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1At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace,

1It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,

2Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.

2Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.

3Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.

3Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.

4He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.

4He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

5He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

5He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.

6as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses --whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

6He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

7There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).

7There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

8Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land--whom the Israelites had not destroyed--to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

8These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers to this day.

9But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.

9But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.

10They were also King Solomon's chief officials--two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.

10King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

11Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy."

11Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, for the Ark of the LORD has been there, and it is holy ground.”

12On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,

12Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.

13according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals--the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.

13He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.

14In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day's requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

14In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.

15They did not deviate from the king's commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

15Solomon did not deviate in any way from David’s commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.

16All Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.

16So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the Temple of the LORD was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.

17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.

17Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath, ports along the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

18And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon's men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

18Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors. These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon’s men and brought back to Solomon almost seventeen tons of gold.

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