1 At the end of the twenty years which it took Solomon to build the Temple of Yahweh and his own palace,
2 and to rebuild the towns which Huram had given him and settle them with Israelites,
3 Solomon mounted an expedition against Hamath-Zobah and captured it.
4 He also fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the storage towns which he had built in Hamath.
5 He also built Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon as fortified towns with walls and gates and bars,
6 also Baalath and all Solomon's storage towns, all the towns for his chariots and horses, and everything which Solomon was pleased to build in Jerusalem, in the Lebanon and throughout the territory under his rule.
7 All those who survived of the Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Hivite and Jebusite peoples, who did not belong to Israel-
8 those of their descendants still remaining in the country, whom the Israelites had not exterminated, these Solomon levied for forced labour, as is still the case today.
9 Solomon did not, however, impose forced labour on the Israelites for his work -- for they were soldiers, his senior officers and his chariot and cavalry commanders.
10 There were two hundred and fifty of King Solomon's officials in charge of the foremen who supervised the people.
11 Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace which he had built for her. 'I must not be responsible', he said, 'for a woman living in the palace of David king of Israel, for these buildings to which the ark of Yahweh has come are sacred.'
12 Thereafter, Solomon made burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh which he had built in front of the portico,
13 in accordance with the regular prescriptions for burnt sacrifice as commanded by Moses, on the Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts; the feast of Unleavened Bread, the feast of Weeks and the feast of Shelters.
14 Following the prescriptions of his father David, he assigned the orders of priests to their duties and the Levites to their tasks of praise and of assisting the priests in accordance with day-to-day requirements; as also the gatekeepers in their various orders to each gate- for cush was the command of David, man of God.
15 Nor was there deviation on any point from the king's command as regards the priests, the Levites or even the storehouses.
16 Thus, all the work was over which Solomon had put in hand when the Temple of Yahweh was founded until it was finished. The Temple of Yahweh was complete in every detail.
17 Solomon then mounted an expedition to Ezion-Geber and Elath on the sea-coast of Edom.
18 Huram sent him ships through his agents, as well as experienced sailors, who went to Ophir with men in Solomon's service, where they took on four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
Versículos relacionados com 2 Chronicles, 8:
2 Chronicles 8 reports how Solomon built several cities and fortresses, as well as establishing commercial routes and taxes for the Kingdom of Israel. He also built a palace for himself and one for Pharaoh's daughter, who became his wife. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in 2 Chronicles 8:
1 Kings 9:10-11: "After twenty years, in which Solomon built the two houses, namely the house of the Lord and the house of the king, Hiram, king of Tire, provided the Solomon Madeira de Cedro and of Pine and gold, according to all his desire, then, gave King Solomon to twenty cities in the land of Galilee. " This verse talks about the agreement between Solomon and King Hiram to provide wood and gold for the construction of the temple and the palace, as well as the donation of cities by Solomon to Hiram.
1 Kings 9:14: "And Hirão sent to the king one hundred and twenty gold talents." This verse describes King Hirão's contribution to the temple and palace construction.
2 Chronicles 9:23: "And all kings of the earth sought to see Solomon's face to hear the wisdom God had put him in his heart." This verse talks about Solomon's fame and reputation as a wise king who was respected by other rulers.
1 Kings 9:28: "And his servants came, those who knew how to navigate the sea, along with Solomon's servants, to the Ofir, and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there and brought them to King Solomon." This verse describes one of Solomon's commercial expeditions to obir, where he brought a large amount of gold.
1 Kings 10:26: "Solomon also gathered cars and knights; he had a thousand and four hundred cars and twelve thousand knights; and distributed them through the cities of the cars and with the king in Jerusalem." This verse talks about the military expansion of Solomon, which has accumulated a large amount of cars and knights to protect his kingdom.
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