8:1 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace,
8:2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
8:3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
8:4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
8:5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
8:6 as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses–whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
8:7 All the people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),
8:8 that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed–these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.
8:9 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.
8:10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials–two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
8:11 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.”
8:12 On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,
8:13 according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts–the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles.
8:14 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.
8:15 They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
8:16 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.
8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
8:18 And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
8:1 And at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of Jehovah and his own house,
8:2 He built the cities which Huram had given to him and settled the children of Israel there.
8:3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.
8:5 And he built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
8:6 And Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, even all the cities for the chariots, and the cities for the horsemen and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.
8:7 All the people who were left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
8:8 From their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed utterly, these Solomon levied as forced labor, as they are unto this day.
8:9 But Solomon did not make slaves of the children of Israel for his work, for they were the men of war and the officers over his captains and the officers over his chariots and his horsemen.
8:10 And these were the chief of the officers of King Solomon, two hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
8:11 Then Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter from the city of David into the house which he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David the king of Israel, for the places where the Ark of Jehovah has entered are holy.
8:12 Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah which he had built before the portico,
8:13 Even as required daily, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths and on the new moons and on the appointed feasts three times in a year, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Tabernacles.
8:14 And according to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges to praise and to minister before the priests even as required daily, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for thus was the commandment of David the man of God.
8:15 And they did not turn aside from the commandment of the king concerning the priests and the Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
8:16 So all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah even until its completion. Thus the house of Jehovah was finished.
8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
8:18 And Huram sent him ships by his servants, and servants who knew the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and took four hundred fifty talents of gold from there and brought it to King Solomon.