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II Chronicles Chapter 8

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וַיְהִ֞י מִקֵּ֣ץ**׀** עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, during which Shelomo had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And it was, at the end of twenty years of Solomon's building the house of the L rd [(seven years)] and his house [(thirteen years)],

וְהֶעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן חוּרָם֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה בָּנָ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֹתָ֑ם וַיּ֥וֹשֶׁב שָׁ֖ם אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

that the cities which Ḥuram had given Shelomo, Shelomo built them, and caused the children of Yisra᾽el to dwell there.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

that Solomon built the cities that Hiram had given to Solomon, and he settled the children of Israel there.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ חֲמָ֣ת צוֹבָ֔ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק עָלֶֽיהָ׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Shelomo went to Ḥamat-żova, and prevailed against it.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Solomon went to Chamath-tzovah and he subdued it.

וַיִּ֥בֶן אֶת־תַּדְמֹ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־עָרֵ֣י הַֽמִּסְכְּנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּחֲמָֽת׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Ḥamat.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And he built Tadmor in the desert and all the treasure cities that he had built in Chamath.

וַיִּ֜בֶן אֶת־בֵּ֤ית חוֹרוֹן֙ הָעֶלְי֔וֹן וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן עָרֵ֣י מָצ֔וֹר חוֹמ֖וֹת דְּלָתַ֥יִם וּבְרִֽיחַ׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And he built the upper Bet-ĥoron, and the lower Bet-ĥoron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And he built upper Beth-choron and lower Beth-choron, fortified cities, with walls, doors and bars.

וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲלָ֗ת וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־עָרֵ֤י הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־עָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת**׀** כׇּל־חֵ֣שֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשַׁק֙ לִבְנ֤וֹת בִּירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹן וּבְכֹ֖ל אֶ֥רֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

and Ba῾alat, and all the store cities that Shelomo had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Shelomo desired to build in Yerushalayim, and in the Levanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And (he built) Ba'alath and all the treasure cities that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariots and the cities of the riders, and (in fulfillment of) all the desire of Solomon, what he desired to build in Jerusalem and in the Levanon and in all the land of his kingdom.

כׇּל־הָ֠עָ֠ם הַנּוֹתָ֨ר מִן־הַחִתִּ֜י וְהָאֱמֹרִ֤י וְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ וְהַחִוִּ֣י וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽמָּה׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

As for all the people who were left of the Ḥitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi, who were not of Yisra᾽el;

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

[(the "labor levy" of Solomon for the building of the Temple:)] All the people remaining of the Chitti, the Emori, the Perizi, the Chivi, and the Yevussi, who were not of Israel,

מִן־בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נוֹתְר֤וּ אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־כִלּ֖וּם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּעֲלֵ֤ם שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לְמַ֔ס עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Yisra᾽el did not wipe out, Shelomo raised a levy of them until this day.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

of their children who remained after them in the land, whom the children of Israel did not destroy. And Solomon raised them as a labor tribute until this day.

וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲ֠שֶׁ֠ר לֹא־נָתַ֧ן שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה לַעֲבָדִ֖ים לִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה אַנְשֵׁ֤י מִלְחָמָה֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃{פ}

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

But of the children of Yisra᾽el of whom Shelomo did not make servants for his work, (for they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen,)

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And from the children of Israel Solomon did not raise a labor (tribute), but they were the men of war and his commanding officers and the officers of his chariots and his riders.

וְאֵ֨לֶּה שָׂרֵ֧י (הנציבים) [הַנִּצָּבִ֛ים] אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם הָרֹדִ֖ים בָּעָֽם׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

even of these were the chiefs of king Shelomo’s officers, two hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And these [i.e., among the above] were King Solomon's supervisors, two hundred and fifty who oversaw the people.

וְאֶת־בַּת־פַּרְעֹ֗ה הֶעֱלָ֤ה שְׁלֹמֹה֙ מֵעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד לַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָה־לָ֑הּ כִּ֣י אָמַ֗ר לֹא־תֵשֵׁ֨ב אִשָּׁ֥ה לִי֙ בְּבֵית֙ דָּוִ֣יד מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אָֽה־אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֲר֥וֹן יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Shelomo brought up the daughter of Par῾o out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David, king of Yisra᾽el, because the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, saying: A wife of mine shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they [(i.e., that complex of houses)] are holy, the ark of the L rd having come to them [i.e., to a house in their midst.]

אָ֣ז הֶעֱלָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה עֹל֖וֹת לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה עַ֚ל מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָאוּלָֽם׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

Then Shelomo offered burnt offerings to the Lord, on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Then Solomon sacrificed burnt-offerings to the L rd on the altar of the L rd that he had built before the Ulam.

וּבִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּי֗וֹם לְהַֽעֲלוֹת֙ כְּמִצְוַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֔ה לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת֙ וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔ים וְלַמּ֣וֹעֲד֔וֹת שָׁל֥וֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה בְּחַ֧ג הַמַּצּ֛וֹת וּבְחַ֥ג הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת וּבְחַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moshe, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons, three times in the year, on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of booths.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And [(sacrificed there was)] the thing [i.e., the offering] of the day in its day, to sacrifice (it), as ordained by Moses, on Sabbaths and on New Moons and on festivals, three times a year: on the festival of matzoth, on the festival of Shavuoth, and on the festival of Succoth.

וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּֽוִיד־אָ֠בִ֠יו אֶת־מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם עַל־מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָ֠ם לְהַלֵּ֨ל וּלְשָׁרֵ֜ת נֶ֤גֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר כִּ֣י כֵ֔ן מִצְוַ֖ת דָּוִ֥יד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And according to the form prescribed by David his father, he set the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And he set up, according to the ordinance of David his father the divisions of the priests in their service and the Levites in their watches to praise (the L rd) and to minister alongside the priests, the (service of the) day in its day, and the gatekeepers according to their divisions for each gate. For thus was it ordained by David, the man of G d.

וְלֹ֣א סָ֩רוּ֩ מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ עַל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם לְכׇל־דָּבָ֖ר וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And they did not deviate from the charge of the king to the priests and to the Levites, in any matter (of service) and for (overseeing) the treasuries.

וַתִּכֹּן֙ כׇּל־מְלֶ֣אכֶת שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַד־הַיּ֛וֹם מוּסַ֥ד בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֖ה וְעַד־כְּלֹת֑וֹ שָׁלֵ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

So all the work of Shelomo was accomplished from the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And all the work of Solomon was perfectly executed, from the founding of the house of the L rd until its completion — the house of the L rd was perfect.

אָז֩ הָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־גֶּ֧בֶר וְאֶל־אֵיל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

Then Shelomo went to ῾Eżyon-gever, and to Elot, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Then Solomon went to Etzyon-gever and to Eiloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.

וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־לוֹ֩ חוּרָ֨ם בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֜יו (אוניות) [אֳנִיּ֗וֹת] וַעֲבָדִים֮ י֣וֹדְעֵי יָם֒ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עִם־עַבְדֵ֤י שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אוֹפִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֣ר זָהָ֑ב וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃{פ}

The Koren Jerusalem Bible

And Ḥuram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Shelomo to Ofir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Shelomo.

The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And Hiram sent him by his servants, ships, and servants knowing the sea. And they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir. And they took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they brought (it) to King Solomon.

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