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Solomon’s Other Activities
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At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace, SCode 1Ki 9:10~28 2Chr 8:1~18
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Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
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Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
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He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
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He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, SCode Deu 3:5 Jos 16:3 Jos 16:5 2Chr 14:7
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as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses - whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
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There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). SCode Gen 15:18~21
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Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land - whom the Israelites had not destroyed - to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. SCode Jos 16:10 1Ki 4:6 1Ki 12:18 1Ki 9:21 2Chr 10:18
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But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
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They were also King Solomon’s chief officials - two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
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Solomon brought 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 David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy." SCode 1Ki 3:1 1Ki 7:8 1Ki 9:24
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On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD, SCode 2Chr 4:1 2Chr 15:8
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according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals - the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. SCode Exo 23:14 Exo 29:38 Num 29:2 Num 28:3 Num 28:9 Num 28:11 Num 28:26 Deu 16:16
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In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. SCode 1Chr 9:17~23 1Chr 9:26 2Chr 7:6 2Chr 8:13 Neh 12:24 Neh 12:36
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They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
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All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.
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Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. SCode Deu 2:8 1Ki 9:26 2Ki 14:22
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And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon. SCode 1Ki 9:28 2Chr 9:10
NIV Footnotes
  1. 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
  2. 8:6 Or charioteers
  3. 8:18 That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons
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