2 Chronicles, 8

1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

1. Solomon spent twenty years in building Yahweh's House and his own palace.

2. That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2. Then he rebuilt the towns that Huram had given him and settled Israelites in them.

3. And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

3. He went against Hamath of Zobah and conquered it:

4. And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

4. he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storing towns which he built in Hamath.

5. Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

5. He rebuilt Upper beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified towns with walls and gates and bars,

6. And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

6. also Baalath and all the storing towns owned by Solomon, all the towns for his chariots and horses, and all it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and in all the countries subject to him.

7. [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,

7. Solomon employed for forced labor all those who remained of the Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Hivite and Jebusite peoples, that is the non-Israelites

8. [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

8. whose descendants were left in the country and had not been killed by the Israelites. Their descendants continue to be slaves down to the present time.

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 captains of his chariots and horsemen.

9. Upon the Israelites, however, Solomon did not impose slave labor; these served as fighting men; they were officers of his chariots and commanders of horsemen.

10. And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

10. Solomon appointed two hundred and fifty overseers to make all these people work.

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 the LORD hath come.

11. Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David up to the house he had built for her. For he said, "I can't let a woman live in the palace of David king of Israel; these are holy places where the ark of Yahweh has been."

12. Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

12. Solomon then offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh's altar which he had built in front of the porch.

13. Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn 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.

13. Observing the daily rule for burnt offerings according to the requirements of Moses for sabbaths, New Moon and the three annual feasts: the feast of Unleavened Bread, the feast of Weeks and the feast of Tabernacles.

14. And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

14. He established the priestly orders in their duties according to the regulations of his father David. He also enforced the rules affecting the Levites who offered praise and served with the priests according to the daily ritual, and the different orders of gatekeepers at each gate, for such had been the commandments of David, the man of God.

15. And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

15. They did not change anything of the royal ordinances applying to the priests and the Levites, not even in the matter of treasurership.

16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected.

16. In this way all of Solomon's work was completed from the day when the foundations of Yahweh's House were laid, until the end - and so... Yahweh's House was finished.

17. Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

17. Then Solomon went as far as Eziongeber and Elath on the shores of the sea, 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 went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

18. Huram sent him ships manned by his own men, who were experienced sailors. These men went with Solomon's men to Ophir and from there they brought back almost sixteen tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.