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And he builtTadmor in the wilderness, and all the storecities, which he built in Hamath.
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Also he builtBethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,fencedcities, with walls,gates, and bars;
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And Baalath, and all the storecities that Solomon had, and all the chariotcities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomondesired* to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
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As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
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But of their children, who were leftafter them in the land, whom the children of Israelconsumed not, them did Solomon make to paytribute until this day.
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But of the children of Israel did Solomonmake no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
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And these were the chief of kingSolomon'sofficers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
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And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of Davidking of Israel, because the places are holy,[a] whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
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Then Solomonoffered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had builtbefore the porch,
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Even after a certain rate every day,offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts,threetimes in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every dayrequired: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David[b] the man of Godcommanded.