8 USolomon ke uphendule uThixo wathi: “Umenzele ububele obukhulu ubawo uDavide, waza nam lo wandenza ukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
9 Ngoku ke, Ndikhoyo Thixo wam, idinga owalimilisela ubawo uDavide khawuncede ulibethelele lifezeke, kuba kaloku undenze ukumkani wenyambalala engaka yabantu abaninzi njengothuli lomhlaba.
10 Ke mna ndiphe ubulumko nokuqonda ukuze ndikwazi ukubakhokela aba bantu; kaloku akukho mntu unganako ngokwakhe ukuyilawula le nginginya yabantu bakho.”
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.