2Ch 8 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the lord , and his house,

‏ 2 Chronicles 8

CHAPTER 8 Solomon Strengthens the Cities of Israel

1 And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the lord, and his house, 2 and the cities which Hiram gave to Solomon, [²built ³them up ¹Solomon], and settled there the sons of Israel. 3 And Solomon came into Hamath Zobah, and prevailed over it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the [²cities ¹fortified] which he built in Hamath. 5 And he built [²Beth-horon ¹upper], and [²Beth-horon ¹lower], [²cities ¹fortified] with walls, gates, and bars; 6 and Baalath, and all the [²cities ¹fortified] which were unto Solomon, and all the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and as much as Solomon desired according to the desire to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his authority. 7 All the people left behind from the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel, 8 but were of their sons being left behind after them in the land of which [⁴did not ⁵utterly destroy ¹the ²sons ³of Israel], and [²led ³them ¹Solomon] into tribute until this day. 9 And [⁴any of ⁵the ⁶sons ⁷of Israel ²did not ³appoint ¹Solomon] as servants for all his works in his kingdom, for they were men warriors, and rulers, and mighty men, and rulers of his chariots, and of his horsemen. 10 And these rulers of the superintendents of king Solomon were fifty and two hundred directing works among the people. 11 And [²the ³daughter ⁴of Pharaoh ¹Solomon led] from the city of David into the house which he built for her. For he said, [²shall not ³dwell ¹My wife] in the city of David the king of Israel, for it is holy, because [⁵entered ⁶there ¹the ²ark ³of the ⁴ lord]. 12 Then Solomon offered whole burnt-offerings to the lord upon the altar of the lord, which he built before the temple, 13 according to the reckoning, day by day, to offer according to the commandments of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and at the months, and in the holidays, three times during the year -- in the holiday of the unleavened breads, and in the holiday of the period of sevens, and in the holiday of the tents. 14 And he established, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests according to their ministrations, and of the Levites over their watches, to praise and to officiate before the priests, according to the reckoning -- day by day; and of the gatekeepers in their divisions -- for gate by gate; for thus was the commandment of David the man of God. 15 They did not go by without heeding the commandments of the king, concerning the priests and the Levites, in any matter, and in the treasures. 16 And [⁵was prepared ¹all ²the ³work ⁴of Solomon] from which day [³foundation was laid ¹the ²house] of the lord, and until of which time it was finished, until of which time Solomon finished the house of the lord. 17 Then Solomon set out unto Ezion-geber, and unto Eloth, the one by the sea in the land of Edom. 18 And Hiram sent by the hand of his servants boats, and servants knowing the sea. And they set out with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and they took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they brought them to king Solomon.