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And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to

בְּיֹ֤שֶׁר (בְּ) be. “in”בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “with”

And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “with”

For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

בְּחֶבְר֤וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (בִ) vi. “in”

And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.

בְּגִבְע֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “[was] at”בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

בַּֽהֵכִ֥ין (בַּֽ) ba. “in <the>”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

בְּגִבְעוֹן֙ (בְּ) be. “[was] at”

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, which he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “[are] in the”

And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

בִּמְחִֽיר׃ (בִּ) bi “for”

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ (בְּ) be. “for”בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (בַּ) ba. “for”בְּיָדָ֥ם (בְּ) be. “by”

And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

בָּהָ֑ר (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “in”

So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

בַּזָּהָ֨ב (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַכֶּ֜סֶף (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבַנְּחֹ֣שֶׁת (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבַבַּרְזֶ֗ל (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבָֽאַרְגְּוָן֙ (בָֽ) va. “in <the>”בִּֽיהוּדָ֣ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִֽ) vi. “in”

Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.

בִּכְתָ֔ב (בִּ) bi “in”בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת (בְּ) be. “because”

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the inv

בַּזָּֽהָב־ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”וּ֠בַכֶּסֶף (בַ) va. “in <the>”בַּנְּחֹ֨שֶׁת (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בַּבַּרְזֶ֜ל (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בָּאֲבָנִ֣ים (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבָעֵצִ֗ים (בָ) va. “in <the>”בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ן (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַבּ֣וּץ (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבַכַּרְמִ֔יל (בַ) va. “in <the>”

Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

בָּהָ֑ר (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּהַר֙ (בְּ) be. “on”בִּמְק֣וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”בְּגֹ֖רֶן (בְּ) be. “on”

The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּשֵּׁנִ֔י (בַּ) ba. “on the”בִּשְׁנַ֥ת (בִּ) bi “in”

And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

בַּמִּדָּ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “by the”

And in the most holy place he made images of two winged beings, covering them with gold.

בְּבֵֽית־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he made chains, like neck ornaments, and put them on the tops of the pillars, and a hundred apples on the chains.

בַּדְּבִ֔יר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ (בַּֽ) Ba. “on the”

And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.

בָּֽ֠אַמָּה (בָּֽ֠) Ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “by the”