¶ And it came to pass at the end¹ of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

That the cities² which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah³, and prevailed against it.

And he built⁴ Tadmor⁵ in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

Also he built Bethhoron⁶ the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

And Baalath⁷, and all the store cities⁸ that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities⁹, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build¹⁰ in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon¹¹, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

As for all¹² the people that were left of the Hittites¹³, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,

But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children¹⁴ of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay¹⁵ tribute until this day.

But of the¹⁶ children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men¹⁷ of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

¶ And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred¹⁸ and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

And Solomon brought up¹⁹ 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 holy²⁰, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar²¹ of the LORD, which he had built before the porch²²,

Even after a certain rate every day²³, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times²⁴ in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses²⁵ of the priests to their service, and the Levites²⁶ to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters²⁷ also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded²⁸.

And they departed²⁹ not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures³⁰.

³¹Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

Then went Solomon to Eziongeber³², and to Eloth³³, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

And Huram³⁵ sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence³⁸ four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.