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| 1. | Kwasekusithi ekupheleni kweminyaka engamatshumi amabili uSolomoni akha ngayo indlu ye Nkosi lendlu yakhe, |
| 2. | imizi uHurami ayeyinike uSolomoni, uSolomoni wayakha, wahlalisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli khona. |
| 3. | USolomoni wasesiya eHamathi-Zoba, wayinqoba. |
| 4. | Wakha iTadimori enkangala layo yonke imizi e yiziphala ayakha eHamathi. |
| 5. | Wakha leBethi-Horoni elingaphezulu leBethi-Horoni elingaphansi, imizi ebiyelweyo elemithangala, amasango, lemigoqo, |
| 6. | leBahalathi, lemizi yonke e yiziphala uSolomoni ayelayo, layo yonke imizi yezinqola, lemizi yabagadi bamabhiza, laso sonke isifiso sikaSolomoni ayefisa ngaso ukwakha eJerusalema leLebhanoni lelizweni lonke lombuso wakhe. |
| 7. | Abantu bonke ababesele kumaHethi lamaAmori lamaPerizi lamaHivi lamaJebusi, ababengeyisibo bakoIsrayeli, |
| 8. | ebantwaneni babo ababesele emva kwabo elizweni abantwana bakoIsrayeli abangabaqedanga uSolomoni wabenyusa baba yizibhalwa kuze kube lamuhla. |
| 9. | Kodwa ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli uSolomoni kabenzanga izigqili zomsebenzi wakhe, kodwa baba ngamadoda empi, lezinduna zabalawulimabutho akhe, labaphathi bezinqola zakhe labagadi bamabhiza akhe. |
| 10. | Lalaba babezinduna zeziphathamandla inkosi uSolomoni ayelazo, amakhulu amabili lamatshumi amahlanu, bebusa abantu. |
| 11. | USolomoni wasesenyusa indodakazi kaFaro emzini kaDavida, wayisa endlini ayeyakhele yona, ngoba wathi: Umkami kayikuhlala endlini kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli, ngoba izindawo zingcwele umtshokotsho we Nkosi oze kizo. |
| 12. | Ngalesosikhathi uSolomoni wanikela e Nkosi ni iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwelathi le Nkosi ayelakhile phambi kwekhulusi. |
| 13. | Ngitsho njengokumiselwe usuku ngosuku, enikela njengokomlayo kaMozisi ngamasabatha, langokuthwasa kwezinyanga, langemikhosi emisiweyo, kathathu ngomnyaka, ngomkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo, langomkhosi wamaviki, langomkhosi wamadumba. |
| 14. | Njengesimiso sikaDavida uyise wasemisa izigaba zabapristi phezu kwenkonzo yabo, lamaLevi emilindweni yawo ukudumisa lokukhonza phambi kwabapristi njengodaba losuku ngosuku lwalo, labalindimasango ezigabeni zabo kusango ngesango; ngoba wayelaye njalo uDavida umuntu kaNkulunkulu. |
| 15. | Njalo kabaphambukanga emlayweni wenkosi kubapristi lamaLevi mayelana laluphi udaba kumbe mayelana lokuligugu. |
| 16. | Walungiswa-ke umsebenzi wonke kaSolomoni kuze kube lusuku lokubekwa kwesisekelo sendlu ye Nkosi, njalo yaze yaphela: indlu ye Nkosi yaphelela. |
| 17. | Ngalesosikhathi uSolomoni waya eEziyoni-Geberi leElothi okhunjini lolwandle elizweni leEdoma. |
| 18. | UHuramu wasethumela kuye imikhumbi ngesandla sezinceku zakhe, lenceku ezazi ulwandle, zaya eOfiri kanye lenceku zikaSolomoni, zalanda khona igolide elingamathalenta* angamakhulu amane lamatshumi amahlanu, zaliletha enkosini uSolomoni. |
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