Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,
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At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace,
2 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram had given him and caused the sons of Israel to dwell there.
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Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamathzobah and prevailed against it.
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Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities, which he built in the wilderness.
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He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
5 Likewise, he rebuilt Bethhoron the upper and Bethhoron the lower, fenced cities with walls, gates, and bars;
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He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
6 and Baalath and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the chariot cities and the cities of the horsemen and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and throughout all the land of his dominion.
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as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
7 <em>As for</em> all the people <em>that were</em> left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which <em>were</em> not of Israel,
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There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).
8 <em>but</em> of their sons, who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel, did not consume, Solomon made them pay tribute until this day.
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Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
9 But of the sons of Israel Solomon did not make slaves for his work, for they <em>were</em> men of war, and his princes and his captains, and princes of his chariots and horsemen.
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But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
10 And King Solomon had two hundred and fifty princes of the governors, who presided over the people.
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They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto 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 <em>the places are</em> holy, unto which the ark of the LORD has come.
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Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
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On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,
13 that each thing might be offered in its day, according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths and on the new moons and on the feasts three times in the year, <em>that is</em> in the feast of unleavened bread and in the feast of weeks and in the feast of the tabernacles.
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according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, each thing in its day; the porters also by their courses at each gate, for so had David, the man of God, commanded.
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In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.
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They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD and until it was finished. <em>So</em> the house of the LORD was perfected.
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All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.
17 Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
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Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
18 For Hiram had sent him ships by the hands of his slaves and slaves that had knowledge of the sea, and they had gone with the slaves of Solomon to Ophir and had taken from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought <em>them</em> to King Solomon.
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And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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