1 A t the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,

Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house

2 T he cities which Huram had given to Solomon rebuilt and fortified, and caused the Israelites to dwell there.

that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.

3 A nd Solomon took Hamath-zobah.

Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

4 H e built Tadmor in the wilderness and all his store cities in Hamath.

He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.

5 A lso he built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;

6 A nd Baalath and all the store cities had, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all his dominion.

and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

7 A ll the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

8 B ut descendants of those who were left in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed—of them Solomon made a levy for forced labor to this day.

namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.

9 B ut of the Israelites Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.

10 T hese were the chiefs of King Solomon’s officers, 250 in authority over the people.

These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.

11 S olomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David into the house he had built for her, for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy to which the ark of the Lord has come.

Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the Lord has entered.”

12 T hen Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the Lord’s altar which he had built before the porch or vestibule,

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch;

13 A certain number every day, offering as Moses commanded for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the solemn feast days three times in the year—the Feasts of Unleavened Bread, of Weeks, and of Tabernacles.

and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.

14 A nd he appointed, as ordered by David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites to their offices to praise and to serve before the priests as the duty of every day required, and the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.

Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.

15 A nd they did not turn from the command of the king to the priests and Levites in any respect or concerning the treasuries.

And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.

16 T hus all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day the foundation of the Lord’s house was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.

Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.

17 T hen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the Sea in the land of Edom.

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.

18 A nd Huram sent him by his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and took from there 450 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.

And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.