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14 And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
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Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
15 Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the LORD , his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
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Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
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(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon
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And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,
18 and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
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Baalath, and Tadmor in the desert, within his land,
19 and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
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as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,
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There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites).
21 their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers , even to this day.
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Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate —to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.
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But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.
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They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon’s projects—550 officials supervising those who did the work.
24 As soon as Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.
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After Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.
25 Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD , burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD . So he finished the house.
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Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.
26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
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King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
27 And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
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And Hiram sent his men—sailors who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men.
28 They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
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They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
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