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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
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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.