ἦν ἄρχων ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἕως γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἕως ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου. 46λ καὶ Σαλωμὼν υἱὸς Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδα ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. * Brenton: and they went to his house

¹And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth:

²but be thou strong, and shew thyself a man;

³and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:

⁴that the Lord may confirm his word which he spoke, saying, If thy children shall take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart, [I promise thee], saying, there shall not fail thee a man on the throne of Israel.

⁵Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

⁶Therefore thou shalt deal [with him] according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave.

⁷But thou shalt deal kindly with the sons of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they shall be among those that eat at thy table; for thus they drew nigh to me when I fled from the face of thy brother Abessalom.

⁸And, behold, [there is] with thee Semei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Baurim: and he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to Jordan to meet me, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁹But thou shalt by no means hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

¹⁰And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹¹And the days which David reigned over Israel [were] forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹²And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David [a twelve years old son], and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹³And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, Dost thou enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably:

¹⁴I have business with thee. And she said to him, Say on.

¹⁵And he said to her, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned [from me] and became my brother’s: for it was [appointed] to him from the Lord.

¹⁶And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak [on].

¹⁷And he said to her, Speak, I pray thee, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from thee, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife.

¹⁸And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.

¹⁹And Bersabee went in to king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonias; and the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.

²⁰And she said to him, I ask of thee one little request; turn not away my face from thee. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject thee.

²¹And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

²²And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why hast thou asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.

²³And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.

²⁴And now [as] the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death.

²⁵So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he slew him, and Adonias died in that day.

²⁶And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart thou quickly to Anathoth to thy farm, for thou art worthy of death this day; but I will not slay thee, because thou hast borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because thou was afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁷And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Selom.

²⁸And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

²⁹And it was told Solomon, saying, Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and lo! he has hold of the horns of the altar. And king Solomon sent to Joab, saying, What ails thee, that thou hast fled to the altar and Joab said, Because I was afraid of thee, and fled for refuge to the Lord. And Solomon sent Banaeas son of Jodae, saying, Go and slay him, and bury him.

³⁰And Banaeas son of Jodae came to Joab to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And Joab said, I will not come forth, for I will die here. And Banaeas son of Jodae returned and spoke to the king, saying, Thus has Joab spoken, and thus has he answered me.

³¹And the king said to him, Go, and do to him as he has spoken, and kill him: and thou shalt bury him, and thou shalt remove this day the blood which he shed without cause, from me and from the house of my father.

³²And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, [even] Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.

³³And their blood is returned upon his head, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but to David, and his seed, and his house, and his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord.

³⁴So Banaeas son of Jodae went up, and attacked him, and slew him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.

³⁵And the king appointed Banaeas son of Jodae in his place over the host; and the kingdom was established in Jerusalem; and [as for] Sadoc the priest, the king appointed him to be high priest in the room of Abiathar. 35α [And Solomon son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem:] and the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and largeness of heart, as the sand by the sea-shore. [See Appendix ] 35β And the wisdom of Solomon abounded exceedingly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt: 35γ and he took the daughter of Pharao, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord first, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. In seven years he made and finished them. 35δ And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eight thousand hewers of stone in the mountain: 35ε and Solomon made the sea, and the bases, and the great lavers, and the pillars, and the fountain of the court, and the brazen sea- 35ζ and he built the citadel as a defence above it, he made a breach in the wall of the city of David: thus the daughter of Pharao went up out of the city of David to her house which he built for her. Then he built the citadel: 35η and Solomon offered up three whole-burnt-offerings in the year, and peace-offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord, and finished the house. 35θ And these are the chief persons who presided over the works of Solomon; three thousand and six hundred masters of the people that wrought the works. 35ι And he built Assur, and Magdo, and Gazer, and upper Baethoron, and Ballath: 35κ only after he had built the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about, afterwards he built these cities. 35λ And when David was yet living, he charged Solomon, saying, Behold, there is with thee Semei the son of Gera, of the seed of Benjamin out of Chebron: 35μ he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the Camp; 35ν and he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, He shall not be slain with the sword. 35ξ But now do not thou hold him guiltless, for thou art a man of understanding, and thou wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

³⁶And the king called Semei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and thou shalt not go out thence any whither.

³⁷And it shall come to pass in the day that thou shalt go forth and cross over the brook Kedron, know assuredly that thou shalt certainly die: thy blood shall be upon thine head. And the king caused him to swear in that day.

³⁸And Semei said to the king, Good [is] the word that thou hast spoken, my lord O king: thus will thy servant do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem three years.

³⁹And it came to pass after the three years, that two servants of Semei ran away to Anchus son of Maacha king of Geth: and it was told Semei, saying, Behold, thy servants [are] in Geth.

⁴⁰And Semei rose up, and saddled his ass, and went to Geth to Anchus to seek out his servants: and Semei went, and brought his servants out of Geth.

⁴¹And it was told Solomon, saying, Semei is gone out of Jerusalem to Geth, and has brought back his servants.

⁴²And the king sent and called Semei, and said to him, Did I not adjure thee by the Lord, and testify to thee, saying, In whatsoever day thou shalt go out of Jerusalem, and go to the right or left, know certainly that thou shalt assuredly die?

⁴³And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded thee?

⁴⁴And the king said to Semei, Thou knowest all thy mischief which thy heart knows, which thou didst to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed thy mischief on thine [own] head.

⁴⁵And king Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

⁴⁶And Solomon commanded Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he went forth and slew him. 46α And king Solomon was very prudent and wise: and Juda and Israel [were] very many, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating, and drinking, and rejoicing: 46β and Solomon was chief in all the kingdoms, and they brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 46γ And Solomon began to open the domains of Libanus, 46δ and he built Thermae in the wilderness. 46ε And this was the daily provision of Solomon, thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of ground meal, ten choice calves, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and does, and choice fed birds. 46ζ For he ruled in all the country on this side the river, from Raphi unto Gaza, over all the kings on this side the river: 46η and he was at peace on all sides round about; and Juda and Israel dwelt safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, eating and drinking and feasting, from Dan even to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon. 46θ And these [were] the princes of Solomon; Azariu son of Sadoc the priest, and Orniu son of Nathan chief of the officers, and Edram* over his house; and Suba the scribe, and Basa son of Achithalam recorder, and Abi son of Joab commander-in-chief, and Achire son of Edrai [was] over the levies, and Banaeas son of Jodae over the household and over the brickwork, and Zachur the son of Nathan [was] counsellor. 46ι And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses. 46κ And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt: 46λ so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.