I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;

我为自己动大工程，建造房屋，栽种葡萄园，

我大兴土木，为自己建造房屋，栽葡萄园，

我大兴土木，为自己建造房屋，栽葡萄园，

我大动工程，为自己建造房屋，栽种葡萄园，

我大事发展：为自己建造房屋，栽种葡萄园，

我扩建工程，为自己建造房屋，种植葡萄园；

我為自己動大工程，建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，

我大興土木，為自己建造房屋，栽葡萄園，

我大興土木，為自己建造房屋，栽葡萄園，

我大動工程，為自己建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，

我大事發展：為自己建造房屋，栽種葡萄園，

我為自己動大工程，建造房屋，為自己栽種葡萄園，

我擴建工程，為自己建造房屋，種植葡萄園；

我興鉅工、為己建屋、植葡萄園、

於是興工作、建屋宇、作園囿、種葡萄、栽百果、

於是廣興工作、建造屋宇、植葡萄園、

I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.

So I started some large projects. I built houses for myself. I planted vineyards.

I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

I also tried to find meaning by building huge homes for myself and by planting beautiful vineyards.

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

Now Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.He built the house of the timber from Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the forty five pillars, fifteen in each row.There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals.And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three intervals.Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.And he made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.And his house where he was to live, the other courtyard inward from the hall, was of this same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.All of these were made of valuable stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the large courtyard.And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar.So the large courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams as well as the inner courtyard of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.

There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its back, and armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

And they said,“ Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.”

“ Let’s make a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.”

Shimei the Ramathite was responsible for the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite was responsible for the produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars.

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi.”

Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names.

Let me sing now for my beloved A song of my beloved about His vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, and you build good houses and live in them,and when your herds and your flocks increase, and your silver and gold increase, and everything that you have increases,then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;

Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do,

Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards; Let’s see whether the vine has grown And its buds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said,“ My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,that he built the cities which Huram had given him, and settled the sons of Israel there.Then Solomon went to Hamath zobah and captured it.He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.He also built upper Beth horon and lower Beth horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and everything that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and all the land under his rule.

He also built towers in the wilderness and carved out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

The king began speaking and was saying,‘ Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial stone, which is in the King’s Valley, for he said,“ I have no son to continue my name.” So he named the memorial stone after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”