2 Chronicles · Chapter 1

[ edit] Salomon þanne, þe ſone of Dauid, is coumfortid in his rewme, and þe Lord was wiþ hym, and magnyfiede hym in to an heeȝ. And Salomon comaundyde to al Yrael, to leders of þouſandis, and mayſtirs of hundreþis, and to domyſmen, and to þe duykis of al Yrael, and to princis of meynes; and wente wiþ al þe multitude in to þe heiȝt of Gabaon, where was þe tabernacle of þe peſe couenaunt of þe Lord, þat Moyſes, þe ſeruaunt of God, made in wyldirneſſe. Dauid forſoþe hadde lad þe arke of God fro Cariaþiarym in to þe place þat he hadde made redi to it, and wher he hadde piȝt to it a tabernacle, þat is, in Jeruſalem.

Alſo a braſen auter, þe whiche Beſeleel, þe ſone of Vri, ſone of Ur, hadde forgid, þere was beforn þe tabernacle of þe Lord; þe whiche and Salomon ſouȝt and al þe chirche. And Salomon ſteiȝede up to þe braſen auter, before þe tabernacle of þe peſe couenaunt of þe Lord, and offride in it a þouſand hooſtis. Lo! forſoþe in þat nyȝt God apeerid to hym, ſeyinge, Aſk þat þou wylt, þat I ȝeue to þee. And Salomon ſeide to God, Þou didiſt wiþ Dauiþ, my fadir, grete mercy, and ſettiſt me kyng for hym.

Nowe þanne, Lord God, þi word be fulfild, þat þou bihiȝtiſt to Dauid, my fadir; þou forſoþe haſt made me kyng vpon þi grete puple, þe whiche is as vnnoumbreable as þe poudre of þe erþ. Ȝeue to me wyſdam and vndirſtondynge, þat I go in and go out beforn þi puple; who forſoþe may þis þi puple, þat is ſo greet, worþily deemyn?

God forſoþe ſeide to Salomon, For þis more pleſide to þin herte, and aſkidiſt not rycheſſes, and ſubſtaunce, and glorie, ne þe lijues of hem þat hatiden þee, ne many days of lijf; but forſoþe þou aſkidiſt wiſdam and kunnynge, þat þou myȝtiſt deme puple, vpon þe whiche I haue ſett þee kyng, wiſdom and kunnynge ben ȝeuen to þee; ritcheſſes forſoþe, and ſubſtaunces, and glorie I ſchal ȝeuen to þee, ſo þat no man in kyngis, ne before þee ne aftir þee, were lijc þee. Þan Salomon came fro þe heiȝt of Gabaon in to Jeruſalem, beforn þe tabernacle of þe peſe couenaunt, and regned vpon Yrael.

And he gadirde to hym charis and hors men, and þer ben maad to hym a þouſand and foure hundriþ chaaris, and twelue þouſand of horſe men; and he maad hem to ben in þe citees of plowes of foure hors, and wiþ þe kyng in Jeruſalem. And þe kyng ȝaue in to Jeruſalem ſyluer and gold as ſtonys, and cedres as long mulberies, þat growen in wijld feeldis in myche multitude. Forſoþe þer weren brouȝt to hym hors fro Egipt, and fro Ohoa, of þe marchaundis of þe kyng, þat wenten and boȝten bi prijs, a plowȝ of hors for ſixe hundriþ platis of ſyluer, and an hors for an hundriþ and fyfty. Lijc maner of alle þe rewmes of Ceþeys, and of þe kyngis of Cirie, þe bying was ſolemply don.