(KJV) 2 Chronicles 8¹

⥃Solomon’s Additional Achievements ^{[ 1 Kings 9:10–28 ]}

[1] And it came to pass at the end² of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, [2] That the cities³ which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. [3] And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah⁴, and prevailed against it. [4] And he built⁵ Tadmor⁶ in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. [5] Also he built Beth–horon⁷ the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; [6] And Baalath⁸, and all the store cities⁹ that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities¹⁰, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build¹¹ in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon¹², and throughout all the land of his dominion.

[7] [¶][As for] all¹³ the people [that were] left of the Hittites¹⁴, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel, [8] [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children¹⁵ of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay¹⁶ tribute until this day. [9] But of the¹⁷ children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they [were] men¹⁸ of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. [10] And these [were] the chief of king Solomon’s officers, [even] two hundred¹⁹ and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

[11] [¶]And Solomon brought up²⁰ 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] holy²¹, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

[12] Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar²² of the Lord, which he had built before the porch²³, [13] Even after a certain rate every day²⁴, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times²⁵ 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 order of David his father, the courses²⁶ of the priests to their service, and the Levites²⁷ to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters²⁸ also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded²⁹. [15] And they departed³⁰ not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures³¹. [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.³²

[17] [¶]Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber³³, and to Eloth³⁴, at the sea side in the land of Edom. [18] And Huram³⁵ 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 Ophir³⁶, and took thence³⁷ four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon. ³⁸