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At the end of twenty years, Solomon had quite a list of accomplishments. He had: built The Temple of God and his own palace;
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rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and colonized them with Israelites;
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marched on Hamath Zobah and took it;
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fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities he had founded in Hamath;
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built the fortress cities Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, complete with walls, gates, and bars;
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built Baalath and store-cities; built chariot-cities for his horses. Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly - whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon - wherever he fancied.
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The remnants from the original inhabitants of the land (Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites - all non-Israelites),
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survivors of the holy wars, were rounded up by Solomon for his gangs of slave labor. The policy is in effect today.