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

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

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

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.

Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.

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

He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage 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;

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 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 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 of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the 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 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.

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

These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who 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.”

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 altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch;

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, 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 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 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.

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 depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.

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 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.

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 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.

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.