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

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of Jehovah and his own house,

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

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

3 T hen Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.

4 H e built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.

And he built Tadmor, in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

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

And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

6 a nd 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.

and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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

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

8 n amely, 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.

their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, upon them did Solomon impose tribute-service until this day.

9 B ut 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.

But of the children of Israel, of them did Solomon make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and his horsemen.

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

And these were the chief of king Solomon's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.

11 T hen 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.”

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of 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 are holy to which the ark of Jehovah has come.

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

Then Solomon offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch;

13 a nd 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.

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

14 N ow 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.

And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

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

and they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and the Levites concerning any matter, nor concerning the treasures.

16 T hus 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.

And all the work of Solomon was prepared, to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah and to its completion. the house of Jehovah was finished.

17 T hen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore 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 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.

And Huram sent him by his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.