## II Chronicles Chapter 9

###### II Chronicles 9:1
[II Chronicles 9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:1)

וּמַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֗א שָׁמְעָה֮ אֶת־שֵׁ֣מַע שְׁלֹמֹה֒ וַתָּב֣וֹא לְנַסּוֹת֩ אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה בְחִיד֜וֹת בִּירוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם בְּחַ֣יִל כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֡ד וּ֠גְמַלִּ֠ים נֹשְׂאִ֨ים בְּשָׂמִ֧ים וְזָהָ֛ב לָרֹ֖ב וְאֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֑ה וַתָּבוֹא֙ אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר עִמּ֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־לְבָבָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shelomo, she came to prove Shelomo with hard questions at Yerushalayim, with a very great retinue, and camels that carried spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Shelomo, she spoke to him of all that was in her heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the queen of Sheva heard of the renown of Solomon for the name of the L rd, and she came to test Solomon with riddles, in Jerusalem with a very great train and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and she spoke to him of all that was in her heart.


###### II Chronicles 9:2
[II Chronicles 9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:2)

וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־כׇּל־דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ וְלֹֽא־נֶעְלַ֤ם דָּבָר֙ מִשְּׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Shelomo answered her all her questions: and there was nothing hidden from Shelomo which he did not tell her.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon told her all of her things [(which she wished to know)]. There was nothing concealed from Solomon that he did not tell her.


###### II Chronicles 9:3
[II Chronicles 9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:3)

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֔א אֵ֖ת חׇכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when the queen of Sheva had seen the wisdom of Shelomo, and the house that he had built,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the queen of Sheva saw Solomon's wisdom and the house that he had built.


###### II Chronicles 9:4
[II Chronicles 9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:4)

וּמַאֲכַ֣ל שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹ וּמוֹשַׁ֣ב עֲבָדָיו֩ וּמַעֲמַ֨ד מְשָׁרְתָ֜יו וּמַלְבּוּשֵׁיהֶ֗ם וּמַשְׁקָיו֙ וּמַלְבּ֣וּשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וַֽעֲלִיָּת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה ע֛וֹד בָּ֖הּ רֽוּחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the food at his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the food of his table and the sitting of his servants and the standing of his ministers and their attire, and his cupbearers and their attire, and his ascent [(a passageway from his house)] by which he would go up to the house of the L rd, and she could no longer contain herself.


###### II Chronicles 9:5
[II Chronicles 9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:5)

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּאַרְצִ֑י עַל־דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ וְעַל־חׇכְמָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of thy acts, and of thy wisdom:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she said to the king: True was the thing that I heard in my land about your deeds and about your wisdom.


###### II Chronicles 9:6
[II Chronicles 9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:6)

וְלֹא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֙אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹ֣א הֻגַּד־לִ֔י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חׇכְמָתֶ֑ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but I did not believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou dost exceed the fame that I heard.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I did not believe the things until I came and my eyes saw. And, behold, the half the abundance of your wisdom was not told me. You have added to the report that I heard.


###### II Chronicles 9:7
[II Chronicles 9:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:7)

אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ וְאַשְׁרֵ֖י עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑לֶּה הָעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ תָּמִ֔יד וְשֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֶת־חׇכְמָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fortunate are your men and fortunate are these servants of yours who stand before you always and hear your wisdom.


###### II Chronicles 9:8
[II Chronicles 9:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:8)

יְהִ֨י יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּר֔וּךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר**׀** חָפֵ֣ץ בְּךָ֗ לְתִתְּךָ֤ עַל־כִּסְאוֹ֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַֽיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹ לְעוֹלָ֔ם וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Yisra᾽el, to establish them for ever, therefore he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Blessed be the L rd your G d who desired you, to place you on His throne as king for the L rd your G d in the love of your G d for Israel to establish them forever. And He made you a king over them to do justice and righteousness.


###### II Chronicles 9:9
[II Chronicles 9:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:9)

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים**׀** כִּכַּ֣ר זָהָ֗ב וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים לָרֹ֥ב מְאֹ֖ד וְאֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הָיָה֙ כַּבֹּ֣שֶׂם הַה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־נָתְנָ֥ה מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֖א לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: nor was there any such spice as the queen of Sheva gave king Shelomo.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very much spices and precious stones. There was not the like of those spices that the queen of Sheva gave to King Solomon.


###### II Chronicles 9:10
[II Chronicles 9:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:10)

וְגַם־עַבְדֵ֤י (חירם) [חוּרָם֙] וְעַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הֵבִ֥יאוּ זָהָ֖ב מֵאוֹפִ֑יר הֵבִ֛יאוּ עֲצֵ֥י אַלְגּוּמִּ֖ים וְאֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the servants also of Ḥuram, and the servants of Shelomo, who brought gold from Ofir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And also the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought coral-wood and precious stones.


###### II Chronicles 9:11
[II Chronicles 9:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:11)

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ הַ֠מֶּ֠לֶךְ אֶת־עֲצֵ֨י הָאַלְגּוּמִּ֜ים מְסִלּ֤וֹת לְבֵית־יְהֹוָה֙ וּלְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת וּנְבָלִ֖ים לַשָּׁרִ֑ים וְלֹא־נִרְא֥וּ כָהֵ֛ם לְפָנִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And of the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s palace, and lyres and lutes for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Yehuda.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king made of the coral-wood a paving for the house of the L rd and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for the singers [(the Levites)]. The like of them had not been seen before in the land of Judah.


###### II Chronicles 9:12
[II Chronicles 9:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:12)

וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה נָתַ֣ן לְמַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֗א אֶת־כׇּל־חֶפְצָהּ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁאָ֔לָה מִלְּבַ֖ד אֲשֶׁר־הֵבִ֣יאָה אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַֽתַּהֲפֹ֛ךְ וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ לְאַרְצָ֖הּ הִ֥יא וַעֲבָדֶֽיהָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And king Shelomo gave to the queen of Sheva all that she desired, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheva all of her desire that she asked [i.e., he taught her wisdom], aside from [what he had given her for] what she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her land, she and her servants.


###### II Chronicles 9:13
[II Chronicles 9:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:13)

וַֽיְהִי֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֛וֹת וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵׁ֖שׁ כִּכְּרֵ֥י זָהָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now the weight of gold that came to Shelomo in one year was six hundred and sixty talents of gold,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.


###### II Chronicles 9:14
[II Chronicles 9:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:14)

לְבַ֨ד מֵאַנְשֵׁ֧י הַתָּרִ֛ים וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖ים מְבִיאִ֑ים וְכׇל־מַלְכֵ֤י עֲרַב֙ וּפַח֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ מְבִיאִ֛ים זָהָ֥ב וָכֶ֖סֶף לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
besides that which the traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of ῾Arav and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Shelomo.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Aside from what was brought by traders and by (spice) merchants. And all the kings of Arabia and the regents of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.


###### II Chronicles 9:15
[II Chronicles 9:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:15)

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה מָאתַ֥יִם צִנָּ֖ה זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֑וּט שֵׁ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַצִּנָּ֥ה הָאֶחָֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And king Shelomo made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And King Solomon made two hundred cuirasses of beaten gold. Six hundred [dinars]of beaten gold would go into one cuirass.


###### II Chronicles 9:16
[II Chronicles 9:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:16)

וּשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֤וֹת מָֽגִנִּים֙ זָהָ֣ב שָׁח֔וּט שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ זָהָ֔ב יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־הַמָּגֵ֣ן הָאֶחָ֑ת וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּבֵ֖ית יַ֥עַר הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He made three hundred shields of beaten gold also: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of the Levanon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred [dinars] of gold would go into one shield. And the king placed them in the house of the forest of the Levanon.


###### II Chronicles 9:17
[II Chronicles 9:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:17)

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king made a great ivory throne and he overlaid it with glittering gold.


###### II Chronicles 9:18
[II Chronicles 9:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:18)

וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּ֠א וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מׇאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the arms:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There were six steps to the throne ([ascended] by a golden ramp) attached to the throne. And there were arms on either side of the seat, and two [golden] lions standing by the arms.


###### II Chronicles 9:19
[II Chronicles 9:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:19)

וּשְׁנֵ֧ים עָשָׂ֣ר אֲרָי֗וֹת עֹמְדִ֥ים שָׁ֛ם עַל־שֵׁ֥שׁ הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת מִזֶּ֣ה וּמִזֶּ֑ה לֹא־נַעֲשָׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן לְכׇל־מַמְלָכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And twelve lions stood there on the six steps on either side. Its like was made for no other kingdom.


###### II Chronicles 9:20
[II Chronicles 9:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:20)

וְ֠כֹ֠ל כְּלֵ֞י מַשְׁקֵ֨ה הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ זָהָ֔ב וְכֹ֗ל כְּלֵ֛י בֵּֽית־יַ֥עַר הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר אֵ֣ין כֶּ֗סֶף נֶחְשָׁ֛ב בִּימֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לִמְאֽוּמָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all the drinking vessels of king Shelomo were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of the Levanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not valued in the least in the days of Shelomo.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all of King Solomon's drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of the Levanon were pure gold. Silver was of no account in Solomon's days.


###### II Chronicles 9:21
[II Chronicles 9:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:21)

כִּֽי־אֳנִיּ֤וֹת לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הֹלְכ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֣י חוּרָ֑ם אַחַת֩ לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹאנָה**׀** אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקוֹפִ֖ים וְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Ḥuram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the king had Tarshish [(Africa)] ships at sea with Hiram's servants. Once in three years the Tarshish ships would come, bearing gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and parrots.


###### II Chronicles 9:22
[II Chronicles 9:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:22)

וַיִּגְדַּל֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל מַלְכֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ לְעֹ֖שֶׁר וְחׇכְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And king Shelomo surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.


###### II Chronicles 9:23
[II Chronicles 9:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:23)

וְכֹל֙ מַלְכֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ אֶת־חׇכְמָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Shelomo, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all the kings of the earth sought out Solomon to hear his wisdom which the L rd had placed in his heart.


###### II Chronicles 9:24
[II Chronicles 9:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:24)

וְהֵ֣ם מְבִיאִ֣ים אִ֣ישׁ מִנְחָת֡וֹ כְּלֵ֣י כֶ֩סֶף֩ וּכְלֵ֨י זָהָ֤ב וּשְׂלָמוֹת֙ נֵ֣שֶׁק וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים סוּסִ֖ים וּפְרָדִ֑ים דְּבַר־שָׁנָ֖ה בְּשָׁנָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they would bring, each his gift: vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments, and weapons, and spices, horses and mules, the thing of the year in its year.


###### II Chronicles 9:25
[II Chronicles 9:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:25)

וַיְהִ֨י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אַרְבַּ֩עַת֩ אֲלָפִ֨ים אֻֽרְי֤וֹת סוּסִים֙ וּמַרְכָּב֔וֹת וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְעִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Shelomo had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Yerushalayim.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon had four thousand horse stables and chariots and twelve thousand riders. And he quartered them in the chariot cities, and [some were] with the king [and] in Jerusalem.


###### II Chronicles 9:26
[II Chronicles 9:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:26)

וַיְהִ֥י מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּכׇל־הַמְּלָכִ֑ים מִן־הַנָּהָר֙ וְעַד־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְעַ֖ד גְּב֥וּל מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he reigned over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Pelishtim, and to the border of Miżrayim.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he ruled over all the kings, from the river until the land of the Philistines and until the border of Egypt.


###### II Chronicles 9:27
[II Chronicles 9:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:27)

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ אֶת־הַכֶּ֛סֶף בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the king made silver in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and cedar trees he made as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland for abundance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king rendered the silver in Jerusalem as [common] as stones, and he rendered the cedars as [common] as the sycamores in the lowlands for abundance.


###### II Chronicles 9:28
[II Chronicles 9:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:28)

וּמוֹצִיאִ֨ים סוּסִ֧ים מִמִּצְרַ֛יִם לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה וּמִכׇּל־הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they brought horses to Shelomo out of Miżrayim and out of all lands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they brought horses from Egypt for Solomon and from all the lands.


###### II Chronicles 9:29
[II Chronicles 9:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:29)

וּשְׁאָר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־דִּבְרֵי֙ נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא וְעַל־נְבוּאַ֞ת אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַשִּׁילוֹנִ֗י וּבַֽחֲזוֹת֙ (יעדי) [יֶעְדּ֣וֹ] הַחֹזֶ֔ה עַל־יָרׇבְעָ֖ם בֶּן־נְבָֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now the rest of the acts of Shelomo, first and last, are they not written in the book of Natan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Aĥiyya the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ye῾do the seer against Yorov῾am the son of Nevat?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the rest of the events of (the reign of) Solomon, the earlier and the later, are they not recorded in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Achiyah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Yeddo the seer concerning Yeravam the son of Nevat.


###### II Chronicles 9:30
[II Chronicles 9:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:30)

וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֧ה בִירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Shelomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Yisra᾽el for forty years.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel, forty years.


###### II Chronicles 9:31
[II Chronicles 9:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/9:31)

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ רְחַבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Shelomo slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Reĥav῾am his son reigned in his stead.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father, and Rechavam his son reigned in his place.