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The Second
Book of Paralipomenon 1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his
kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified
him to a high degree.
And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the captains
of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the rulers, and
to the judges of all Israel, and the heads of the families:
And he went with all the multitude to the high place
of Gabaon, where was the tabernacle of the covenant
of the Lord, which Moses the servant of God made, in
the wilderness.
For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim
to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where
he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.
And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri
the son of Hur had made, was there before the tabernacle
of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought
it:
And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before
the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered
up on it a thousand victims.
And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask
what thou wilt that I should give thee.
And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness
to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.
Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled,
which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou
hast made me king over thy great people, which is as
innumerable as the dust of the earth.
Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may come in and
go out before thy people: for who can worthily judge
this thy people, which is so great?
And God said to Solomon: Because this choice hath pleased
thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, and wealth,
and glory, nor the lives of them that hate thee, nor
many days of life: but hast asked wisdom and knowledge,
to be able to judge my people, over which I have made
thee king,
Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will
give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none
of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like
thee.
Then Solomon came from the high place of Gabaon to Jerusalem
before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over
Israel.
And he gathered to himself chariots and horsemen, and
he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen: and he placed them in the cities
of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.
And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem
as stones, and cedar trees as sycamores, which grow
in the plains in great multitude.
And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from
Coa by the king's merchants, who went, and bought at
a price,
A chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver,
and a horse for a hundred and fifty: in like manner
market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites,
and of the kings of Syria.
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