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1 Da nu de tyve år var til ende som Salomo hadde bygget på Herrens hus og sitt eget hus,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 bygget han op de byer som Hiram hadde gitt Salomo, og lot Israels barn bosette sig i dem.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Derefter drog Salomo til Hamat-Soba og la det under sig.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Han bygget også op Tadmor i ørkenen og alle de oplagsbyer han har bygget i Hamat.
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 Likeledes bygget han op Øvre-Bet-Horon og Nedre-Bet-Horon og gjorde dem til faste byer med murer, dobbelte porter og bommer,
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 og Ba'alat og alle de oplagsbyer han hadde, og alle byene for stridsvognene og byene for hestfolket og alt annet som han hadde lyst til å bygge, både i Jerusalem og på Libanon og i hele det land han rådet over.
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 Og alt det folk som var blitt tilbake av hetittene, amorittene, ferisittene, hevittene og jebusittene, folk som ikke hørte til Israel -
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 deres efterkommere, så mange som var blitt tilbake efter dem i landet fordi Israels barn ikke hadde utryddet dem - dem uttok Salomo til pliktarbeid, og så har det vært til denne 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 Men av Israels barn gjorde Salomo ikke nogen til arbeidstræl; de var krigsmenn og høvdinger for hans drabanter og høvedsmenn for hans stridsvogner og hestfolk.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Kong Salomos arbeidsformenn var to hundre og femti i tallet; de rådet over folkene.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Salomo førte Faraos datter fra Davids stad inn i det hus han hadde bygget for henne; for han sa: Det skal ikke bo nogen kvinne i Davids, Israels konges hus; det er hellig, fordi Herrens ark er kommet dit.
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 Dengang ofret Salomo Herren brennoffere på Herrens alter, det som han hadde bygget foran forhallen;
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 han ofret hver dag de offer som var foreskrevet av Moses for den dag, på sabbatene og nymånedagene og høitidene tre ganger om året, på de usyrede brøds fest og på ukenes fest og på løvsalenes fest.
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 Han gjorde som hans far David hadde foreskrevet, og satte prestenes skifter til deres tjeneste og levittene til deres gjøremål, til å synge Herrens lov og gå prestene til hånde, efter som det krevdes for hver dag, og likeledes dørvokterne efter deres skifter ved de forskjellige porter, for så hadde den Guds mann David befalt;
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 hverken når det gjaldt skattene eller i nogen annen sak vek de av fra det som kongen hadde befalt prestene og levittene.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Så var da hele Salomos verk utført, fra den dag grunnvollen blev lagt til Herrens hus, og til det var fullendt - Herrens hus stod ferdig.
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 Ved den tid drog Salomo til Esjon-Geber og til Elot ved kysten av Edoms land.
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 Og Hiram sendte folk til ham med skiber og sjøvant mannskap, og de fór sammen med Salomos folk til Ofir og hentet derfra fire hundre og femti talenter gull og førte det hjem til kong Salomo.
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.
