¶ A ʻo nā haumāna a ka poʻe kāula ma Ieriko, i kū maila, ʻike akula lākou iā ia, ʻī aʻela, “Ua kau mai ka ʻuhane o ʻElia ma luna o ʻElisai.” A hele akula lākou e hālāwai me ia, a kūlou ihola lākou ma ka honua i mua ona.
A laila, noho ihola ʻo Solomona ma luna o ka noho aliʻi o Iēhova, i aliʻi ma kahi o Dāvida ʻo kona makua kāne, a he pōmaikaʻi kona; a hoʻolohe maila kā ʻIseraʻela a pau iā ia.
Hoʻonui ihola ʻo Iēhova iā Solomona a nui loa i mua o nā maka o kā ʻIseraʻela a pau, a hāʻawi maila iā ia i ka hanohano aliʻi, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia mai ka mea like ma luna o kekahi aliʻi i loko o kā ʻIseraʻela ma mua ona.
“A e iho nō au i lalo, kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe i laila; a e lawe au i ko ka ʻUhane ma luna ou, a e kau aku ma luna o lākou; a e amo pū lākou me ʻoe i ke kaumaha o nā kānaka, i halihali ʻole ai ʻoe, ʻo ʻoe wale nō, ia mea.
“A e kū mai ia i mua o ʻEleazara ke kahuna, nāna e nīnau mai nona ma ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻUrima i mua o Iēhova; ma kāna ʻōlelo e hele aku ai lākou, a ma kāna ʻōlelo hoʻi lākou e hoʻi mai ai, ʻo ia a me nā mamo a pau a ʻIseraʻela me ia, ʻo ke anaina kanaka a pau.”