11. UThixo ke uthe kuSolomon: “Ngenxa yokuba lo ke ingumnqweno wentliziyo yakho, ungacelanga butyebi, nabunhanha, okanye ubuhandiba, ungatsho nokuba manditshabalalise iintshaba zakho, ewe, awucelanga nabomi bude, koko ucele ubulumko nokuqonda ukuze ube nako ukulawula abantu bam endikwenze ukumkani wabo,
12. ngoko ke ndiza kukunika ubulumko nokuqonda, kananjalo ndikuthi jize ngobutyebi nobunhanha, ube sisihandiba sokumkani ekungekho wumbi wakha wanjengawe ngaphambili, engayi kubakho nasemva kwakho.”
13. Ke uSolomon waya eJerusalem ukusuka kwakhe apho kwindawo ephakamileyo yonqulo eGibheyon, apho phambi kwaloo ntente yesibingelelo. Waza ke wamlawula uSirayeli.
14. USolomon waqokelela iinqwelo namahashe; ishumi elinesine lamakhulu eenqwelo, neshumi elinesibini lamawaka amahashe; zinto ezo wazigcina kwizixeko zeenqwelo, ezinye ke wazigcina kwakumkani eJerusalem.
15. Ukumkani lo ke isiliva negolide wayiqokelela eJerusalem yaninzi njengamatye, umthi womsedare wamninzi njengomthombe esihlanjeni.
16. USolomon amahashe wayewathenga eJiputa naseKewe. Abarhwebi bakomkhulu babewathenga eKewe ngexabiso ekuvunyelwene ngalo.
17. Babethenga iinqwelo eJiputa, ixabiso layo nganye liziisiliva ezimakhulu mathandathu, nehashe ngeesiliva ezilikhulu elinamashumi amahlanu. Kananjalo babewathengisa kookumkani bamaHiti nabama-Aram.