3 INkosi uSolomoni yatshibilika yabusisa bonke abantu bako-Israyeli. Ngalesosikhathi abantu babemile.+ 4 Yathi: “Kadunyiswe uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, lowo okwenzileyo ngezandla zakhe lokho akukhuluma ngomlomo wakhe lapho ethembisa ubaba uDavida esithi, 5 ‘Kusukela ngelanga engakhipha ngalo abantu bami bako-Israyeli eGibhithe, angikaze ngikhethe idolobho kuzo zonke izizwana zako-Israyeli ukuthi ngakhelwe kulo indlu okuzadunyiswa khona ibizo lami,+ njalo angizange ngikhethe muntu ukuthi akhokhele abantu bami bako-Israyeli. 6 Kodwa khathesi sengikhethe iJerusalema+ ukuthi ibe yindawo lapho okuzadunyiswa khona ibizo lami, njalo ngikhethe uDavida ukuthi abuse abantu bami bako-Israyeli.’+ 7 UDavida ubaba wayefisa kakhulu* ukwakha indlu ezakwenza ibizo likaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli+ lidunyiswe. 8 Kodwa uJehova wathi kuDavida ubaba, ‘Ubufisa kakhulu* ukwakha indlu ezakwenza ibizo lami lidunyiswe futhi isifiso sakho besisihle. 9 Kodwa ayisuwe ozakwakha indlu le, indodana yakho ozayizala yiyo ezakwakha indlu ezakwenza ibizo lami lidunyiswe.’+ 10 UJehova usekwenzile lokho ayekuthembisile. Yimi esengingene esikhundleni sikaDavida ubaba futhi sengihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi sako-Israyeli,+ njengoba nje uJehova wathembisa.+ Sengakhe lendlu ezakwenza ibizo likaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli lidunyiswe, 11 njalo ngifake kuyo ibhokisi okugcinwe kulo isivumelwano+ uJehova asenza labantu bako-Israyeli.”