Solomon’s Additional Achievements (1 Kings 9:10–28)
1 DBY And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of Jehovah and his own house, BSB BSB: Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
2 DBY that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. BSB BSB: Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
3 DBY And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it. BSB BSB: Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
4 DBY And he built Tadmor, in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. BSB BSB: He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
5 DBY And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; BSB BSB: He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
6 DBY and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. BSB BSB: as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
7 DBY All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, BSB BSB: As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
8 DBY their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, upon them did Solomon impose tribute-service until this day. BSB BSB: their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
9 DBY But of the children of Israel, of them did Solomon make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and his horsemen. BSB BSB: But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
10 DBY And these were the chief of king Solomon's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people. BSB BSB: They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.
11 DBY And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house which 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 to which the ark of Jehovah has come. BSB BSB: Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
12 DBY Then Solomon offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch; BSB BSB: At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
13 DBY even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and at the set feasts, three times in the year, — at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles. BSB BSB: He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
14 DBY And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God; BSB BSB: In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
15 DBY and they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and the Levites concerning any matter, nor concerning the treasures. BSB BSB: They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
16 DBY And all the work of Solomon was prepared, to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah and to its completion. So the house of Jehovah was finished. BSB BSB: Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
17 DBY Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. BSB BSB: Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
18 DBY And Huram sent him by his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. BSB BSB: So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
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