15 USolomoni wayelezisebenzi ezingu-70 000* kanye labanye abangu-80 000 ababesebenza ukubaza amatshe+ ezintabeni.+

17 Inkosi yabatshela ukuthi bagebhe amatshe amakhulu aligugu+ futhi bawabaze.+ Amatshe la ayezasetshenziswa nxa sekusakhiwa isisekelo+ sethempeli.

7 Ithempeli lakhiwa ngamatshe ayevele esebaziwe alungiswa,+ yikho akuzwakalanga isando loba ihloka kumbe umsindo wamanye amathuluzi ensimbi ngesikhathi lisakhiwa.

9 Zonke izakhiwo lezi zazakhiwe ngamatshe adulayo.+ Ayequnywe ngesilinganiso esifaneleyo njalo esahwe ngesaha yamatshe emaceleni wonke. Kwakwakhiwe ngawo kusukela ezisekelweni kuze kuyefika phezulu futhi kwakunjalo laphandle kuze kuyefika egumeni elikhulu.+