Chapter 8

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built¹ the house of the LORD, and his own house,

That the cities which Huram had restored¹ to Solomon, Solomon built¹ them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell⁵⁵ there.

And Solomon went⁴ to Hamathzobah, ^{6678 2578} and prevailed⁴ against it.

And he built⁴ Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built¹ in Hamath.

Also he built⁴ Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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 desired¹ to build² in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

[As for] all the people [that were] left¹² of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

[But] of their children, who were left⁸ after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed¹⁴ not, them did Solomon make to pay⁵⁵ tribute until this day.

But of the children of Israel did Solomon make¹ no servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers,^{12 5333} [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule⁶ over the people.

And Solomon brought up⁵² the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built¹ for her: for he said,¹ My wife shall not dwell⁴ in the house of David king of Israel, because [the places are] holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.¹

Then Solomon offered⁵² burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built¹ before the porch,

Even after a certain rate every day, ³¹¹⁷ offering⁵³ 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.

And he appointed,⁵⁵ according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise¹⁵ and minister¹⁵ before the priests, as the duty of every day ³¹¹⁷ required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: ⁸¹⁷⁹ for so had David the man of God commanded.

And they departed¹ not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared¹¹ unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished.² [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

Then went¹ Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

And Huram sent⁴ him by the hands of his servants ships, ⁵⁹¹ and servants that had knowledge⁶ of the sea; and they went⁴ with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took⁴ thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought⁵⁵ [them] to king Solomon.