2 Chronicles 8:1 · WEB

At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house and his own house,

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

2 Chronicles 8:2 · WEB

Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2 Chronicles 8:3 · WEB

Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.

2 Chronicles 8:4 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:5 · WEB

Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 8:6 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:7 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:8 · WEB

of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.

2 Chronicles 8:9 · WEB

But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

2 Chronicles 8:10 · WEB

These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

2 Chronicles 8:11 · WEB

Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city 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 Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

2 Chronicles 8:12 · WEB

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar which he had built before the porch,

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

2 Chronicles 8:13 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:14 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:15 · WEB

They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.

2 Chronicles 8:16 · WEB

Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

2 Chronicles 8:17 · WEB

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

2 Chronicles 8:18 · WEB

Huram 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 brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.