“1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had
built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the
children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah,
and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and
all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built
Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with
walls, gates, and bars; 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that
Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen,
and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and
throughout all the land of his dominion. 7 [As for] all the people [that
were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel, 8 [But] of
their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children
of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this
day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for
his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and
captains of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And these [were] the chief of
king Solomon’s officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule
over the people. 11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out
of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he
said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel,
because [the places are] holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.”
“12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of
the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain
rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in
the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according
to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their
service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before
the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by
their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the
priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the
house of the LORD was perfected. 17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and
to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by
the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the
sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took
thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to
king Solomon.” (2 Chronicles 8:1-18 AV)
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