2 Chronicles 8

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

2 Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

7 As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—

8 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

9 But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

10 They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.

11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

13 He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

15 They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

18 So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

1 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

7 [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

8 [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto 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 are] holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

1 And after twenty years, in the which Solomon built the house of the LORD, and his house,

2 He also built the cities which Huram gave to Solomon, and made the children of Israel to dwell therein.

3 And Solomon went to Hemath-zobah, and fortified it;

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of corn which he built in Hemath.

5 And he built Upper Bethhoron and Lower Bethhoron, which were strong cities, with walls, and doors, and bars,

6 And Baelath, and all the corn cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and all the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build, both at Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

7 All the rest of the people of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

8 And their children which they left behind them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, Solomon made to pay interest unto this day.

9 But of the children of Israel Solomon made not servants for his work, but they were men of war, and over his princes, and over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

10 And of the chief officers of king Solomon were two hundred and fifty, which ruled over the people.

11 And Solomon brought up Pharaoh's daughter out of the city of David into the house which he had built for her. For he said, My wife shall not dwell with me in the house of David king of Israel: for it is holy, because the ark of the LORD is come therein.

12 From that time Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the hall,

13 To offer every one of them upon his day, according to the commandment of Moses, upon the sabbaths, and upon the new moons, and upon the appointed times of the year, three times, even upon the feast of unleavened bread, and upon the feast of weeks, and upon the feast of tabernacles.

14 And he set the priests in their charge, according to the order of David his father; and the Levites in their charge, to praise and to minister before the priests, every one in his day; and the porters in their charge, every one in his gate. For so David the man of God commanded.

15 And there was no departure from the king's commandment concerning the priests and the Levites in all things, and in the treasures.

16 Thus was all Solomon's work prepared from the day that the house of the LORD was founded, until he had finished it, that the house of the LORD was fully prepared.

17 And Solomon went to Ezeongeber, and to Eloth by the sea side in the land of Edomaea.

18 And Huram sent him ships by his servants that knew the sea, and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.