1So, Solomon finished building the Lord's crib and his own palace, all the stuff he was vibing to do.

2Then the Lord pulled up to Solomon again, just like He did at Gibeon.

3The Lord was like, "I heard your prayers, fam. I blessed this house you built, and my name's gonna chill here forever; my eyes and heart are locked in."

4If you keep it real and walk like your dad David did, with a pure heart and all that, doing what I told you and following my rules:

5Then I'll keep your throne lit forever in Israel, just like I promised David, saying no one will ever bounce from that seat.

6But if you or your kids dip on me, not keeping my commandments and start serving other gods:

7I'm gonna ghost Israel from the land I gave them; this house I blessed? Outta my sight, and Israel will be a joke to everyone.

8And when people see this high house, they'll be shook and say, "Why did the Lord do this to the land and this house?"

9They'll answer, "It's 'cause they ditched the Lord their God who brought their ancestors outta Egypt and started worshipping other gods."

10So, after twenty years of Solomon building the two houses, the Lord's crib and the king's palace, it was all set.

11So Hiram, the king of Tyre, hooked Solomon up with mad cedar and fir trees, plus gold, like, whatever he wanted, and then Solomon was like, "Here, take these twenty cities in Galilee."

12Hiram rolled up from Tyre to check out the cities Solomon gave him, and honestly, he was not vibing with them.

13He was like, "What are these cities you gave me, bro?" and named them Cabul, and they still go by that name today.

14Hiram shot a message to the king with sixscore talents of gold, no cap.

15This is why Solomon had to raise a squad; he was building the Lord's house, his own crib, Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, plus Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

16Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, rolled up, snatched Gezer, burned it down, and took out the Canaanites living there, giving it as a gift to his daughter, who was Solomon's wife.

17Solomon built up Gezer and Beth-horon down low,

18and Baalath, and Tadmor in the desert, in the land,

19plus all the cities for storing stuff, chariots, and horsemen, and everything else Solomon wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and all his territory.

20And all the peeps left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who weren’t part of Israel,

21The kids left in the land that Israel didn’t fully wipe out? Solomon's making them do work for him, no cap.

22But Solomon didn’t make the Israelites his slaves; they were his squad, his warriors, and his crew, periodt.

23These were the top dogs running Solomon’s projects, five hundred and fifty of them, keeping everything lit.

24Pharaoh’s daughter rolled outta David's city to her crib that Solomon built for her, and then he made Millo pop off.

25Three times a year, Solomon was all about those burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he set up for the Lord, finishing the house with some incense vibes.

26King Solomon built a dope navy of ships in Ezion–geber, right by Eloth on the Red Sea shore, in Edom land.

27Hiram sent his crew, sea pros, in the navy with Solomon’s squad, and they were ready to sail.

28They hit up Ophir and brought back some serious gold, four hundred and twenty talents, for king Solomon.

1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

2That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

3And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

8And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

9And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house,

11(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

18And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

21Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

24But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.