aNow it came about at the end
of the twenty
years
in which
Solomon
had built
the house
of the LORD
and his own house
that he built the cities
which
Huram
had given
to 1him, and settled
the sons
of Israel
there
.
Then Solomon went
to Hamath-zobah
and captured
it.
He built Tadmor
in the wilderness
and all
the storage
cities
which
he had built
in Hamath
.
He also built upper
aBeth-horon
and lower
Beth-horon
, bfortified
cities
with walls
, gates
and bars
;
and Baalath and all
the storage
cities
that Solomon
had
, and all
the cities
for 1his chariots
and cities
for 1his horsemen
, and all
that it pleased
Solomon
to build
in Jerusalem
, in Lebanon
, and in all
the land
2under his rule
.
aAll of the people
who were left
of the Hittites
, the Amorites
, the Perizzites
, the Hivites
and the Jebusites
, who
were not of Israel
,
namely, from their descendants who
were left
after
them in the land
whom
the sons
of Israel
had not destroyed
, athem Solomon
raised
as forced
laborers
to this
day
.
But Solomon did not make
slaves
for his work
from the sons
of Israel
; they were men
of war
, his chief
captains
and commanders
of his chariots
and his horsemen
.
These were the chief
1officers
of King
Solomon
, two hundred
and fifty
who ruled
over the people
.
aThen Solomon brought
Pharaoh's
daughter
up from the city
of David
to the house
which
he had built
for her, for he said
, "My wife
shall not dwell
in the house
of David
king
of Israel
, because
1the places
are holy
where
the ark
of the LORD
has entered
."
Then Solomon
offered
burnt
offerings
to the LORD
on athe altar
of the LORD
which
he had built
before
the porch
;
and adid so according to the daily rule
, offering
them up baccording to the commandment
of Moses
, for cthe sabbaths
, dthe new
moons
and the ethree
annual
feasts
--the Feast
of Unleavened
Bread
, the Feast
of Weeks
and the Feast
of Booths
.
Now according to the ordinance of his father
David
, he appointed
athe divisions
of the priests
for their service
, and bthe Levites
for their duties
of praise
and ministering
before
the priests
according to the daily
rule
, and cthe gatekeepers
by their divisions
at every
gate
; for dDavid
the man
of God
had so
commanded
.
And they did not depart from the commandment
of the king
to the priests
and Levites
in any
manner
or concerning the storehouses
.
Thus all the work
of Solomon
was carried
out 1from the day
of the foundation
of the house
of the LORD
, and until
it was finished
. So the house
of the LORD
was completed
.
Then Solomon
went
to aEzion-geber
and to bEloth
on the seashore
in the land
of Edom
.
And Huram by his servants
sent
him ships
and servants
who knew
the sea
; and they went
with Solomon's
servants
to Ophir
, and atook
from there
four
hundred
and fifty
talents
of gold
and brought
them to King
Solomon
.