8:1 And it came to pass after twenty years,
in which Solomon built the house of Yehovah, and his own house,
8:2 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and
caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
8:3 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.
8:4 And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which
he built in Emath.
8:5 And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong
cities,-- they had walls, gates, and bars;
8:6 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.
8:7 [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,
8:8 but were of the children of them whom the children Israel destroyed not,
that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make
tributaries to this day.
8:9 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.
8:10 And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred
and fifty overseeing the work among the people.
8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter ofPharaoh 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 Yehovah has entered.
8:12 Then Solomon offered up to Yehovah whole-burnt-offerings on the altar
which he had built to Yehovah before the temple,
8:13 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.
8:14 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 Elohim.
8:15 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.
8:16 Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was
laid, until Solomon finished the house of Yehovah.
8:17 Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Aelath near the sea in the
land of Idumea.
8:18 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. |
8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty
years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Yehovah, 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 Hamathzobah, 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 Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced
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, which 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 bare rule over the people.
8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter ofPharaohh 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 Yehovah hath come.
8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto Yehovah on the altar of the
Yehovah, 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 Elohim commanded.
8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests
and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation
of the house of Yehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of the
Yehovah was perfected.
8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the
land of Edom.
8:18 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. |