2 Chronicles 8

1 It had taken twenty years for Solomon to build the Temple of the Lord and his own palace.

And after twentie yeere when Salomon had built the house of the Lord, and his owne house,

2 Solomon rebuilt the towns Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to live there.

Then Salomon built the cities that Huram gaue to Salomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 Then Solomon attacked Hamath-zobah and captured it.

And Salomon went to Hamath Zobah, and ouercame it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and also built all the storehouse towns in Hamath.

And he built Tadmor in the wildernesse, and repayred all the cities of store which hee built in Hamath.

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

And he built Beth-horon the vpper, and Beth-horon the nether, cities defensed with walles, gates and barres:

6 and also Baalath. He built all the storehouse towns that belonged to him, and all the towns where he kept his chariots and horses. He built everything he wanted to in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

Also Baalath, and al the cities of store that Salomon had, and all the charet cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and euery pleasant place that Salomon had a minde to builde in Ierusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the lande of his dominion.

7 There were some people who remained in the land: the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—people who were not Israelites.

And all the people that were left to ye Hittites, and ye Amorites, and Perizzites, and the Hiuuites, and the Iebusites, which were not of Israel,

8 They were the remaining descendants of the peoples that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon made them work as forced laborers, as they are to this day.

But of their children which were left after them in the lande, whome the children of Israel had not consumed, euen them did Salomon make tributaries vntill this day.

9 But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites work as slaves. Instead, they were his military men, his officers, and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.

But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no seruantes for his worke: for they were men of warre, and his chiefe princes, and the captaines of his charets and of his horsemen.

10 They were also King Solomon's chief officers, 250 men who supervised the people.

So these were the chiefe of the officers which Salomon had, euen two hundreth and fiftie that bare rule ouer the people.

11 Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife cannot live in the palace of David king of Israel, because wherever the Ark of the Lord has gone are holy places.”

Then Salomon brought vp the daughter of Pharaoh out of the citie of Dauid, into the house that he had built for her: for he saide, My wife shall not dwel in the house of Dauid King of Israel: for it is holy, because that the Arke of the Lord came vnto it.

12 Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord he had built in front of the Temple's porch.

Then Salomon offered burnt offrings vnto the Lord, on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porche,

13 He followed the requirement for daily offerings as Moses had ordered for Sabbaths, new moons, and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.

To offer according to the commandement of Moses euery day, in the Sabbaths, and in the newe moones, and in the solemne feastes, three times in the yeere, that is, in the feast of the Vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the Weekes, and in the feast of the Tabernacles.

14 Following the instructions of his father David, he assigned the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites in their responsibilities to offer praise, and to help the priests in their daily duties. He also assigned gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate as David, the man of God, had instructed.

And he set the courses of the Priestes to their offices, according to the order of Dauid his father, and the Leuites in their watches, for to praise and minister before the Priestes euery day, and the porters by their courses, at euery gate: for so was the commandement of Dauid the man of God.

15 They followed David's instructions exactly regarding the priests, the Levites, and anything to do with the treasuries.

And they declined not from the commandement of the King, concerning the Priests and the Leuites, touching al things, and touching the treasures.

16 This is how all Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the Lord's Temple until it was finished. So the Lord's Temple was completed.

Nowe Salomon had made prouision for all the worke, from the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, vntill it was finished: so the house of the Lord was perfite.

17 After this Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of the land of Edom.

Then went Salomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth by the sea side in the lande of Edom.

18 Hiram sent him ships under the command of his own officers, along with experienced sailors. They went with Solomon's men to Ophir where they loaded 450 talents of gold, which they then brought back to King Solomon.

And Huram sent him by the handes of his seruants, shippes, and seruants that had knowledge of the sea: and they went with the seruants of Salomon to Ophir, and brought thence foure hundreth and fiftie talents of golde, and brought them to King Salomon.