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BrLXXκαὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ οἰκοδομῶ οἶκον τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ μου, ἁγιάσαι αὐτὸν αὐτῷ τοῦ θυμιᾷν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ θυμίαμα καὶ πρόθεσιν διαπαντὸς, καὶ τοῦ ἀναφέρειν ὁλοκαυτώματα διαπαντὸς τοπρωῒ καὶ τοδείλης, καὶ ἐν τοῖς σαββάτοις, καὶ ἐν ταῖς νουμηνίαις, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦτο ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. (kai idou egō ho huios autou oikodomō oikon tōi onomati Kuriou Theou mou, hagiasai auton autōi tou thumian apenanti autou thumiama kai prothesin diapantos, kai tou anaferein holokautōmata diapantos toprōi kai todeilaʸs, kai en tois sabbatois, kai en tais noumaʸniais, kai en tais heortais tou Kuriou Theou haʸmōn; eis ton aiōna touto epi ton Israaʸl. )
BrTrbehold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and to offer shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this is a perpetual statute for Israel.
ULTAnd Solomon sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, “Just as you did with David my father and sent to him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in it.
USTSolomon sent this message to King Hiram of the city of Tyre: ¶ “Many years ago when my father David was building his palace, you sent him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
BSB § Then Solomon sent word to Hiram [fn] king of Tyre: ¶ “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
2:3Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verses 11 and 12
WEBBESolomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
NETSolomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre: “Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.
LSVAnd Solomon sends to Huram king of Tyre, saying, “When you have dealt with my father David, then you send cedars to him to build a house for him to dwell in;
FBVSolomon sent a message to Hiram,[fn] king of Tyre, telling him,
2:3“Hiram,” here spelled “Huram,” also 2:11. (See 1 Kings 5).
T4TSolomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre city: ¶ “Many years ago when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
LEBAnd Solomon sent word to Huram[fn] king of Tyre, saying, “As you have dealt with David my father and sent cedar to him to build for himself a house in which to live, please deal with me.
2:3This is the spelling in Hebrew, though many translations have “Hiram”
BBEAnd Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,
JPS(2-2) And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying: 'As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
ASVAnd Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
DRAHe sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As thou didst with David my father, and didst send him cedars, to build him a house, in which he dwelt:
YLTAnd Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, 'When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in;
DrbyAnd Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for me].
RVAnd Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
WbstrAnd Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell in it, even so deal with me .
KJB-1769¶ And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.[fn] (¶ And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou/you didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. )
KJB-1611¶ And Solomon sent to [fn]Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father, and diddest send him Cedars to builde him an house to dwell therein, euen so deale with me. (¶ And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou/you didst deale with David my father, and didst send him Cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deale with me.)
BshpsAnd Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father, and diddest send him Cedar wood to buyld him an house to dwell in euen so deale with me: (And Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre, saying: As thou/you didst deale with David my father, and didst send him Cedar wood to build him an house to dwell in even so deale with me:)
GnvaAnd Salomon sent to Huram the king of Tyrus, saying, As thou hast done to Dauid my father, and didst sende him cedar trees to buylde him an house to dwell in, so do to me. (And Salomon sent to Huram the king of Tyrus, saying, As thou/you hast done to David my father, and didst send him cedar trees to build him an house to dwell in, so do to me. )
CvdlAnd Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre, sayenge: As thou dyddest with my father, & sendedst him Ceder trees, to builde an house for to dwell in (euen so do thou wt me also.) (And Salomon sent unto Hiram the king of Tyre, sayenge: As thou/you dyddest with my father, and sendedst him Cedar trees, to build an house for to dwell in (even so do thou/you with me also.))
WyclAnd he sente to Iram, kyng of Tire, and seide, As thou didist with my fadir Dauid, and sentist to hym trees of cedre, that he schulde bilde to hym an hows, in which also he dwellide; (And he sent to Iram, king of Tire, and said, As thou/you didist with my father David, and sentist to him trees of cedre, that he should build to him an house, in which also he dwelled/dwelt;)
Luthsiehe, ich will dem Namen des HErr’s, meines Gottes, ein Haus bauen, das ihm geheiliget werde, gut Räuchwerk vor ihm zu räuchern, und Schaubrote allewege zuzurichten und Brandopfer des Morgens und des Abends auf die Sabbate und Neumonden und auf die Feste des HErr’s, unsers Gottes, ewiglich für Israel. (siehe, I will to_him name(s) the LORD’s, my God’s, a house bauen, the him geheiliget become, good Räuchwerk before/in_front_of him to räuchern, and Schaubrote allewege zuzurichten and Brandopfer the morning and the Abends on the Sabbate and Neumonden and on the Feste the LORD’s, unsers God’s, ewiglich for Israel.)
ClVgMisit quoque ad Hiram regem Tyri, dicens: Sicut egisti cum David patre meo, et misisti ei ligna cedrina ut ædificaret sibi domum, in qua et habitavit: (Misit too to Hiram regem Tyri, saying: Sicut egisti when/with David patre meo, and misisti to_him ligna cedrina as to_buildt sibi domum, in which and habitavit: )
In his prayer of dedication, Solomon declared that the Temple was the house where God’s name would be present (2 Chr 6:20; cp. 6:5-6). God had promised David that he would place his own name on the Temple in Jerusalem (2 Sam 7:4-17). When God puts his name in a place, it signifies his possession of it.
For the people of Israel, the Temple embodied the land God promised to them and marked by his name. It was the ultimate symbol of God’s relationship with Israel. So Solomon prayed that God would remember his relationship with Israel and hear their prayers at this Temple. Solomon’s prayer uses God’s personal name (Lord=Yahweh; see Exod 3:13-15) to make the Temple the definitive symbol of Israel’s faith. The Temple was the chosen place where the covenant was preserved, where the people of Israel called on God’s name and acknowledged God in confession and praise.
The fulfillment of God’s promise to put his name on his Temple is now to be found in the “living temple,” the community of God’s people. Peter urges believers to come “to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God” (1 Pet 2:4-5). God’s name rests on his church as it did on his Temple.
Near the beginning of Solomon’s reign, the Lord promised to bless him with great wisdom, riches, and honor (1 Kings 3:2-15), and the fulfillment of this promise led to great fame for Solomon throughout the Near East. Humanly speaking, Solomon had been set up for immense success by his father David, who passed on to him a powerful kingdom that stretched from the tip of the Red Sea to the Euphrates River (2 Samuel 8-10; 1 Chronicles 18-19; 2 Chronicles 8). During Solomon’s reign Israel controlled all land routes leading from Egypt and the Red Sea to the Aramean and Hittite nations to the north, and they also controlled the northern terminus of the great Incense Route leading from the peoples of southwest Arabia to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea at Gaza. Solomon appears to have capitalized on his strategic control over travel and shipping throughout the region by setting up a very lucrative international arms dealership, through which he paired chariots bought from Egypt with horses bought from Kue (the term sometimes translated as “Egypt” should probably be translated “Muzur,” a district near Kue) and sold them to the kings of the Hittites and Arameans. Solomon also likely gained immense wealth from very productive copper mines at Punon, Timna, and elsewhere (see “Southern Arabah Valley” map). All this won him great renown among all the rulers of the Near East, including the queen of Sheba, who traveled over a thousand miles to see for herself Solomon’s great wisdom and splendor. She brought with her luxurious gifts from her land, including spices, precious stones, and gold, which she may have obtained from nearby Ophir. Solomon also arranged for King Hiram of Tyre to provide him with cedar timbers from Lebanon to build the Temple of the Lord and his royal palace (2 Chronicles 2). The logs were bound into rafts, floated down to Joppa, and then disassembled and hauled up to Jerusalem. Solomon also launched ships to sail to faraway lands during his reign and bring back riches and exotic goods. Scholars have proposed various locations for the exact destination of the ships, and some have struggled to reconcile what can seem like confusion on the part of the biblical writers over the term Tarshish. But a careful reading of the biblical accounts indicates that there were probably two separate fleets of ships: the fleet of Hiram and Solomon’s fleet of ships of Tarshish. Both fleets are separately mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22, and the phrase “at sea with” may simply indicate that they were sailing at the same time but not necessarily together. Also, the list of goods brought back by Hiram’s fleet is somewhat different than the list of goods brought back by Solomon’s fleet (compare 1 Kings 10:11, 22; 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 9:10, 21). Likewise, the wording of 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 is that Hiram “sent to [Solomon] by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea,” but the implication seems to be that the ships remained Hiram’s, not Solomon’s, whereas the other fleet of ships of Tarshish appears to have belonged to Solomon, though the ships were manned by Hiram’s men as well (2 Chronicles 9:21). Thus, Hiram’s fleet set sail from Ezion-geber, traveled the length of the Red Sea, and acquired gold from Ophir. Solomon’s fleet, on the other hand, could have sailed either the Red Sea or the Mediterranean Sea, since the term ships of Tarshish seems to have been used at times to indicate a class of trading or refinery ships rather than a specific destination (see article for “Tarshish” map). It is also possible, however, that the term Tarshish referred to the ships’ actual destination, which during Solomon’s reign appears to have been located in the far western Mediterranean Sea. This is supported by isotopic studies of silver found in Israel during Solomon’s time, which have traced the source to Tharros on the island of Sardinia. This also fits well with the length of time given for the voyage of Solomon’s fleet, which returned every three years with their exotic goods.
