1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years , wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah , and his own house , 2that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon , Solomon built them , and caused the children of Israel to dwell there . 3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah , and prevailed against it . 4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness , and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath . 5Also he built Beth-horon the upper , and Beth-horon the nether , fortified cities , with walls , gates , and bars ; 6and Baalath , and all the store-cities that Solomon had , and all the cities for his chariots , and the cities for his horsemen , and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem , and in Lebanon , and in all the land of his dominion .
Trade and Alliances
7As for all the people that were left of the Hittites , and the Amorites, and the Perizzites , and the Hivites , and the Jebusites , that were not of Israel ; 8of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not , of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day . 9But 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 rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen . 10And these were the chief officers of king Solomon , even two hundred and fifty , that bare rule over the people . 11And 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 Jehovah hath come .
Religious Observance and Worship
12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah , which he had built before the porch, 13even as the duty of every day required , offering according to the commandment of Moses , on the sabbaths , and on the new moons , and on the set 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 . 14And he appointed , according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service , and the Levites to their offices , to praise , and to minister before the priests , as the duty of every day required ; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate : for so had David the man of God commanded . 15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter , or concerning the treasures. 16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah , and until it was finished . So the house of Jehovah was completed .
Conclusion of Solomon's Reign
17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber , and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom. 18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea ; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold , and brought them to king Solomon .