Solomon Continues Building |
2 Chronicles 8:1-18 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
It [happened] at the end of 20 years, [when] Solomon had built the house of the Lord & his own [palace, that] the cities which Huram [a.k.a. Hiram] had restored to Solomon. |
[He rebuilt] them & caused the children [people] of Israel to [live] there. Solomon went to Hamath Zobah & [seized] it. He built Tadmor in the wilderness & all the [storage] cities [that] he built in Hamath. |
[Solomon] also [rebuilt] Upper Beth Horon & Lower Beth Horon, [as] fenced cities with walls, gates & bars. |
[Also,] Baalath & all the [storage] cities that Solomon had & all the chariot cities & the cities [for] the horsemen & all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon & through all the land [within] his [power.] |
As for the people [who] were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites & Jebusite, [who weren’t] of Israel, but their children, were left after them in the land of Israel. [Those] whom the [people] of Israel [didn’t destroy,] |
Solomon [drafted them into forced labor,] until this day. Solomon [didn’t] make the [people] of Israel [forced laborers,] for his work, but they were men of war, [leaders] of his captains, captains of his chariots & horsemen. |
These were [leaders] of king Solomon’s officers, even 250 were [supervisors] over the people. And Solomon brought [Pharaoh’s] daughter out of the city of David & [into] the house he built for her. |
[Solomon had] said, My wife shall not [live] in [David’s] house, [Israel’s] [previous] king, because the places where the Ark of the Lord have come are holy. Then, Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar he built [for] the Lord, [in front of] the porch. |
Offerings [were made] everyday, according to the rate [commanded by] Moses: [daily,] on Sabbaths, New Moons & on solemn feasts 3 times a year: The Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks & the Feast of the Tabernacles. |
[Solomon continued to appoint the priests to their service] & the Levites, their [duties] to praise & minister before the priests, [to assist them in their] everyday [duties] required, according to the order of David, his father. |
Also, the [gatekeepers [were assigned] to [each] gate [as] David, the man of God, [had] commanded. The priests & the Levites [didn’t] depart from the [king’s command on] any matter [about] the [dedicated] treasures. |
All the work of Solomon from the day it was prepared to the day the foundation of the [Lord’s] house [was layed,] until it was finished & [completed.] Then, Solomon went to Ezion Geber & to Eloth, at the seaside in the land of Edom. |
Huram [a.k.a. Hiram] sent [Solomon] ships & servants [who] had knowledge of the sea & they went with [Solomon’s] servants to Ophir & took 450 talents of gold & brought them to king Solomon. |
[1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent his servants in the navy, shipmen [who] had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.] |