1 Ao fim de vinte anos, tendo Salomão terminado a Casa do Senhor e a sua própria casa, 2 edificou as cidades que Hirão lhe tinha dado; e fez habitar nelas os filhos de Israel.

3 Depois, foi Salomão a Hamate-Zoba e a tomou. 4 Também edificou a Tadmor no deserto e a todas as cidades-armazéns em Hamate. 5 Edificou também a Bete-Horom, a de cima e a de baixo, cidades fortificadas com muros, portas e ferrolhos; 6 como também a Baalate, e todas as cidades-armazéns que Salomão tinha, e todas as cidades para os carros, e as cidades para os cavaleiros, e tudo o que desejou, enfim, edificar em Jerusalém, no Líbano e em toda a terra do seu domínio.

7 Quanto a todo o povo que restou dos heteus, amorreus, ferezeus, heveus e jebuseus e que não eram de Israel, 8 a seus filhos, que restaram depois deles na terra, os quais os filhos de Israel não puderam destruir totalmente, a esses fez Salomão trabalhadores forçados, até hoje. 9 Porém dos filhos de Israel não fez Salomão escravo algum; eram homens de guerra, seus comandantes, chefes dos seus carros e dos seus cavaleiros; 10 estes eram os principais oficiais que tinha o rei Salomão, duzentos e cinquenta, que presidiam sobre o povo.

11 Salomão fez subir a filha de Faraó da Cidade de Davi para a casa que a ela lhe edificara; porque disse: Minha esposa não morará na casa de Davi, rei de Israel, porque santos são os lugares nos quais entrou a arca do Senhor.

12 Então, Salomão ofereceu holocaustos ao Senhor, sobre o altar que tinha edificado ao Senhor diante do pórtico; 13 e isto segundo o dever de cada dia, conforme o preceito de Moisés, nos sábados, nas Festas da Lua Nova, e nas festas fixas, três vezes no ano: na Festa dos Pães Asmos, na Festa das Semanas e na Festa dos Tabernáculos.

14 Também, segundo a ordem de Davi, seu pai, dispôs os turnos dos sacerdotes nos seus ministérios, como também os dos levitas para os seus cargos, para louvarem a Deus e servirem diante dos sacerdotes, segundo o dever de cada dia, e os porteiros pelos seus turnos a cada porta; porque tal era a ordem de Davi, o homem de Deus. 15 Não se desviaram do que ordenara o rei aos sacerdotes e levitas, em coisa nenhuma, nem acerca dos tesouros. 16 Assim se executou toda a obra de Salomão, desde o dia da fundação da Casa do Senhor até se acabar; e assim se concluiu a Casa do Senhor.

17 Então, foi Salomão a Eziom-Geber e a Elate, à praia do mar, na terra de Edom. 18 Enviou-lhe Hirão, por intermédio de seus servos, navios e marinheiros práticos; foram com os servos de Salomão a Ofir e tomaram de lá quatrocentos e cinquenta talentos de ouro, que trouxeram ao rei Salomão.

1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, 2 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6 and Baalath, and all the store-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.

7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel; 8 of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 10 And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto 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 are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch, 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, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

14 And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses 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 courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

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

2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram "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.

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

6 as 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.

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

8 Solomon 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.

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 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 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 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.

14 In 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.

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 "of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.