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2 Chronicles 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Solomon’s Activities and Accomplishments

(1Ki 9:10–28 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of the twenty H6242 years H8141 in which H834 Solomon H8010 had built H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and his own house H1004,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:2 - that he built H1129 the cities H5892 which H834 Huram H2361 had given H5414 [fn]him, and settled H3427 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 there H8033.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:3 -

Then Solomon H8010 went H1980 to Hamath-zobah H2578 and captured H2388 it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - He built H1129 Tadmor H8412 in the wilderness H4057 and all H3605 the storage H4543 cities H5892 which H834 he had built H1129 in Hamath H2574.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built H1129 upper H5945 Beth-horon H1032 and lower H8481 Beth-horon H1032, which were fortified H4692 cities H5892 with walls H2346, gates H1817, and bars H1280;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and Baalath H1191 and all H3605 the storage H4543 cities H5892 that Solomon H8010 had H1961, and all H3605 the cities H5892 for [fn]his chariots H7393 and cities H5892 for [fn]his horsemen H6571, and everything H3605 that it pleased H2836 H2837 Solomon H8010 to build H1129 in Jerusalem H3389, Lebanon H3844, and all H3605 the land H776 [fn]under his rule H4475.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 -

All H3605 of the people H5971 who were left H3498 of the Hittites H2850, the Amorites H567, the Perizzites H6522, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983, who H834 were not of Israel H3478,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - that is, from their descendants H1121 who H834 were left H3498 after H310 them in the land H776, whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had not destroyed H3615, Solomon H8010 raised H5927 them as forced H4522 laborers H4522 to this H2088 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon H8010 did not make H5414 slaves H5650 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 for his work H4399; for they were men H376 of war H4421, his chief H8269 captains H7991 and commanders H8269 of his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These H428 were the chief H8269 [fn]officers H5333 of King H4428 Solomon H8010, 250 H3967 H2572 who ruled H7287 over the people H5971.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 -

Then Solomon H8010 brought H5927 Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 up H5927 from the city H5892 of David H1732 to the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129 for her, for he said H559, “My wife H802 shall not live H3427 in the house H1004 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478, because H3588 [fn]the places H1992 where H834 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 has entered H935 are holy H6944.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:12 -

Then H227 Solomon H8010 offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to the LORD H3068 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he had built H1129 in front H6440 of the porch H197;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - and he did so according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, offering H5927 them up H5927 according to the commandment H4687 of Moses H4872, for the Sabbaths H7676, the new H2320 moons H2320, and the three H7969 annual H6471 H8141 feasts H4150—the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682, the Feast H2282 of Weeks H7620, and the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 -

Now according to the ordinance H4941 of his father H1 David H1732, he appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 for their service H5656, and the Levites H3881 for their duties H4931 of praise H1984 and ministering H8334 before H5048 the priests H3548 according to the daily H3117 rule H1697, and the gatekeepers H7778 by their divisions H4256 at every H8179 gate H8179; for this H3651 is what H3651 David H1732, the man H376 of God H430, had commanded H4687.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not deviate H5493 from the commandment H4687 of the king H4428 to the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 in any H3605 matter H1697 or regarding the storehouses H214.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 -

So all H3605 the work H4399 of Solomon H8010 was carried H3559 out H3559 [fn]from the day H3117 of the foundation H4143 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, until H5704 it was finished H3615. So the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was completed H8003.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 -

Then H227 Solomon H8010 went H1980 to Ezion-geber H6100 and to Eloth H359 on the seashore H3220 H8193 in the land H776 of Edom H123.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And by his servants H5650 Huram H2361 sent H7971 him ships H591 and servants H5650 who knew H3045 the sea H3220; and they went H935 with Solomon’s H8010 servants H5650 to Ophir H211 and took H3947 from there H8033 [fn]450 H702 H3967 H2572 talents H3603 of gold H2091, and brought H935 it to King H4428 Solomon H8010.
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