2 Chronicles 8
1 and to be from end twenty year which to build Solomon [obj] house: temple LORD and [obj] house: home his
It had taken twenty years for Solomon to build the Temple of the Lord and his own palace.
2 and [the] city which to give: give Hiram to/for Solomon to build Solomon [obj] them and to dwell there [obj] son: descendant/people Israel
Solomon rebuilt the towns Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to live there.
3 and to go: went Solomon Hamath-zobah Hamath-zobah and to strengthen: prevail over upon her
Then Solomon attacked Hamath-zobah and captured it.
4 and to build [obj] Tadmor in/on/with wilderness and [obj] all city [the] storage which to build in/on/with Hamath
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and also built all the storehouse towns in Hamath.
5 and to build [obj] (Upper) Beth-horon (Upper) Beth-horon [the] Upper (Beth Horon) and [obj] (Lower) Beth-horon (Lower) Beth-horon [the] Lower (Beth Horon) city siege wall door and bar
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls and barred gates,
6 and [obj] Baalath and [obj] all city [the] storage which to be to/for Solomon and [obj] all city [the] chariot and [obj] city [the] horseman and [obj] all desire Solomon which to desire to/for to build in/on/with Jerusalem and in/on/with Lebanon and in/on/with all land: country/planet dominion his
and also Baalath. He built all the storehouse towns that belonged to him, and all the towns where he kept his chariots and horses. He built everything he wanted to in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.
7 all [the] people [the] to remain from [the] Hittite and [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite which not from Israel they(masc.)
There were some people who remained in the land: the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—people who were not Israelites.
8 from son: descendant/people their which to remain after them in/on/with land: country/planet which not to end: destroy them son: descendant/people Israel and to ascend: establish them Solomon to/for taskworker till [the] day: today [the] this
They were the remaining descendants of the peoples that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon made them work as forced laborers, as they are to this day.
9 and from son: descendant/people Israel which not to give: make Solomon to/for servant/slave to/for work his for they(masc.) human battle and ruler officer his and ruler chariot his and horseman his
But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites work as slaves. Instead, they were his military men, his officers, and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.
10 and these ruler ([the] to stand *QK) which to/for king Solomon fifty and hundred [the] to rule in/on/with people
They were also King Solomon's chief officers, 250 men who supervised the people.
11 and [obj] daughter Pharaoh to ascend: establish Solomon from city David to/for house: home which to build to/for her for to say not to dwell woman: wife to/for me in/on/with house: home David king Israel for holiness they(masc.) which to come (in): come to(wards) them ark LORD
Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife cannot live in the palace of David king of Israel, because wherever the Ark of the Lord has gone are holy places.”
12 then to ascend: offer up Solomon burnt offering to/for LORD upon altar LORD which to build to/for face: before [the] Portico
Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord he had built in front of the Temple's porch.
13 and in/on/with word: promised day: daily in/on/with day: daily to/for to ascend: offer up like/as commandment Moses to/for Sabbath and to/for month: new moon and to/for meeting: festival three beat in/on/with year in/on/with feast [the] unleavened bread and in/on/with feast [the] Weeks and in/on/with feast [the] booth
He followed the requirement for daily offerings as Moses had ordered for Sabbaths, new moons, and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.
14 and to stand: appoint like/as justice: judgement David father his [obj] division [the] priest upon service: ministry their and [the] Levi upon charge their to/for to boast: praise and to/for to minister before [the] priest to/for word: promised day: daily in/on/with day: daily his and [the] gatekeeper in/on/with division their to/for gate and gate for so commandment David man [the] God
Following the instructions of his father David, he assigned the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites in their responsibilities to offer praise, and to help the priests in their daily duties. He also assigned gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate as David, the man of God, had instructed.
15 and not to turn aside: turn aside commandment [the] king upon [the] priest and [the] Levi to/for all word: thing and to/for treasure
They followed David's instructions exactly regarding the priests, the Levites, and anything to do with the treasuries.
16 and to establish: prepare all work Solomon till [the] day foundation house: temple LORD and till to end: finish he complete house: temple LORD
This is how all Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the Lord's Temple until it was finished. So the Lord's Temple was completed.
17 then to go: went Solomon to/for Ezion-geber Ezion-geber and to(wards) Eloth upon lip: shore [the] sea in/on/with land: country/planet Edom
After this Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of the land of Edom.
18 and to send: depart to/for him Hiram in/on/with hand servant/slave his (fleet *Qk) and servant/slave to know sea and to come (in): come with servant/slave Solomon Ophir [to] and to take: take from there four hundred and fifty talent gold and to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] king Solomon
Hiram sent him ships under the command of his own officers, along with experienced sailors. They went with Solomon's men to Ophir where they loaded 450 talents of gold, which they then brought back to King Solomon.
