2 Chronicles 8

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1. 1After the 20 years it took Solomon to build the LORD's temple and his own royal palace,
2. 2He rebuilt the cities that Huram had restored to him and settled Israelites in them.
3. 3Solomon marched against Hamath Zobah and conquered it.
4. 4He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the supply cities in the region of Hamath.
5. 5He also built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars.
6. 6He built Baalath and all his supply cities, along with cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen — everything Solomon wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.
7. 7Now there were still people left in the land from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites — people who were not Israelites.
8. 8But of their children who were left in the land, whom the children of Israel did not destroy, Solomon made them pay tribute, and they continue to do so to this day.
9. 9Solomon did not make any Israelites servants for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, officers, commanders, and leaders of his chariots and horsemen.
10. 10King Solomon had 250 chief officials who supervised the people.
11. 11Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the city of David to the house he had built for her. He said, "My wife must not live in the house of King David of Israel, because the places where the ark of the LORD has come are holy."
12. 12Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built before the porch.
13. 13He offered the daily sacrifices according to the commandment of Moses, including those for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the solemn feasts—three times a year: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
14. 14Following the instructions of his father David, he assigned the divisions of priests to their duties and the Levites to their roles of leading praise and assisting the priests with each day's requirements. He also stationed the gatekeepers by divisions at each gate, just as David, the man of God, had commanded.
15. 15No one deviated from the king's instructions to the priests and Levites on any matter, including the management of the treasuries.
16. 16All of Solomon's work was carried out from the day the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid until it was finished. Thus, the house of the LORD was perfected.
17. 17Solomon then traveled to Ezion Geber and Eloth on the coast in the land of Edom.
18. 18Huram sent him ships along with experienced sailors. These men sailed with Solomon's servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold and delivered it to King Solomon.