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At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,
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Solomon rebuilt the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
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And Solomon went to Ha'math-zo'bah, and took it.
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He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath.
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He also built Upper Beth-hor'on and Lower Beth-hor'on, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
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and Ba'alath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
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All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites, who were not of Israel,
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from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed--these Solomon made a forced levy and so they are to this day.