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| 1At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace, | 1After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD's temple and his royal palace, |
| 2Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them. | 2Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there. |
| 3Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. | 3Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. |
| 4He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. | 4He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. |
| 5He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, | 5He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, |
| 6as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses --whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled. | 6and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. |
| 7There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). | 7Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. |
| 8Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land--whom the Israelites had not destroyed--to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. | 8Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. |
| 9But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. | 9Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. |
| 10They were also King Solomon's chief officials--two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men. | 10These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people. |
| 11Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy." | 11Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy." |
| 12On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD, | 12Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple's porch. |
| 13according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by 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 Tabernacles. | 13He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations--the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters. |
| 14In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day's requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. | 14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered. |
| 15They did not deviate from the king's commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries. | 15They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries. |
| 16All Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished. | 16All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD's temple was completed. |
| 17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. | 17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom. |
| 18And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon's men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon. | 18Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon's men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon. |
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