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Solomon’s Other Activities
At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,
At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,
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 rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.
He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
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.
There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).
All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land — whom the Israelites had not destroyed — to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
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.
But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
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.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials — two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.
Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
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.”
On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord,
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built before the vestibule,
according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals — the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.
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.
In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
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.
They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid until its completion. So the temple of the Lord was finished.
Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.