1 It|strong="H1961" took|strong="H0853" 20 years|strong="H8141" for|strong="H1004" King Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king’s palace|strong="H1004".
2 Then|strong="H0853" Solomon|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" Hiram gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H0853" moved Israelites|strong="H3478" into|strong="H5414" those|strong="H0834" towns|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033".
3 After|strong="H5921" this Solomon|strong="H8010" went to|strong="H5921" Hamath of|strong="H5921" Zobah and|strong="H2388" captured|strong="H2388" it|strong="H5921".
4 He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3605" Tadmor|strong="H8412" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1129" Hamath|strong="H2574" to|strong="H0834" store|strong="H4543" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1129".
5 He|strong="H0853" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H2346" Upper|strong="H5945" Beth Horon and|strong="H0853" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth Horon. He|strong="H0853" made|strong="H1129" them|strong="H0853" into strong forts with|strong="H1280" strong walls|strong="H2346", gates|strong="H1817", and|strong="H0853" bars|strong="H1280" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H1817".
6 He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" Baalath|strong="H1191" and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" stored things|strong="H3605". He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" were|strong="H0834" kept and|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" horse riders|strong="H7393" lived|strong="H1961". Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" all|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" wanted|strong="H2836" in|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" king.
9 Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" force any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5414" slaves|strong="H5650". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" soldiers|strong="H5650", government officials|strong="H8269", officers|strong="H8269", captains|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" chariot|strong="H7393" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" drivers.
10 There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" 250 supervisors over|strong="H8269" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" projects. They|strong="H0834" supervised|strong="H7287" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H5971".
11 Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H0935" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" must|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" palace|strong="H1004" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Holy|strong="H6944" Box has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" holy|strong="H6944" places|strong="H1004".”
12 Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" LORD’S|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" that|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Temple porch|strong="H0197".
13 Solomon offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" way|strong="H1697" Moses|strong="H4872" commanded|strong="H4687". Sacrifices were|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1697" offered|strong="H5927" on|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117", during|strong="H3117" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320" celebrations|strong="H6471", and|strong="H4872" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" yearly|strong="H3117" festivals|strong="H4150". The|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" yearly|strong="H3117" festivals|strong="H4150" were|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682", the|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Harvest, and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" Shelters|strong="H5521".
14 Solomon|strong="H5975" followed his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" instructions|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3588" chose the|strong="H0853" groups of|strong="H0376" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" duties|strong="H4931". The|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" were|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" lead the|strong="H0853" praise|strong="H1984" and|strong="H0430" help the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" from|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5921" do what|strong="H1697" needed to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H0376" done in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Temple service|strong="H5656". And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H3588" chose the|strong="H0853" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" by|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" groups to|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H8334" at|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" gate|strong="H8179". This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", instructed|strong="H1697".
15 The|strong="H3605" Israelites did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" change or|strong="H3808" disobey any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Solomon’s instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H4428" Levites|strong="H3881". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" change any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H1697", even|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3548" keep|strong="H4687" the|strong="H3605" valuable things|strong="H1697".
16 So|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010" completed|strong="H3615" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". Work|strong="H4399" began the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" laid the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H4143" and|strong="H3068" continued without stopping until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615".
17 King|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H8010" built ships at|strong="H0413" Ezion Geber. This town is|strong="H0776" near|strong="H5921" Elath|strong="H0359" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" Red Sea|strong="H3220", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123".
18 Hiram sent|strong="H7971" ships|strong="H0591" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010". Hiram’s own|strong="H5973" men|strong="H5650" sailed the|strong="H0413" ships|strong="H0591". They|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5650" skilled at|strong="H0413" sailing on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" sea|strong="H3220". His|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5650" went|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" Ophir|strong="H0211" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" 17 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010".