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2 Chronicles 8 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:1 - After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD's temple and his royal palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:2 - Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:3 - Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:8 - Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:12 - Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple's porch.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations - the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD's temple was completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon's men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
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