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<span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Cities Given to Hiram</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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's house, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(<i>Now</i> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said, What cities <i>are</i> these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.</p> <a name="15" id="15"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon's Numerous Achievements<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/8.htm">2 Chronicles 8:1-18</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And this <i>is</i> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><i>For</i> 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 <i>for</i> a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><i>And</i> all the people <i>that were</i> left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which <i>were</i> not of the children of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they <i>were</i> men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These <i>were</i> the chief of the officers that <i>were</i> over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which <i>Solomon</i> had built for her: then did he build Millo.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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 <i>was</i> before the LORD. So he finished the house.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which <i>is</i> beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought <i>it</i> to king Solomon.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/1_kings/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>