1. Kongebog 9 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Guds advarsel til Salomon

1 Salomon var nu færdig med at bygge Herrens hus og sit eget palads. Han havde fuldført alt, hvad han havde sat sig for at gøre. 2-3 Da viste Herren sig for ham igen, ligesom han tidligere havde gjort i Gibeon. „Jeg har hørt den bøn, du bad for mit ansigt,” sagde Herren til ham. „Jeg har helliget det hus, du har bygget, for at jeg kunne have et sted at være. Jeg vil altid våge over det og have det i mine tanker. 4 Og hvad dig angår, hvis du vil adlyde mig med et ærligt og oprigtigt hjerte, som din far gjorde, hvis du vil gøre alt, hvad jeg beder dig om, og overholde mine love og påbud, 5 så vil jeg lade din slægt beholde tronen til evig tid, sådan som jeg lovede din far, da jeg sagde: ‚Der vil i al fremtid være en af dine efterkommere på Israels trone.’ 6 Men hvis du vender dig bort fra mig, eller dine efterkommere gør det, og hvis I ikke adlyder de befalinger, jeg har givet jer, men begynder at tilbede andre guder, 7 så vil jeg jage mit folk ud af det land, jeg har givet dem, og jeg vil vende ryggen til mit hus her, som jeg ellers nu har gjort helligt. Da vil Israels folk blive genstand for hån og latterliggørelse blandt alle folkeslag. 8 Mit hus skal lægges i ruiner, og enhver der går forbi, vil blive slået af forundring og foragteligt spørge: ‚Hvorfor har Herren været så hård mod dette land og dette hus?’ 9 Og svaret skal lyde: ‚Fordi de svigtede Herren, deres Gud, som førte deres forfædre ud af Egypten. De vendte sig til andre guder, som de tilbad og tjente i stedet. Denne ulykke er Herrens straf over dem.’ ”

Salomons byggeprojekter

10 I 20 år havde Salomon nok at gøre med de to store byggeprojekter, Herrens hus og sit eget palads. 11-12 Da de var færdige, forærede han kong Hiram af Tyrus 20 byer i Galilæa-området som betaling for alt det cedertræ, cyprestræ og guld, han havde leveret. Men da Hiram kom for at se på byerne, var han langtfra tilfreds med dem. 13 „Hvad er det for nogle elendige byer, du har givet mig?” udbrød han. Derefter blev dette område kaldt Kabul,^[1] og det hedder det stadig. 14 Hiram havde blandt andet leveret 4 tons guld til Salomon. 15 Salomon havde udskrevet tvangsarbejdere til følgende byggeprojekter: Herrens hus, paladset, Jerusalems fæstning og bymur og genopbygningen af byerne Hatzor, Megiddo og Gezer. 16 Gezer var den by, som Egyptens konge tidligere havde erobret og brændt ned til grunden efter at have dræbt indbyggerne. Da hans datter blev gift med kong Salomon, forærede han hende byen i bryllupsgave. 17-18 Men nu var Salomon i færd med at genopbygge Gezer—og i øvrigt også byerne Nedre Bet-Horon, Ba’alat og ørkenbyen Tamar. 19 Desuden byggede han nogle byer omkring de kongelige kornsiloer, og han oprettede vognbyer til sine stridsvogne og alle sine heste og ryttere. Han havde også mange andre projekter i gang i Jerusalem, i Libanons bjerge og flere andre steder i det store rige, han regerede over. 20-21 Salomon udskrev sine tvangsarbejdere fra de folk, Israel havde besejret—amoritterne, hittitterne, perizzitterne, hivvitterne og jebusitterne. Det var nemlig aldrig lykkedes Israels folk at udrydde disse folkeslag helt—selv længe efter deres erobring af landet—ja, endnu den dag i dag findes der slaver, som nedstammer fra disse folk. 22 Men han tvang ingen israelitter til slavearbejde. Mange af dem var i kongens tjeneste eller var med i hæren som fodfolk, officerer, vognstyrere eller ryttere. 23 Andre arbejdede som opsynsmænd for slavearbejderne ved byggeprojekterne. Der var i alt 550 israelitiske opsynsmænd.

Forskellige oplysninger

24 Efter at byggeriet var færdigt, flyttede kong Salomon sin kone, der var en egyptisk prinsesse, fra Davidsbyen til det palads, han havde bygget til hende. Derefter byggede han videre på Jerusalems fæstningsanlæg. 25 På alteret foran templet ofrede Salomon de foreskrevne brændofre og takofre ved de tre store, årlige højtidsfester, og han brændte også røgelse. 26 Kong Salomon havde et skibsværft i Etzjon-Geber nær Eilat i Edoms land ved Det Røde Hav. Der byggede han en flåde, 27 og kong Hiram supplerede besætningerne med erfarne søfolk, 28 som førte skibene til Ofir^[2] for at hente guld til kong Salomon. I alt hentede de over 14 tons guld.

King James Version

1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king' house, and all Solomon' desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king' house, 11 ( Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon' wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon' work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 But Pharaoh' daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. 25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.