2 Chronicles 8

1 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

It came about at the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house,

2 that the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

that Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given to him, and he settled the people of Israel in them.

3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.

Solomon attacked Hamathzobah and defeated it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.

He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

5 Also he built Upper Beth Horon, and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Also he built Beth Horon the Upper and Beth Horon the Lower, cities fortified with walls, gates, and bars.

6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

He built Baalath and all the store cities that he possessed, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever he wished to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the lands under his rule.

7 As for all the people who were left of the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;

As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who did not belong to Israel,

8 of their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel did not destroy, of them Solomon conscripted for slave labor to this day.

their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—Solomon made them into forced laborers, which they are to this day.

9 But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, and his commanders, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers, his commanders, his officers, and commanders of his chariot forces and his horsemen.

10 These were the chief officers of king Solomon: five hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

These were also the chief officers managing the supervisors who belonged to King Solomon, 250 of them, who supervised the people who did the work.

11 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of the LORD has come are holy."

Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because wherever the ark of Yahweh has come is holy.”

12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on his altar that he had built in front of the portico.

13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents.

He offered sacrifices just as the daily schedule required; he offered them, following the directions found in the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbath days, the new moons, and on the set festivals three times every year: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.

14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the cohanim to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the cohanim, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

In keeping with the decrees of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to their work, and the Levites to their positions, in order to praise God and to serve before the priests, as the daily schedule required. He also appointed the gatekeepers by their divisions to every gate, for David, the man of God, had also commanded this.

15 They did not depart from the commandment of the king to the cohanim and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

These people did not deviate from the commands of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the storerooms.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid until it was finished. The house of Yahweh was completed.

17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eilat, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and then to Elath on the coast, in the land of Edom.

18 And Hiram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea, and with the servants of Solomon they went to Ophir and they took from there 450 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.