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Solomon Do Odda Stuff
(1 Kings 9:10-28)
1 Solomon wen work twenny year fo build da Temple Fo Da One In Charge an da palace fo Solomon. 2 Afta dat, Solomon build one mo time da towns dat King Hiram wen give um, an tell some Israel peopo go live ova dea. 3 Den Solomon go Hamat Zobah an take um ova. 4 An he build Tadmor town fo make um mo strong inside da boonies, an same ting fo all da towns he wen build Hamat side befo time fo store stuff. 5 He build one mo time da Mauka Bet-Horon town an da Makai Bet-Horon town fo give um one mo strong wall wit gates an bars. 6 Solomon do da same ting fo Baalat an all his odda towns fo store stuff, an all da towns fo his war wagons, an his horses, wateva he like build inside Jerusalem, inside Lebanon, an inside all da land wea he stay da king fo um.
7 Get all da peopo dat still stay alive from da Het peopo, da Amor peopo, da Periz peopo, da Hiv peopo, an da Jebus peopo, all dose peopo dat not Israel peopo. 8 Dass all da peopo dat come from da ones dat live in da Canaan land befo time, da ones dat neva get wipe out wen da Israel peopo come dea. Dey da ones dat Solomon make um his slave guys fo do his work. 9 But Solomon neva make da Israel peopo his slave guys fo do his work. He make da Israel peopo da guys dat fight fo him, da main leada guys fo his army, an da ones dat stay in charge a his war wagons wit da guys dat drive um. 10 An dose leada guys dat help King Solomon, dey 250 guys dat stay in charge a da peopo.
11 Solomon bring Pharaoh girl up from David town fo live inside da palace he wen build fo her, cuz he tell, “My wife no goin live inside da palace fo David, da Israel king, cuz eryting aroun dea stay spesho fo Da One In Charge, cuz da Box Fo Da One In Charge wen come dea befo time.”
12 Dat time, on top da altar fo Da One In Charge dat Solomon wen build in front da Temple lanai, he make plenny burn up kine sacrifice fo Da One In Charge. 13 ✡Solomon make shua da pries guys make da burn up kine sacrifices dey suppose to make ery day, an fo da Res Days, da new moon days, an da three spesho religious ceremonies ery year, jalike Moses wen tell um fo do. (Az da spesho religious kine ceremony fo da Bread Dat No Mo Yeast, da spesho religious kine ceremony fo Harves Da Food, an da spesho religious kine ceremony fo Live Inside Shacks.) 14 Jalike Solomon faddah David wen figga, Solomon pick da teams a pries guys fo do dea jobs. He pick da teams a Levi guys fo dea kuleana—fo lead da peopo fo tell good tings bout Da One In Charge, an fo work wit da pries guys ery day fo do da tings da pries guys gotta do. He pick da teams a security guard guys fo watch ery gate, cuz az wat David, da guy dat stay tight wit God, wen tell um fo do. 15 Da pries guys an da Levi guys neva dig out from wat da king tell um fo do. Dey take kea da rich kine stuffs too.
16 Dey do all Solomon work from da day dey put da foundation fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge till dey pau build da whole ting. Dass how dey pau build da Temple Fo Da One In Charge.
17 Den Solomon go Ezion-Geber, den he go Elat, da Edom side a da Red Sea. 18 King Hiram sen him boats dat get Hiram saila guys in charge a dem, guys dat know da ocean. Dese guys go Ofir side wit Solomon guys. Dey bring back from dea almos seventeen ton gold fo King Solomon.
✡ 8:13 8:13 a: Census 28:9-10; Census 28:11-15; Outa 23:14-17; 34:22-23; Census 28:16–29:39; Rules2 16:16