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He built the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it.
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And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath.
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And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with gates and bars and locks.
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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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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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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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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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And all the chief captains of king Solomon’s army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.
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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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Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch,