2 Chronicles 8

1 and to be from end twenty year which to build Solomon [obj] house: temple LORD and [obj] house: home his

It came about at the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house,

2 and [the] city which to give: give Hiram to/for Solomon to build Solomon [obj] them and to dwell there [obj] son: descendant/people Israel

that Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given to him, and he settled the people of Israel in them.

3 and to go: went Solomon Hamath-zobah Hamath-zobah and to strengthen: prevail over upon her

Solomon attacked Hamathzobah and defeated it.

4 and to build [obj] Tadmor in/on/with wilderness and [obj] all city [the] storage which to build in/on/with Hamath

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

5 and to build [obj] (Upper) Beth-horon (Upper) Beth-horon [the] Upper (Beth Horon) and [obj] (Lower) Beth-horon (Lower) Beth-horon [the] Lower (Beth Horon) city siege wall door and bar

Also he built Beth Horon the Upper and Beth Horon the Lower, cities fortified with walls, gates, and bars.

6 and [obj] Baalath and [obj] all city [the] storage which to be to/for Solomon and [obj] all city [the] chariot and [obj] city [the] horseman and [obj] all desire Solomon which to desire to/for to build in/on/with Jerusalem and in/on/with Lebanon and in/on/with all land: country/planet dominion his

He built Baalath and all the store cities that he possessed, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever he wished to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the lands under his rule.

7 all [the] people [the] to remain from [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite which not from Israel they(masc.)

As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who did not belong to Israel,

8 from son: descendant/people their which to remain after them in/on/with land: country/planet which not to end: destroy them son: descendant/people Israel and to ascend: establish them Solomon to/for taskworker till [the] day: today [the] this

their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—Solomon made them into forced laborers, which they are to this day.

9 and from son: descendant/people Israel which not to give: make Solomon to/for servant/slave to/for work his for they(masc.) human battle and ruler officer his and ruler chariot his and horseman his

However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers, his commanders, his officers, and commanders of his chariot forces and his horsemen.

10 and these ruler ([the] to stand *Q(K)*) which to/for king Solomon fifty and hundred [the] to rule in/on/with people

These were also the chief officers managing the supervisors who belonged to King Solomon, 250 of them, who supervised the people who did the work.

11 and [obj] daughter Pharaoh to ascend: establish Solomon from city David to/for house: home which to build to/for her for to say not to dwell woman: wife to/for me in/on/with house: home David king Israel for holiness they(masc.) which to come (in): come to(wards) them ark LORD

Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because wherever the ark of Yahweh has come is holy.”

12 then to ascend: offer up Solomon burnt offering to/for LORD upon altar LORD which to build to/for face: before [the] Portico

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on his altar that he had built in front of the portico.

13 and in/on/with word: promised day: daily in/on/with day: daily to/for to ascend: offer up like/as commandment Moses to/for Sabbath and to/for month: new moon and to/for meeting: festival three beat in/on/with year in/on/with feast [the] unleavened bread and in/on/with feast [the] Weeks and in/on/with feast [the] booth

He offered sacrifices just as the daily schedule required; he offered them, following the directions found in the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbath days, the new moons, and on the set festivals three times every year: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.

14 and to stand: appoint like/as justice: judgement David father his [obj] division [the] priest upon service: ministry their and [the] Levi upon charge their to/for to boast: praise and to/for to minister before [the] priest to/for word: promised day: daily in/on/with day: daily his and [the] gatekeeper in/on/with division their to/for gate and gate for so commandment David man [the] God

In keeping with the decrees of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to their work, and the Levites to their positions, in order to praise God and to serve before the priests, as the daily schedule required. He also appointed the gatekeepers by their divisions to every gate, for David, the man of God, had also commanded this.

15 and not to turn aside: turn aside commandment [the] king upon [the] priest and [the] Levi to/for all word: thing and to/for treasure

These people did not deviate from the commands of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the storerooms.

16 and to establish: prepare all work Solomon till [the] day foundation house: temple LORD and till to end: finish he complete house: temple LORD

All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid until it was finished. The house of Yahweh was completed.

17 then to go: went Solomon to/for Ezion-geber Ezion-geber and to(wards) Eloth upon lip: shore [the] sea in/on/with land: country/planet Edom

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and then to Elath on the coast, in the land of Edom.

18 and to send: depart to/for him Hiram in/on/with hand servant/slave his (fleet *Q(k)*) and servant/slave to know sea and to come (in): come with servant/slave Solomon Ophir [to] and to take: take from there four hundred and fifty talent gold and to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] king Solomon

Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea, and with the servants of Solomon they went to Ophir and they took from there 450 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.