2 Chronicles 7:11 Cross References - Rotherham

¹¹ Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king,––and, all that had come in upon the heart of Solomon, to do in the house of Yahweh and in his own house, he prosperously executed.

¹ And it came to pass, when Solomon had made an end of building the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king, and everything that Solomon desired, which he was pleased to make, ² then appeared Yahweh unto Solomon, a second time,––as he appeared unto him, in Gibeon. ³ And Yahweh said unto him––I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, wherewith thou hast made supplication before me, I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my Name there unto times age–abiding,––and mine eyes and my heart shall be there, continually: ⁴ As for thee, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, with a whole heart and with uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee,––and, my statutes and my regulations, wilt keep, ⁵ then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel, unto times age–abiding,––as I promised unto David thy father, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel. ⁶ If ye, turn back, ye or your sons, from following me, and keep not my commandments, my statutes, which I have set before you,––but depart and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down to them, ⁷ then will I cut off Israel, from the face of the soil, which I have given unto them, and, the house which I have hallowed for my Name, will I suffer to be carried away from before me,––and Israel shall become a byword and a mockery, among all the peoples; ⁸ and, this house which had been renowned, shall be desolate, every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and shall whistle,––and men shall say––For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land, and unto this house? ⁹ And men will answer––Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and bowed themselves down to them, and served them, for this cause, hath Yahweh brought in upon them all this ruin.

¹ Then Solomon gave word to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

⁴ I enlarged my works,––I built me houses, I planted me vineyards;

¹⁰ and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them,––I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil. ¹¹ When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.