2 Chronicles 8
1 And it came to pass at the
end of
twenty years, wherein
Solomon had
built the
house of the
LORD, and his own
house, 2 That the
cities which
Huram had
restored to
Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the
children of
Israel to
dwell there.
3 And
Solomon went to
Hamathzobah, and
prevailed against it.
4 And he
built Tadmor in the
wilderness, and all the
store cities, which he
built in
Hamath. 5 Also he
built Bethhoron the
upper, and
Bethhoron the
nether, fenced cities, with
walls, gates, and
bars; 6 And
Baalath, and all the
store cities that
Solomon had, and all the
chariot cities, and the
cities of the
horsemen, and all that
Solomon desired to
build in
Jerusalem, and in
Lebanon, and throughout all the
land of his
dominion. 7 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, 8 But of their
children, who were
left after them in the
land, whom the
children of
Israel consumed not, them did
Solomon make to
pay tribute until this
day. 9 But of the
children of
Israel did
Solomon make no
servants for his
work; but they were
men of
war, and
chief of his
captains, and
captains of his
chariots and
horsemen. 10 And these were the
chief of
king Solomon's officers, even two
hundred and
fifty, that bare
rule over the
people. 11 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
David king of
Israel, because the places are
holy, whereunto the
ark of the
LORD hath
come.
12 Then
Solomon offered burnt
offerings unto the
LORD on the
altar of the
LORD, which he had
built before the
porch, 13 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, three times in the
year, even in the
feast of unleavened
bread, and in the
feast of
weeks, and in the
feast of
tabernacles. 14 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
day required: the
porters also by their
courses at every
gate: for so had
David the
man of
God commanded. 15 And they
departed not from the
commandment of the
king unto the
priests and
Levites concerning any
matter, or concerning the
treasures. 16 Now all the
work of
Solomon was
prepared unto the
day of the
foundation of the
house of the
LORD, and until it was
finished. So the
house of the
LORD was
perfected. 17 Then
went Solomon to
Eziongeber, and to
Eloth, at the
sea side in the
land of
Edom. 18 And
Huram sent him by the
hands of his
servants ships, and
servants that had
knowledge of the
sea; and they
went with the
servants of
Solomon to
Ophir, and
took thence
four hundred and
fifty talents of
gold, and
brought them to
king Solomon.