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1 At
the end of
twenty years, in
which Solomon had
built the LORD’s
house and his
own house,
2 Solomon
built the cities
which Huram had
given to Solomon,
and caused the
children of Israel
to dwell there.
3 Solomon
went to Hamath Zobah,
and prevailed
against it.
4 He
built Tadmor in
the wilderness,
and all the
storage cities,
which he built
in Hamath.
5 Also
he built Beth Horon
the upper and Beth
Horon the lower,
fortified cities
with walls, gates,
and bars;
6 and
Baalath, and all
the storage cities
that Solomon had,
and all the
cities for his
chariots, the
cities for his
horsemen, and all
that Solomon
desired to build
for his pleasure
in Jerusalem, in
Lebanon, and in
all the land of
his dominion.
7 As
for all the
people who were
left of the
Hittites, the Amorites,
the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and
the Jebusites, who
were not of
Israel—
8 of
their children who
were left after
them in the land,
whom the children
of Israel didn’t
consume—of them
Solomon conscripted
forced labor to
this day.
9 But
of the children
of Israel, Solomon
made no servants
for his work,
but they were
men of war,
chief of his
captains, and
rulers of his
chariots and of
his horsemen.
10 These
were the chief
officers of King
Solomon, even two-hundred fifty,
who ruled over
the people.
11 Solomon
brought up
Pharaoh’s daughter
out of David’s
city to the
house that he
had built for
her; for he said,
“My wife shall not
dwell in the
house of David
king of Israel,
because the places
where the LORD’s
ark has come are
holy.”
12 Then
Solomon offered
burnt offerings to
the LORD on
the LORD’s altar
which he had
built before
the porch,
13 even as
the duty of
every day required,
offering according to
the commandment of
Moses on the
Sabbaths, on the
new moons, and
on the set
feasts, three
times per year,
during the feast
of unleavened
bread, during the
feast of weeks,
and during the
feast of
booths.
14 He
appointed, according
to the ordinance
of David
his father, the
divisions of the
priests to their
service, and the
Levites to their
offices, to praise
and to minister
before the priests,
as the duty
of every day
required, the
doorkeepers also
by their divisions
at every gate,
for David the
man of God had
so commanded.
15 They didn’t
depart from the
commandment of the
king to the
priests and
Levites concerning
any matter or
concerning the treasures.
16 Now
all the work
of Solomon was
accomplished from
the day of
the foundation of
the LORD’s house
until it was
finished. So the
LORD’s house was
completed.
17 Then
Solomon went
to Ezion Geber and
to Eloth, on the
seashore in
the land of Edom.
18 Huram
sent him ships and
servants who had
knowledge of the
sea by the
hands of his
servants; and they
came with the
servants of
Solomon to Ophir,
and brought from
there four hundred
fifty talents
of gold, and
brought them to
King Solomon.