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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
h{m{l.v h'n'B r,v]a h'n'v ~yir.f,[ #eQim yih.y;w ? w{tyeB -t,a.w h'wh.y tyeB -t,a
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that he
built the
cities which Huram had
given to him, and
settled the
sons of
Israel there.
h{m{l.v h'n'B h{m{l.vil ~'r.Wx !;t'n r,v]a ~yir'[,h.w ? lea'r.fIy yen.B -t,a ~'v b,vw{Y;w ~'t{a
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Then
Solomon went to
Hamath-zobah and
captured it.
'hy,l'[ q;z/x,Y;w h'bw{c t'm]x h{m{l.v .$,leY;w
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He
built Tadmor in the
wilderness and
all the
storage cities which he had
built in
Hamath.
yer'[ -l'K tea.w r'B.diM;B r{m.d;T -t,a !,biY;w ? t'm]x;B h'n'B r,v]a tw{n.K.siM;h
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He also
built upper Beth-horon and
lower Beth-horon,
fortified cities with
walls,
gates and
bars;
tyeB -t,a.w !w{y.l,['h !w{rw{x tyeB -t,a !,biY;w ? ~Iy;t'l.D tw{mw{x rw{c'm yer'[ !w{T.x;T;h !w{rw{x ? ;xyir.b.W
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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.
r,v]a tw{n.K.siM;h yer'[ -l'K tea.w t'l][;B -t,a.w ? tea.w b,k,r'h yer'[ -l'K tea.w h{m{l.vil .Wy'h ? r,v]a h{m{l.v q,vex -l'K tea.w ~yiv'r'P;h yer'[ ? l{k.b.W !w{n'b.L;b.W ~i;l'v.WryiB tw{n.bil q;v'x ? w{T.l;v.m,m #,r,a
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All of the
people who were
left of the
Hittites, the
Amorites, the
Perizzites, the
Hivites and the
Jebusites,
who were not of
Israel,
yiZir.P;h.w yir{m/a'h.w yiTix;h -nim r'tw{N;h ~'['h -l'K ? h'Meh lea'r.fiYim a{l r,v]a yis.Wb.y;h.w yi.Wix;h.w
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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.
#,r'a'B ~,hyer]x;a .Wr.tw{n r,v]a ~,hyen.B -nim ? h{m{l.v ~el][;Y;w lea'r.fIy yen.B ~.WLik -a{l r,v]a ? h,Z;h ~w{Y;h d;[ s;m.l
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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.
h{m{l.v !;t'n -a{l r,v]a lea'r.fIy yen.B -nim.W ? h'm'x.lim yev.n;a ]h'Meh -yiK w{T.ka;l.mil ~yid'b][;l ? wy'v'r'p.W w{B.kir yer'f.w wy'vyil'v yer'f.w
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These were the
chief officers of
King Solomon, two
hundred and
fifty who
ruled over the
people.
h{m{l.v .$,l,M;l -r,v]a ~yibyic.N;h yer'f h,Lea.w ? ~'['B ~yid{r'h ~Iy'ta'm.W ~yiVim]x
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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."
dyiw'D ryi[em h{m{l.v h'l/[,h h{[.r;P -t;B -t,a.w ? bevet -a{l r;m'a yiK H'l -h'n'B r,v]a tIy;B;l ? v,d{q -yiK lea'r.fIy -.k,l,m dyiw'D tyeb.B yil h'Via ? h'wh.y !w{r]a ~,hyel]a h'a'B -r,v]a h'Meh
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Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the
LORD on the
altar of the
LORD which he had
built before the
porch;
x;B.zim l;[ h'why;l tw{l{[ h{m{l.v h'l/[,h z'a ? ~'l.Wa'h yen.pil h'n'B r,v]a h'wh.y
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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.
h,v{m t;w.cim.K tw{l][;h.l ~w{y.B ~w{y -r;b.dib.W ? ~yim'[.P vw{l'v tw{d][w{M;l.w ~yiv'd\x,l.w tw{t'B;V;l ? g;x.b.W tw{[Ub'V;h g;x.b.W tw{C;M;h g;x.B h'n'V;B ? tw{KUS;h
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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.
tw{q.l.x;m -t,a wyib'a -dyiw'D j;P.vim.K dem][;Y;w ? ~'tw{r.m.vim -l;[ ~iYiw.l;h.w ~'t'd{b][ -l;[ ~yin]h{K;h ? ~w{y -r;b.dil ~yin]h{K;h d,g,n ter'v.l.W leL;h.l ? r;['v'w r;[;v.l ~'tw{q.l.x;m.B ~yir][w{V;h.w w{mw{y.B ? ~yih{l/a'h -vyia dyiw'D t;w.cim !ek yiK
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And they did not
depart from the
commandment of the
king to the
priests and
Levites in
any manner or concerning the
storehouses.
~iYiw.l;h.w ~yin]h{K;h -l;[ .$,l,M;h t;w.cim .Wr's a{l.w ? tw{r'c{a'l.w r'b'D -l'k.l
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Thus
all the
work of
Solomon was
carried out from the
day of the
foundation of the
house of the
LORD, and
until it was
finished. So the
house of the
LORD was
completed.
d;s.Wm ~w{Y;h -d;[ h{m{l.v t,ka,l.m -l'K !{KiT;w ? h'wh.y tyeB ~el'v w{t{l.K -d;[.w h'wh.y -tyeB
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Then Solomon went to
Ezion-geber and to
Eloth on the
seashore * in the
land of
Edom.
tw{lyea -l,a.w r,b,G -nw{y.c,[.l h{m{l.v .$;l'h z'a ? ~w{d/a #,r,a.B ~'Y;h t;p.f -l;[
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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.
tw{Yinw{a wy'd'b][ -d;y.B ~'r.Wx w{l -x;l.viY;w ? yed.b;[ -mi[ .Wa{b'Y;w ~'y ye[.dw{y ~yid'b][;w ? tw{aem -[;B.r;a ~'Vim .Wx.qiY;w h'ryipw{a h{m{l.v ? .$,l,M;h -l,a .Wayib'Y;w b'h'z r;KiK ~yiVim]x;w ? h{m{l.v