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

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house, and his own house,

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

the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 A nd Solomon took Hamath-zobah.

Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against 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 built in Hamath.

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

Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, 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 the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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

As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and 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.

of 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.

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 of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of 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, even two-hundred 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.

Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh 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.”

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 Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, 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.

even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents.

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.

He 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 so had David the man of God 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.

They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

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.

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house, and until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house 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 went Solomon 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.

Huram 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.