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,
8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon
built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
8:3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store
cities, which he built in Hamath.
8:5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the
nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
8:6 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.
8:7 [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, who [were] not of Israel,
8:8 [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.
8:9 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.
8:10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers,
[even] two hundred and fifty, that bore rule over the people.
8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh 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 [the places are] holy, to which the ark of the
LORD hath come.
8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to the LORD on the
altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
8:13 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.
8:14 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.
8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king to
the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning
the treasures.
8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished.
[So] the house of the LORD was perfected.
8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea
side in the land of Edom.
8:18 And Huram sent to 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.
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