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Solomon’s Accomplishments
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,
Solomon’s Many Achievements
It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.
Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.
He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.
and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed — these Solomon drafted as forced labor, and so they are to this day.
These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers to this day.
But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.
But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.
And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.
King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.
Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”
Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, for the Ark of the LORD has been there, and it is holy ground.”
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built before the vestibule,
Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.
as the duty of each day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the three annual feasts — the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths.
According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.
In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.
And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
Solomon did not deviate in any way from David’s commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.
So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the Temple of the LORD was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.