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1 And at the end of twenty years after 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 had built the house of the Lord and his own house,
2 He built the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
3 He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it.
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Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and captured it.
4 And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath.
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He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage towns that he built in Hamath.
5 And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with gates and bars and locks.
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He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,
6 Balaath also and all the strong cities that were Solomon’s, and all the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen. All that Solomon had a mind, and designed, he built in Jerusalem and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion.
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and Baalath, as well as all Solomon's storage towns, and all the towns for his chariots, the towns for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired to build, in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7 All the people that were left of the Hethites, and the Amorrhites, and the Pherezites, and the Hevites, and the Jebusites, that were not of the stock of Israel:
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All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
8 Of their children, and of the posterity, whom the children of Israel had not slain, Solomon made to be the tributaries, unto this day.
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from their descendants who were still left in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon conscripted for forced labor, as is still the case today.
9 But of the children of Israel he set none to serve in the king’s works: for they were men of war, and chief captains, and rulers of his chariots and horsemen.
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But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariotry and cavalry.
10 And all the chief captains of king Solomon’s army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.
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These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred fifty of them, who exercised authority over the people.
11 And he removed the daughter of Pharao from the city of David, to the house which he had built for her. For the king said: My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for it is sanctified: because the ark of the Lord came into it.
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Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not live in the house of King David of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy."
12 Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch,
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Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the vestibule,
13 That every day an offering might be made on it according to the ordinance of Moses, in the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the festival days three times a year, that is to say, in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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as the duty of each day required, offering according to the commandment of 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 booths.
14 And he appointed according to the order of David his father the offices of the priests in their ministries: and the Levites in their order to give praise, and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day: and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.
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According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.
15 And the priests and Levites departed not from the king’s commandments, as to any thing that he had commanded, and as to the keeping of the treasures.
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They did not turn away from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites regarding anything at all, or regarding the treasuries.
16 Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.
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Thus all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until the house of the Lord was finished completely.
17 Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.
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Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
18 And Hiram sent him ships by the hands of his servants, and skilful mariners, and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and they took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.
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Huram sent him, in the care of his servants, ships and servants familiar with the sea. They went to Ophir, together with the servants of Solomon, and imported from there four hundred fifty talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
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