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,

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

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

That [as regardeth] the cities which Churam had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

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

And Solomon went to Chamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

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

And he built Thadmor in the wilderness, and all the treasure-cities, which he built in Chamath.

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

And he built the upper Beth-choron, and the lower Beth-choron, 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.

And Ba'alath, and all the treasure-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen, and all the [other] desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in the Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

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

All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

8 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

Out of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed—these did Solomon levy as tributary [laborers] until this day.

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

Yet of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains; and officers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

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

And these were the chiefs of the superintendents whom king Solomon had, [even] two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.

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.”

And the daughter of Pharaoh did Solomon bring up out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, No wife of mine shall dwell in a house of David the king of Israel, because they are holy, because there came [once] unto them the ark of the Lord.

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.

Then did Solomon offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

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.

Even according to what was the due of [every] day on its day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the stated festivals, three times in the year, on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on 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.

And he stationed, according to the prescription of David his father, the divisions of the priests at their service, and the Levites at their stations, to praise and minister next to the priests, in the requirement of every day on its day, and the gate-keepers in their divisions at every gate; for so was the charge of David the man of God.

15 They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

And they departed not from the charge of the king concerning the priests and Levites respecting every matter, and respecting 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.

And [so] was all the work of Solomon successful from the day of founding the house of the Lord, even until it was finished. [So] was perfected the house of the Lord.

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

Then went Solomon to 'Ezyon-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea-shore in the land 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.

And Churam sent him by means of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and they fetched away thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought the same to king Solomon.