2 Chronicles 8
8
Solomon’s Other Activities
1Ki 9:10–28
1It came that after twenty years, Solomon built the house of the Lord and his royal house, 2and Solomon even rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and he settled the Israelites in them. 3Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. 4He also built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. 5He also built the Upper and Lower Beth-horon, # Jos 16:3; 1Ch 7:24 fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars, 6and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7And all the people who remained from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were not from Israel, 8and from their descendants who remained from these peoples in the land and whom the Israelites did not finish destroying, Solomon brought them up to be forced labor, # Jos 16:10; 1Ki 4:6 even to this day. 9But from the Israelites Solomon did not make servants for his work. These were his soldiers, officers, commanders of his chariots, and horsemen. 10And these were the two hundred and fifty chief officers for King Solomon who governed the people.
11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh # 1Ki 3:1; 7:8 from the City of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, “My wife will not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord have been are holy.”
12At that time Solomon offered up burnt offerings on the altar # 2Ch 4:1 of the Lord that he built before the vestibule, 13according to the daily duty to offer up as the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual festivals: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. # Ex 23:14–17; Dt 16:16 14According to the ruling of David his father, he set the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their function to praise and serve # Ne 12:24 before the priests according to the daily duty, and even the gatekeepers for their divisions at each gate, # 1Ch 9:17 for this was the commandment of David the man of God. 15And they did not turn from the commandment of the king, whether the priests or Levites, concerning any matter and concerning the treasury.
16So all the work of Solomon was established from the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord and until its completion; and the house of the Lord was complete.
17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath # Dt 2:8; 2Ki 14:22 at the shore of the sea in Edom. 18And Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, who knew the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents # 8:18 About 17 tons, or 15 metric tons. of gold, # 2Ch 9:10, 13 and brought them to King Solomon.
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