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2 Chronicles 8
Names of God Bible
2 Chronicles 8
Names of God Bible
Solomon Completes His Construction(A)
8 It took Solomon 20 years to build Yahweh’s house and his own house. 2 He rebuilt the cities Huram gave him, and he had Israelites live in them.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and conquered it. 4 He rebuilt Tadmor in the desert and built all the storage cities in Hamath. 5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon into cities fortified with walls, double-door gates, and bars. 6 He also rebuilt Baalath and all the storage cities that he owned. He built all the cities for his chariots, all the cities for his war horses, and whatever else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or the entire territory that he governed.
7 The Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had been left in the land because the Israelites had not been able to destroy them.[a] They were not Israelites, 8 but they had descendants who were still in the land. Solomon drafted them for slave labor. (They are still slaves today.) 9 But Solomon didn’t make any of the Israelites slaves for his projects. Instead, they were the soldiers, officers, generals, and commanders of his chariot and cavalry units.
10 These were the officers in charge of King Solomon’s projects: 250 foremen for the people who did the work.
11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter from the City of David to a palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife will not live in the palace of King David of Israel because these places where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”
12 Then Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar that he built in front of the entrance hall. 13 He sacrificed every day, on weekly worship days, on the New Moon Festivals, and on the three annual festivals (the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths) as Moses had commanded. 14 As Solomon’s father David had directed, he set up the divisions of priests for their service and the divisions of Levites for their appointed places. The Levites were to lead in praising the Lord and to serve beside the priests by doing whatever needed to be done each day. Solomon also set up divisions of doorkeepers at every gate because this is what David, the man of Elohim, had commanded. 15 No one neglected the king’s orders to the priests or the Levites in any matter, including the temple’s finances. 16 All of Solomon’s work was carried out from the day the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid until it was completed. Yahweh’s temple was now finished.
17 Then Solomon went to the coast near Ezion Geber and Elath in Edom. 18 Huram sent his own servants and his experienced sailors with ships to Solomon. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, got 33,750 pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 8:7 “because the Israelites. . . .” This clause has been moved from verse 8 (in Hebrew) to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.
2 Chronicles 8
Revised Geneva Translation
2 Chronicles 8
Revised Geneva Translation
8 And after twenty years, once Solomon had built the House of the LORD and his own house,
2 then Solomon built the cities that Huram gave to Solomon and had the children of Israel live there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and overcame it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and repaired all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.
5 And he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, cities defensed with walls, gates and bars,
6 also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and every pleasant place that Solomon had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 All the people who were left to the Hittites and the Amorites and Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites—who were not of Israel
8 but of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not consumed—those Solomon made tributaries until this day.
9 But Solomon made no children of Israel servants for his work. For they were men of war, and his chief princes, and the captains of his chariots and of his horsemen.
10 So, these were the chief of the officers whom Solomon had, two hundred fifty who bore rule over the people.
11 Then, Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David, into the house that he had built for her. For he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David, king of Israel. For it is holy, because the Ark of the LORD came to it.”
12 Then Solomon offered Burnt Offerings to the LORD on the Altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the porch,
13 to offer according to the commandment of Moses every day, on the Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the solemn Feasts, three times in the year: at the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, and at the Feast of the Weeks, and at the Feast of the Tabernacles.
14 And he set the divisions of the priests to their offices, according to the order of David his father and the Levites in their watches, to praise and minister before the priests every day and the gatekeepers by their divisions, at every gate. For so was the commandment of David, the man of God.
15 And they did not decline from the commandment of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, touching all things and touching the treasures.
16 Now, Solomon had made provision for all the work, from the day of the foundation of the House of the LORD until it was finished. The House of the LORD was perfect.
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth by the Seaside, in the land of Edom.
18 And by the hands of his servants, Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and brought four hundred fifty talents of gold from there, and brought them to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 8
New International Version
2 Chronicles 8
New International Version
Solomon’s Other Activities(A)
8 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,(B) 2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram[a] had given him, and settled Israelites in them. 3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. 4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.(C) 5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon(D) and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6 as well as Baalath(E) and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[b]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
7 There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(F) (these people were not Israelites). 8 Solomon conscripted(G) 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. 9 But 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. 10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter(H) 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.”
12 On the altar(I) of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord, 13 according to the daily requirement(J) for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths,(K) the New Moons(L) and the three(M) annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(N) the Festival of Weeks(O) and the Festival of Tabernacles.(P) 14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions(Q) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites(R) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers(S) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God(T) had ordered.(U) 15 They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
16 All 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.
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. 18 And 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[c] of gold,(V) which they delivered to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 Or charioteers
- 2 Chronicles 8:18 That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons
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