2Chronicles:8

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* And it came to pass after twenty years , in which Solomon built the house of the Lord , and his own house , * that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon , and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them . * And Solomon came to Baesoba , and (note :)Gr . strengthened it (:note ) fortified it . * And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness , and all the strong cities which he built in Emath . * And he built Baethoron the upper , and Baethoron the lower , strong cities , —they had 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 for all the people that was left of the (note :)Gr . Chettaeans , etc (:note ) Chettites , and the Amorites , and the Pherezites , and the Evites , and the Jebusites , who are not of Israel , * 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 . * 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 . * And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon , two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people . * 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 . * Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole-burnt-offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple , * according to the daily rate , to offer up sacrifices according to the commandments of Moses , on the sabbaths , and (note :)Gr . at the months (:note ) 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid , until Solomon finished the house of the Lord . * Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber , and to Ælath near the sea in the land of Idumea . * And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships , and servants (note :)Lit . knowing the sea (:note ) 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 .

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