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 house, [a.k.a. palace, that] the cities which Huram, [a.k.a. Hiram,] had restored to Solomon, & Solomon [rebuilt] them, & caused the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel to [live] there. |
And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, & [seized] it. And 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, & throughout all the land [within] his dominion, [a.k.a. kingdom, or empire.] |
As for all the people [who] were left of the: Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, & Jebusites, [who weren’t] of Israel, but their children, who were left after them in the land [of Israel,] whom the children, [a.k.a. people] of Israel [didn’t destroy,] & Solomon [made] them pay tribute, [a.k.a. forced laborers,] until this day. |
But Solomon [didn't] make [any] servants for his work [from] the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, but they were men of war, [leaders] of his captains, captains of his chariots, & horsemen. |
And these were the chief, [a.k.a. leaders,] of king Solomon’s officers, even 250, [were supervisors] over the people. And Solomon brought [Pharaoh’s] daughter up, out of the city of David, & [into] the house, [a.k.a. palace,] that he had built for her. |
For [king Solomon] 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 [that] he built [for] the Lord, [in front of] the porch. |
[Offerings] [were made] everyday, according to the rate [commanded by] Moses, on the: Sabbaths, New Moons, & on solemn feasts, 3 times in the year, even in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, & the Feast of the Tabernacles. |
And [king Solomon] [continued to] [appoint] the [divisions] of the priests to their service, & the Levites, to their [duties,] to praise & minister before the priests, [to assist them as their] everyday [duties] required, according to the order of David, his father. |
Also, the porters, [a.k.a. gatekeepers,] [were assigned] by their [divisions,] at every gate [as] David, the man of God, commanded. And [the priests, & the Levites, didn’t depart] from the [king’s command] to the priests, & Levites [about] any matter, or [about] the [dedicated] treasures. |
Now, all the work of Solomon was prepared [until] the day the foundation of the [Lord’s] house [was laid,] until it was finished. So the [Lord's] house was [completed.] Then, Solomon went to Ezion Geber, & to Eloth, at the seaside in the land of Edom. |
And Huram, [a.k.a. Hiram,] sent [king Solomon] ships, [at] the hands of his servants, [who] had knowledge of the sea; & they went with [Solomon’s] servants to Ophir, & took [from there] 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.] |