H9001–/וַ–v

Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”

Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And for the house he made windows, with network across.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַלֵּ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְפֹּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥ז (וַ) va “and”

(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַלֵּֽהוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֛ף (וַ) va “and”

And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

וַיְצַ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַבֵּ֞ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”