I Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 346

2--4r THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.——I. KINGS. 3···—·1g 43 44 45 arose and-saddled his ass and went to Akish at Gath, to seek his slaves, and brought his slaves from Gath. But it was reported to Solomon that Shemai had gone from jerusalem, to Gath, and returned. The king consequently sent to

summon Shemai and asked him, Did I not swear to you by the EVER-

L1vxNG, and declare, and say that in the day you went away and journeyed for any cause whatever, you should die ?-—and· you replied ‘ The thing you have threatened me is good. Then why have you not attended to the oath by the Evmz-:.1v11~:<;, and And You know all the wrong which your heart desired should be done to David-my father,——but the EvER·r.1v1Nc; has turned that on your own head; and may King Solomon be blest, and the Throne of David be established before the Evmonxvxuo for ever! Then the king ordered Beniah·ben-

jhoiadah, and he went and assailed him, and he died. Thus the kingship was secured to the hand of Solomon. Sulnmmt marries §b¤r¤l;’¤ @auglyt2r. 3 Solomon afterwards contracted a treaty of marriage with Pharoh king of the Mitzeraim, and married Pharoh’s daughter, and brought her to the You in sincerity and rectitude, and rightheartedness, and You kept this great kindness for him, by granting to him that his son should sit upon his throne,—·he does to—day. Now .7 also, my EvER—L1v1NG GOD, You have made Your servant reign in place of David my father, but I am very young-—I may not know how to conduct myself,~———and Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen ,·-—a numerous people who cannot be numbered or counted for extent. T hen give Your servant a heart to listen justly to Your People, and to distinguish between right or wrong. For who is able toadminister justice to this splendid People of And it was acceptable in the sight

oi the Evan·1.1v1uo that Solomon asked such a thing. Goo therefore said to him, ‘ Because you haveasked this thing

and not asked for yourself length of days, and have not asked wealth for yourself, and have not asked the lives of your enemies,-——but have asked intelligence for yourself to listen to justice,~·-I will do for you as you request,——I will give you a wise heart, and understanding, such as there has not been before you,and such as will not arise after you. And also, I will give you what you have not asked, that is wealth and splendour such as no man of the kings of all your

City of David, until he completedthe i time possesses, And if you walk in building of his palace, andthe House I My p8_thS_ to guard My Institutions, or me lzvmz-L1v1NG, and the walls around jerusalem; for thespeople had altars on the hills, because a House had not been built to the name of the EVER-L1v1NG until these times. And Solomon loved the EVER; LIVING, walking in all the Institu- tions of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burnt incense on the hills. So the king went to Gibaon, where there was a Great Peak, to sacrifice a thousand burnt- offerings. Solomon offered them on that Peak. (ac. 1014.) Snionwtfs Wish. At Gibson the Even - Llvmc

appeared to Solomon in a dream at Ask what I shall give you ! ’ You showed

kindness to my father David, Your servant, because he walked before and commands, as your father David walked, I will lengthen your days. Then Solomon awoke,——and it was

a dream; so he went to jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Covenant of the Evan-Ltvmo, and offered sacritices and thanleoderings and drink—oEeringst with pall his ministers. M12 Quhgmettt nf Salomon.

Once there came two women, har-

lots, to the king, and appealed to him. And the first woman said ; ‘Your Majesty, myself and this

woman lived in a single house, and I bore a child therein the house; but three days after I had borne it, this woman also bore a child, and we were alone; there was no outsider with us in the house: none except us two in the house. But the son of this woman died at night,--»as she 346 IO II I2 16 18