2 Chronicles · Chapter 8

[ edit] Fulfild forſoþe twenty ȝeer, aftir þe whiche Salomon hadde bilde up þe hous of þe Lord, and his own hous, and þe citees, þe whiche Yram ȝaue to Salomon, he bylde up, and made þe ſonys of Yrael to dwellen þere. Alſo he wente in to Emaþ Sobba, and weeldide it. And he bilde up Palmyram in deſert, and oþere citees moſt ſtrengþid he bilde up in Emaþ.

And he maad up þe oouer Beþeron and þe neþer Beþeron, citees moſt ſtrengþed, hauynge ȝatis and lockis and barres; Balaaþ alſo, and al þe moſt faſt cytees þat weren of Salamon, and alle þe cytees of plowes, and þe cytees of horſmen; alle whateuer þingus he wolde, maad kyng Salamon, and diſpoſede he bilde in Jeruſalem, and in Lyban, and in alle þe lond of his power. Al þe puple þat was laft of Eþeis, and Amorreis, and Phereſeis, and Eueis, and Jebuſeis, þat weren not of þe ſtoc of Yrael, and of þeir ſonis, and of þer after comers, þe whiche þe ſonis of Yrael hadde not ſlayn, Salamon vndirȝokede into tributarijs vnto þis day.

Bot of þe ſonis of Yrael he vndirputte not, þat þei ſchulden ſeruen to þe werkis of þe kyng; þei forſoþe weren men fiȝters, and þe firſt leders, and princis of plowes, and of þe horſe men of hym; alle forſoþe princes of þe hooſt of kyng Salamon weren two hundriþ and fyfty, þat tauȝten þe puple. Þe douȝter forſoþe of Pharao he tranſlatide fro þe cite of Dauid in to þe hous, þat he hadde bilde to hyre; forſoþe þe kyng ſeide, My wijf ſchal not dwelle in þe hous of Dauid, kyng of Yrael, forþi þat it is halowed, for þe ark of þe Lord wente in to it.

Þan Salamon offride brent ſacrifices to þe Lord vpon þe auter of þe Lord, þat he hadde maad up beforn þe ȝate hous, þat by eche days wer offrid in it, aftir þe heeſt of Moiſes, in ſabotis, and in kalendis, and in feſte dais, þries bi þe ȝer, þat is, in þe ſolempnyte of þerfe looues, and in þe ſolempnyte of wijkis, and in þe ſolempnyte of tabernaclis. And he ſette aftir þe diſpoſicioun of Dauid, his fadir, officis of preſtis in þeir ſeruyſes, and Leuytis in þeir ordre, þat þei preiſen and mynyſtren beforn þe preſtis aftir þe rijt of eche day, and þe porters in þeir dyuiſiouns by ȝate and ȝate.

Þus forſoþe Dauid, þe man of God, hadde comaundide; ne þei wenten beſide fro þe maundementis of þe kyng, boþe preſtis and Leuytis, of alle þingus þat he hadde comaundide. And in þe wardis of þe treſoures alle þe expenſis maad redy hadde Salomon, fro þat day þat he foundide þe hous of þe Lord vnto þat day þat he perfourmede it. Þanne wente Salomon in to Aſyongober, and in to Hailaþ, to þe mouþ of þe rede ſe, þat is in þe lond of Edom. Þanne Yram ſente to hym, by þe hondis of his ſeruauntis, ſchippis, and wijs ſchipmen of þe ſee, and þei wenten wiþ þe ſeruauntis of Salomon in to Oofer, and þei token þennis foure hundriþe and fyfty talentis of gold, and brouȝten to kyng Salamon.