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2 Chronicles 8
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1And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
1At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house and his own house,
2that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
2Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.
3Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
4And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong citieswhich he built in Emath.
4He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.
5And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars;
5Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
6and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities , and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom.
6and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7[As for] all the people that was left of the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel,
7As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel—
8but were of the children of them whom the children Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day.
8of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.
9But Solomon did not make any of the children of Israelservants in his kingdom; for , behold, [they were ] warriors and rulers, and mighty [men], and captainsof chariots and horsemen.
9But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
10And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, twohundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people.
10These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao from the city of Davidto the house which he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the city of David, the king of Israel, for [the place] is holy into which the ark of the Lord has entered.
11Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to 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 where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”
12Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole burnt offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple,
12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar which he had built before the porch,
13according to the daily rate, to offer up [sacrifices] according to the commandments of Moses, on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.
13even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times per year, during the feast of unleavened bread, during the feast of weeks, and during the feast of booths.
14And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and [that] according to their public ministrations: and the Levites [were appointed] over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus [were] the commandments of David the man of God .
14He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate, for David the man of God had so commanded.
15They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.
15They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.
16Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.
16Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.
17Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Aelath near the sea in the land of Idumea.
17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
18And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon.
18Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.