"Ifthe LORDyour Godenlargesyour territory,justas He has swornto your fathers,and givesyou allthe landwhichHe promisedto giveyour fathers--
"Your descendantswill also be like the dustof the earth,and you will spreadout to the westand to the eastand to the northand to the south;and in you and in your descendantsshall allthe familiesof the earthbe blessed.
Now Solomonruledover allthe kingdomsfrom the River[to] the landof the Philistinesand to the borderof Egypt;[they] broughttributeand servedSolomonallthe daysof his life.
that mightykingshave ruledoverJerusalem,governingall[the provinces] beyondthe River,and that tribute,customand tollwere paidto them.
"I will fixyour boundaryfrom the RedSeato the seaof the Philistines,and from the wildernessto the River[Euphrates]; for I will deliverthe inhabitantsof the landinto your hand,and you will drivethem out beforeyou.
"For I will driveout nationsbeforeyou and enlargeyour borders,and nomanshall covetyour landwhen you goup threetimesa yearto appearbeforethe LORDyour God.
"Whenthe LORDyour Godextendsyour borderas He has promisedyou, and you say,'I will eatmeat,'becauseyou desireto eatmeat,[then] you may eatmeat,whateveryou desire.
"Therefore,I commandyou, saying,'You shall setasidethreecitiesfor yourself.'
