aJosh 19:29; Amos 1:9
b2 Sam 5:11; 1 Lan 14:1
c2 Lan 2:3-16
d1 Lan 22:8, 28:3
e4:24; 1 Lan 22:9
fTshu 9:11
g1 Lan 28:6
hGen 10:15; 1 Lan 22:4
i10:9
j5:10, 6:15,34; 2 Sam 6:5; 2 Lan 3:5; Isa 14:8; Hez 27:5
kEzra 3:7; Hez 27:17; Seb 12:20
l2 Lan 2:10
m3:12
n4:6
o9:20-22; 2 Lan 2:2,18; 2 Lan 2:17
p4:5
q9:20-22; 2 Lan 2:2,18; 2 Lan 2:17
r9:23
s6:7; 1 Lan 22:2

1 Kings 5

Isivumelwano sikaSolomoni loHiramu

1UHiramu inkosi yeTire wasethuma inceku zakhe kuSolomoni a, ngoba wayezwile ukuthi bamgcobile ukuthi abe yinkosi esikhundleni sikayise, ngoba uHiramu wayemthanda uDavida insuku zonke b. 2USolomoni wasethumela kuHiramu esithi c: 3Wena uyazi ukuthi uDavida ubaba wayengelakwakhela ibizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe indlu ngenxa yezimpi ezazimzingelezele, iNkosi yaze yazifaka ngaphansi kwengaphansi yenyawo zakhe d. 4Kodwa khathesi iNkosi uNkulunkulu inginikile ukuphumula inhlangothi zonke e; kakulasitha, njalo kakulabubi obenzakalayo f. 5Khangela-ke, ngizimisele ukwakhela ibizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wami indlu njengokutsho kweNkosi kuDavida ubaba isithi: Indodana yakho engizayibeka esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi esikhundleni sakho, yona izakwakhela ibizo lami indlu g. 6Ngakho-ke laya ukuthi bangigamulele imisedari eLebhanoni, lenceku zami zizakuba lenceku zakho; leholo lenceku zakho ngizakunika njengakho konke okutshoyo. Ngoba wena uyakwazi ukuthi kakho phakathi kwethu okwaziyo ukugamula izihlahla njengabeSidoni h.

7Kwasekusithi uHiramu esizwa amazwi kaSolomoni wathokoza kakhulu wathi: Kayibusiswe iNkosi lamuhla emnikileyo uDavida indodana ehlakaniphileyo phezu kwalesisizwe esikhulu i. 8UHiramu wasethumela kuSolomoni esithi: Ngizwile lokho ongithumele ngakho; mina ngizakwenza zonke iziloyiso zakho mayelana lezigodo zemisedari lamayelana lezigodo zamafiri* j. 9Inceku zami zizazehlisa zisuka eLebhanoni zisiya elwandle; mina-ke ngizazenza okundendayo olwandle ukuya endaweni ozayiqamba kimi, ngizithukulule lapho; wena-ke uzazithathela khona, wena uzakwenza isifiso sami ngokupha abendlu yami ukudla k. 10Ngakho uHiramu wamnika uSolomoni izigodo zemisedari lezigodo zamafiri njengokwezifiso zakhe zonke. 11LoSolomoni wanika uHiramu amakhori* engqoloyi azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu lambili, ukudla kwabendlu yakhe, lamakhori* angamatshumi amabili amafutha akhanyiweyo. Ngokunjalo uSolomoni wamupha uHiramu iminyaka ngeminyaka l. 12INkosi yasimnika uSolomoni inhlakanipho njengokutsho kwayo kuye. Kwasekusiba khona ukuthula phakathi kukaHiramu loSolomoni; benza isivumelwano bobabili m.

13Inkosi uSolomoni yabutha izibhalwa kuIsrayeli wonke; lezibhalwa zazingabantu abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu. 14Yasibathuma eLebhanoni, abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi ngenyanga ngamazopho, inyanga beseLebhanoni, inyanga ezimbili besekhaya. LoAdoniramu wayephezu kwezibhalwa n. 15Futhi uSolomoni wayelabayizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa abathwala imithwalo, lababazi abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisificaminwembili ezintabeni o, 16ngaphandle kwezinduna zabaphathi bakaSolomoni, ababephethe umsebenzi p, izinkulungwane ezintathu lamakhulu amathathu q, ezazibusa abantu ababesenza umsebenzi r. 17Inkosi yasilaya, baletha amatshe amakhulu, amatshe aligugu, okubeka isisekelo sendlu, amatshe abaziweyo s. 18Abakhi bakaSolomoni labakhi bakaHiramu lamaGebhali basebebaza, balungisa izigodo lamatshe ukwakha indlu.

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