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2 Chronicles 8
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram (note: Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18) had given him and settled Israelites there.
And Solomon came to Bæsoba, and fortified it.
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath.
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
And he built Bæthoron the upper, and Bæthoron the lower, strong cities,—they had walls, gates, and bars;
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities, and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom.
as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses (note: Or horsemen or charioteers)—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
[As for] all the people that was left of the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel,
As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
but were of the children of them whom the children of Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day.
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
But Solomon did not make any of the children of Israel servants in his kingdom; for, behold, [they were] warriors and rulers, and mighty [men], and captains of chariots and horsemen.
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people.
They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao from the city of David to the house which he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the city of David, the king of Israel, for [the place] is holy into which the ark of the Lord has entered.
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole-burnt-offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple,
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
according to the daily rate, to offer up [sacrifices] according to the commandments of Moses, on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.
He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread (note: That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.), the Feast of Weeks (note: 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).), and the Feast of Tabernacles (note: That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as the Feast of Booths or the Feast of Shelters and originally called the Feast of Ingathering (see Exodus 23:16 and Exodus 34:22).).
And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and [that] according to their public ministrations: and the Levites [were appointed] over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus [were] the commandments of David the man of God.
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Ælath near the sea in the land of Idumea.
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth (note: Eloth is a variant of Elath; see LXX, 2 Kings 14:22, and 2 Kings 16:6.) on the coast of Edom (note: That is, along the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom).
And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon.
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold (note: 450 talents is approximately 17 tons or 15.4 metric tons of gold.), which they delivered to King Solomon.