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1 Toen Salomon na verloop van twintig jaar de tempel van Jahweh en zijn eigen paleis had voltooid,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 begon hij de steden, die Chirom aan hem had afgestaan, te versterken, en er Israëlieten in te vestigen.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Daarna trok Salomon tegen Chamat-Soba op, en veroverde deze stad.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Ook versterkte hij Tadmor, dat in de woestijn ligt, en alle andere voorraadsteden, die hij in Chamat gebouwd had.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Hij versterkte Hoog- en Laag-Bet-Choron tot vestingen met muren, poorten en grendels;
They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
6 verder bouwde hij Baälat en alle voorraadsteden, wagensteden en ruitersteden, en alle ontworpen gebouwen in Jerusalem, op de Libanon en in heel zijn rijksgebied.
They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
7 Heel de overgebleven bevolking der Chittieten, Amorieten, Perizzieten, Chiwwieten en Jeboesieten, die niet tot de Israëlieten behoorden, liet Salomon voor de arbeidsdienst opkomen.
Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
8 Het waren de nakomelingen van hen, die in het land waren overgebleven, en die de Israëlieten niet hadden kunnen uitroeien. Zo is het gebleven tot op deze dag.
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 Maar van de Israëlieten maakte Salomon niemand tot arbeider; zij waren zijn soldaten, hovelingen, legeroversten, bevelvoerders, wagenmenners en ruiters.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Tot hen behoorden ook de tweehonderd vijftig hoofdopzichters, die Salomon aangesteld had, en toezicht hielden op het volk.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 De dochter van Farao liet Salomon uit de David. stad verhuizen naar het paleis, dat hij voor haar had laten bouwen. Want hij dacht: Het past niet, dat een van mijn vrouwen in het huis van David, den koning van Israël, woont; want de plaatsen, waar de ark van Jahweh geweest is, zijn heilig!
Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
12 Toen begon Salomon de brandoffers ter ere van Jahweh te offeren op het altaar van Jahweh, dat hij opgericht had aan de voorkant van de voorhal.
On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
13 Het aantal, dat dagelijks geofferd werd, stemde overeen met de voorschriften van Moses; zo ook de sabbatten, de nieuwe manen en de drie jaarlijkse feesten: het feest der ongedesemde broden, het feest der weken en het loofhuttenfeest.
He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
14 Daarenboven regelde hij overeenkomstig de voorschriften van zijn vader David de dienst van de priesterafdelingen en de taak der levieten, namelijk de gewijde muziek en het bijstaan van de priesters in hun dagelijkse dienst. Ook verdeelde hij de afdelingen poortwachters over de verschillende poorten; want zo had David, de man Gods, het verordend.
Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
15 En in geen enkel opzicht, ook niet in het beheer der schatten, werd er afgeweken van de voorschriften des konings aangaande de priesters en levieten.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Zo kwam al het werk van Salomon tot stand, van de dag af, dat Salomon de grondslag legde voor de tempel van Jahweh, totdat hij de tempel van Jahweh voltooid had.
They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
17 In die tijd trok Salomon naar Es-jon-Géber en naar Elat, aan de kust van de zee in het land Edom.
Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
18 Chirom zond hem namelijk met medewerking van zijn onderdanen schepen en ervaren zeelui, die met de mensen van Salomon naar Ofir voeren, waar ze vierhonderd vijftig talenten goud haalden, dat ze bij koning Salomon brachten.
King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
