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God Let Solomon See Him One Mo Time
1 An dass how was, wen Solomon guys pau build da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, an da palace, an wen make happen all da odda stuff he like do.
2 ✡Den Da One In Charge let Solomon see him one mo time, jalike wen he let Solomon see him da firs time, Gibeon side. 3 Da One In Charge tell Solomon,
“I wen hear wat you pray. I wen lissen wen you come in front me an beg me fo help you. Da Temple you wen build, I make um spesho fo me awready. I give da place my name foeva, cuz az da place wea can find out wat kine god me. An I goin watch dat place real good, an tink plenny bout um all da time.
4 “Now, you gotta live in front me jalike yoa faddah David wen do, cuz he wen go all out fo me, an he do eryting da right way. Same ting fo you, you gotta do eryting I tell you fo do, an run yoa govmen da way I like. 5 ✡If you do all dat, den I goin make you an da guys dat goin come from you, come da kings fo da Israel peopo foeva. I wen make dis promise to yoa faddah David: ‘You goin be da ancesta fo da kings fo Israel, foeva.’
6 “You an da guys dat goin come king afta you, you betta not go da wrong way, an you betta stay tight wit me. An you gotta do eryting jalike I tell you fo do, cuz I get da right fo tell you how you gotta do um. You betta not let da gods from da odda peopos come yoa bosses, an go down in front dem fo show dem love an respeck. 7 If you guys jam up, den I goin throw out da Israel peopo from da land I wen give um. Dat Temple dat I wen make spesho fo me, da place fo show wat kine god me, I no goin kea bout dat place no moa. An wen all da odda peopos tink bout da Israel peopo, dey goin tell bad kine stuff bout dem, an tell, ‘Watch out! You goin come jalike da Israel peopo!’ 8 ✡Dis Temple goin come one big mess jalike one rubbish pile. Erybody dat pass by dea no goin tink wat dey see az fo real. Dey goin tell, ‘How come Da One In Charge wen do dis to da land an da Temple?!’ 9 An odda peopo goin tell um, ‘Az cuz da Israel peopo no like lissen Da One In Charge, dea God dat wen bring dea ancesta guys outa Egypt. Dey wen go wit odda kine gods, go down in front dem an make da odda gods dea bosses. Az why Da One In Charge wen punish dem.’ ”
10 Solomon wen work twenny year fo build da two big house, da Temple Fo Da One In Charge an da palace. 11 All dat time, King Hiram from Tyre wen pick up all da cedar an pine wood an gold dat Solomon like. Az why King Solomon give Hiram twenny towns Galilee side.
12 But wen Hiram come from Tyre fo see da towns Solomon wen give him, Hiram neva like um. 13 Hiram tell, “Eh, brah! Wat kine town you give me?! Dey junk!” He call da towns da Kabul Land, dat mean “Junk Town.” An today, dey still get dat name. 14 Befo dat, Hiram wen sen four an a half ton gold to King Solomon too.
Da Slave Kine Worka Guys
15 Dis part tell bout how King Solomon wen use plenny slave kine worka guys fo build da Temple Fo Da One In Charge an fo build his palace, an fo fix up da place da army guys need so nobody attack Jerusalem. He build da Jerusalem town wall too, an da towns Hazor, Megiddo, an Gezer. 16 (Befo time, da Pharaoh guy, da king fo da Egypt peopo, wen go Gezer an take ova da town. He burn da whole town an kill da Canaan peopo dat live dea. Den he give da town to Solomon fo wedding present wen Solomon marry Pharaoh daughtah. 17 Dass why Solomon wen build Gezer one mo time.) An Solomon build Bet-Horon, da makai side one, 18 an Baalat an Tadmor inside da boonies inside da Israel land. 19 Solomon build all his storage towns too, an da towns fo da army guys wit war wagons, an da towns fo da army guys dat ride horse. Eryting Solomon like build—Jerusalem side, Lebanon side, all ova da lands wea he da king, he build um.
20 All da diffren peopos dat not Israel peopo, dat still stay inside da land—da Amor peopo, an da Het peopo, an da Perez peopo, an da Hiv peopo, an da Jebus peopo, 21 dis all da ones da Israel peopo suppose to wipe out wen da Israel peopo come dat land, but dey neva—Solomon make all dese peopo do slave kine work. Dey stay do da same ting long time. 22 But Solomon neva make da Israel guys come slaves. Dey was da army guys, an da govmen guys, an da alii guys, an da army guys dat help Solomon do his work, an da officer guys fo da war wagons an da horse rida guys. 23 An had 550 Israel luna guys dat Solomon wen put in charge a da worka guys from da odda peopos dat stay do da work.
24 Afta Solomon pau build da house fo Pharaoh daughtah, she move ova dea from da part a Jerusalem dat King David wen build befo time. Solomon wait till afta she stay inside da house, den he make his slave guys fix da place da army guys need fo nobody attack Jerusalem.
25 ✡From da time Solomon pau build da Temple, he make one sacrifice three time ery year on top da altar dat he wen build fo Da One In Charge. He make da kine sacrifice you burn up da whole animal, an da kine sacrifice dat show eryting stay good wit you an God, an he burn um up dea in front Da One In Charge.
Solomon Make Biznis
26 King Solomon guys wen build plenny big kine boat, Ezion-Geber side. Dass nea Elot, nex to da Red Sea, inside da Edom land. 27 King Hiram wen sen some a his worka guys fo go wit da guys dat work fo Solomon inside da boats, cuz Hiram guys know da ocean mo betta. 28 Dey wen ride boat Ofir side, an from dea dey bring back sixteen ton gold fo King Solomon.
✡ 9:2 9:2: 1Kings 3:5; 2Rec 1:7 ✡ 9:5 9:5: 1Kings 2:4 ✡ 9:8 9:8: 2Kings 25:9; 2Rec 36:19 ✡ 9:25 9:25: Outa 23:17; 34:23; Rules2 16:16