2 Chronicles 8

1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.

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

2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.

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

3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.

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

4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.

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5 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].

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6 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.

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7 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.

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.)

8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.

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9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.

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10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.

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11 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.”

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12 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.

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

13 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.

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14 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.

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15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.

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

16 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.

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

17 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.

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

18 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.

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