2 Chronicles 8 — GMV

8 Verse 1 And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house, ^{Verse 2} that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them. ^{Verse 3} And Solomon came to Zobah, and fortified it. ^{Verse 4} And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Hamath. ^{Verse 5} And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, strong cities—they had walls, gates, and bars; ^{Verse 6} and Baalath, 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 Lebanon, and in all his kingdom. ^{Verse 7} As for all the people that was left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel, ^{Verse 8} but were of the children of them whom the children of Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 10} And these are the chiefs of the officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people. ^{Verse 11} And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh 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. ^{Verse 12} Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole burnt offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple, ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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 God. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 16} Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord. ^{Verse 17} Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth near the sea in the land of Edom. ^{Verse 18} And Hiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to King Solomon.