| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1It came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house, | 1After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD's temple and his royal palace, |
| 2that the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them; and he settled the children of Israel there. | 2Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there. |
| 3And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. | 3Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. |
| 4He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath. | 4He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. |
| 5He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars, | 5He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, |
| 6also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities and the cities of the cavalry, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. | 6and 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. |
| 7All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of Israel— | 7Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. |
| 8that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel did not destroy—from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day. | 8Their 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. |
| 9But Solomon did not make the children of Israel servants for his work. Some were men of war, captains of his officers, captains of his chariots, and his cavalry. | 9Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. |
| 10And others were chiefs of the officials of King Solomon: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people. | 10These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people. |
| 11Now Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of the LORD has come are holy.” | 11Solomon 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." |
| 12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the vestibule, | 12Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple's porch. |
| 13according to the daily rate, offering according to the commandment of Moses, for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three appointed yearly feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. | 13He 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. |
| 14And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded. | 14As 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. |
| 15They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries. | 15They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries. |
| 16Now all the work of Solomon was well-ordered from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed. | 16All 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. |
| 17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the seacoast, in the land of Edom. | 17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom. |
| 18And Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. They went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. | 18Huram 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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