II Chronicles 1

vayyitkhazzeq shelomoh ven-david al-malkhuto va-Adonai elohayw immo vayegaddelehu lema'elah

Solomon son of David took firm hold of his kingdom, for the ETERNAL his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

vayyomer shelomoh lekhol-yisra'el lesare ha'alafim vehamme'ot velashofetim ulekhol nasi lekhol-yisra'el rashe ha'avot

Solomon summoned all Israel—the officers of thousands and of hundreds, and the judges, and all the chiefs of all Israel, the heads of the clans.

vayyelekhu shelomoh vekhol-haqqahal immo labbamah asher begivon ki-sham hayah ohel mo'ed ha'elohim asher asah mosheh eved-Adonai bammidbar

Then Solomon, and all the assemblage with him, went to the shrine at Gibeon, for the Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of GOD had made in the wilderness, was there.

aval aron ha'elohim he'elah david miqqiryat ye'arim bahekhin lo david ki natah-lo ohel birushalai͏m

(But the Ark of God David had brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)

umizbakh hannekhoshet asher asah betsalel ben-uri ven-khur sham lifne mishkan Adonai vayyidreshehu shelomoh vehaqqahal

The bronze altar, which Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur had made, was also there before the Tabernacle of GOD, and Solomon and the assemblage resorted to it.

vayya'al shelomoh sham al-mizbakh hannekhoshet lifne Adonai asher le'ohel mo'ed vayya'al alayw olot alef

There Solomon ascended the bronze altar before GOD, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and on it sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings.

ballaylah hahu nirah elohim lishlomoh vayyomer lo she'al mah etten-lakh

That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask, what shall I grant you?”

vayyomer shelomoh lelohim attah asita im-david avi khesed gadol vehimlakhtani takhtayw

Solomon said to God, “You dealt most graciously with my father David, and now You have made me king in his stead.

attah Adonai elohim ye'amen devarekha im david avi ki attah himlakhtani al-am rav ka'afar ha'arets

Now, O ETERNAL God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled; for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

attah khokhmah umadda ten-li ve'etse'ah lifne ha'am-hazzeh ve'avo'ah ki-mi yishpot et-ammekha hazzeh haggadol

Grant me then the wisdom and the knowledge to lead this people, for who can govern Your great people?”

vayyomer elohim lishlomoh ya'an asher hayetah zot im-levavekha velo-sha'alta osher nekhasim vekhavod ve'et nefesh sone'ekha vegam-yamim rabbim lo sha'aleta vattishal-lekha khokhmah umadda asher tishpot et-ammi asher himlakhtikha alayw

God said to Solomon, “Because you want this, and have not asked for wealth, property, and glory, nor have you asked for the life of your enemy, or long life for yourself, but you have asked for the wisdom and the knowledge to be able to govern My people over whom I have made you king,

hakhokhmah vehammadda natun lakh ve'osher unekhasim vekhavod etten-lakh asher lo-hayah khen lammelakhim asher lefanekha ve'akharekha lo yihyeh-kken

wisdom and knowledge are granted to you, and I grant you also wealth, property, and glory, the like of which no king before you has had, nor shall any after you have.”

vayyavo shelomoh labbamah asher-begivon yerushalai͏m millifne ohel mo'ed vayyimlokh al-yisra'el

From the shrine at Gibeon, from the Tent of Meeting, Solomon went to Jerusalem and reigned over Israel.

vayye'esof shelomoh rekhev ufarashim vayehi-lo elef ve'arba-me'ot rekhev ushenem-asar elef parashim vayyannikhem be'are harekhev ve'im-hammelekh birushalai͏m

Solomon assembled chariots and horses; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses that he stationed in the chariot towns and with the king in Jerusalem.

vayyitten hammelekh et-hakkesef ve'et-hazzahav birushalai͏m ka'avanim ve'et ha'arazim natan kashiqmim asher-bashefelah larov

The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the sycamores in the Shephelah.

umotsa hassusim asher lishlomoh mimmitsrayim umiqve sokhare hammelekh miqve yiqkhu bimkhir

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders would buy them from Que at the market price.

vayya'alu vayyotsi'u mimmitsrayim merkavah beshesh me'ot kesef vesus bakhamishim ume'ah vekhen lekhol-malkhe hakhittim umalkhe aram beyadam yotsi'u

A chariot imported from Egypt cost 600 shekels of silver, and a horse 150. These in turn were exported by them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Arameans.

vayyomer shelomoh livnot bayit leshem Adonai uvayit lemalkhuto

Then Solomon resolved to build a House for GOD’s name and a royal palace for himself.