Solomon’s Additional Achievements
(1 Kings 9:10–28)

1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of YHWH and his own house, 2that the cities that Huram† had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and there he settled the sons of Israel.

3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it. 4And He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities that he built in Hamath. 5And He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars, 6and Baalath and all the storage cities that were unto Solomon, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen,† and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.

7And all the people remaining of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite (who they were not of Israel— 8of their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not destroy), Solomon lifted up as forced labor to this day.

9And Solomon did not make the sons of Israel servants for his work, for they were men of war, and captains of his officers, and captains of his chariots, and his cavalry. 10And these were chiefs of the officers who were of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty ruling over the people.

11And the daughter of Pharaoh Solomon brought up from the City of David to the house that he had built for her. For he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because they are holy to whom the ark of YHWH has come.”

12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to YHWH on the altar of YHWH, which he had built before the face of the portico, 13by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the commandment of Moses for the Sabbaths, and the New Moons, and the appointed feasts three times yearly—in the Feast of the Unleavened,† and in the Feast of Weeks,† and in the Feast of Booths.†

14And he appointed, according to the judgment of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties, to praise and serve before the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for thus David had commanded the man of God. 15And they did not depart from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasuries.

16And all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of YHWH, and until it was finished. And the house of YHWH was completed.

17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth† on the lip of the sea in the land of Edom.† 18And Huram sent him by the hand of his servants ships, and servants who knew the sea, and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and acquired from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold† and brought it to King Solomon.

Footnotes:

2 Huram is a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
6 Or horses
13 That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.
13 That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1).
13 That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22).
17 Eloth is a variant of Elath; see LXX, 2 Kings 14:22, and 2 Kings 16:6.
17 That is, along the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom
18 450 talents is approximately 17 tons or 15.4 metric tons of gold.