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2 Chronicles 8
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Building Projects and Commercial Efforts

8 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram[a] had given him and settled Israelites there. 3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. 4 He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. 5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,[b] 6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him,[c] and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept.[d] He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.[e]

7 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.[f] 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.[g] 9 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews;[h] the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.[i] 10 These men worked for King Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people.[j]

11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David[k] 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.”

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.[l] 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 Shelters.[m] 14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon[n] 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,[o] and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates.[p] This was what David the man of God had ordered.[q] 15 They did not neglect any detail of the king’s orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.[r]

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.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom. 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[s] and took from there 450 talents[t] of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:2 tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:5 tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
  4. 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 8:7 tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from Israel.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 8:8 tn Heb “from their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a work crew to this day.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 8:9 tn Heb “and from the sons of Israel whom Solomon did not assign to the laborers for his work.”
  9. 2 Chronicles 8:9 tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”
  10. 2 Chronicles 8:10 tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who belonged to the king, Solomon, 250, the ones ruling over the people.”
  11. 2 Chronicles 8:11 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
  12. 2 Chronicles 8:12 tn Heb “the porch.”
  13. 2 Chronicles 8:13 tn The Hebrew phrase הַסֻּכּוֹת[חַג] (khag hassukkot, “[Feast of] shelters” [or “huts”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut; booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “shelters” is more appropriate.
  14. 2 Chronicles 8:14 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  15. 2 Chronicles 8:14 tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 8:14 tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
  17. 2 Chronicles 8:14 tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”
  18. 2 Chronicles 8:15 tn Heb “and they did not turn aside from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to any matter and with regard to the treasuries.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 8:18 tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”
  20. 2 Chronicles 8:18 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).
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2 Cronica 8
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)

Ang mga Nagawa ni Solomon(A)

8 Ipinatayo ni Solomon ang kanyang palasyo at ang Templo ni Yahweh sa loob ng dalawampung taon. 2 Pagkatapos, ipinatayo niyang muli ang mga lunsod na ibinigay sa kanya ni Hiram at pinatira niya roon ang mga Israelita. 3 Sinalakay niya at sinakop ang Hamat-Zoba. 4 Itinayo niya ang lunsod ng Palmera na nasa disyerto, at ang mga lunsod-imbakan na itinayo niya sa Hamat. 5 Pinaligiran niya ng pader ang mga lunsod ng Beth-horong Itaas at Beth-horong Ibaba. Nilagyan din niya ang mga ito ng mga pintuang may panghalang. 6 Gayundin ang ginawa niya sa Baalat at sa kanyang mga lunsod-imbakan at mga lunsod-himpilan ng kanyang mga karwahe at ng kanyang mga mangangabayo. Ipinagawa ni Solomon ang bawat magustuhan niyang ipagawa sa Jerusalem, sa Lebanon at sa lahat ng sakop ng kanyang kaharian. 7-8 Sapilitan niyang pinagtrabaho hanggang sa mga panahong ito ang mga Cananeong hindi napatay ng mga Israelita noong sakupin nila ang lupain ng Canaan. Kabilang dito ang mga Heteo, Amoreo, Perezeo, Hivita at ang mga Jebuseo. 9 Hindi isinama ni Solomon ang mga Israelita sa sapilitang paggawa. Sa halip, naglingkod ang mga ito bilang mga mandirigma: mga kawal at pinuno ng hukbo at ng kanyang mangangabayo at mga karwahe. 10 Sila rin ang ginawang tagapangasiwa ni Haring Solomon sa mga nagtatrabaho sa kanyang mga pagawaan. Ang bilang nila'y 250.

11 Ipinasundo ni Solomon mula sa lunsod ni David ang asawa niya na anak ng Faraon. Dinala niya ito sa palasyong ipinagawa niya para rito. Sinabi ni Solomon, “Hindi dapat tumira ang asawa ko sa palasyo ni David na hari ng Israel. Iyon ay banal na dako sapagkat itinuturing na banal ang lahat ng lugar na mapaglagyan ng Kaban ng Tipan.”

12 Nag-alay si Solomon kay Yahweh ng mga handog na susunugin sa altar ni Yahweh na kanyang ipinatayo sa harap ng portiko. 13 Ginawa(B) niya ang lahat ayon sa mga tuntuning ibinigay ni Moises tungkol sa paghahandog sa mga Araw ng Pamamahinga, sa Pista ng Bagong Buwan at sa tatlong taunang kapistahan: ang Pista ng Tinapay na Walang Pampaalsa, ang Pista ng Pag-aani at ang Pista ng mga Tolda. 14 Sinunod niya ang kaayusang itinakda ni David tungkol sa paglilingkod ng mga pari. Gayundin sa mga Levita sa kanilang pang-araw-araw na pamumuno sa pag-awit ng papuri at pagtulong sa mga pari at sa pagbabantay sa Templo. Ginawa niya ito ayon sa utos ni David na lingkod ng Diyos. 15 Hindi sila lumabag kaunti man, maging sa gawain ng mga pari at mga Levita, at maging sa pag-iingat sa kayamanan ng Templo.

16 At natapos ang mga ipinagawa ni Solomon, mula sa paglalagay ng pundasyon ng Templo hanggang sa mayari ito.

17 Pagkatapos, pumunta si Solomon sa Ezion-geber at sa Elot na nasa baybayin ng dagat sa lupain ng Edom. 18 Pinadalhan siya ni Hiram ng mga barko at mga bihasang magdaragat na mangangasiwa niyon. Pumunta sila sa Ofir kasama ng mga tauhan ni Haring Solomon. Nang bumalik sila ay may dala silang 15,750 kilong ginto na ibinigay nila kay Solomon.

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Solomon’s Other Activities(A)

8 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,(B) 2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram[a] had given him, and settled Israelites in them. 3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. 4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.(C) 5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon(D) and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6 as well as Baalath(E) and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[b]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

7 There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(F) (these people were not Israelites). 8 Solomon conscripted(G) 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. 9 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. 10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.

11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter(H) 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.”

12 On the altar(I) of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord, 13 according to the daily requirement(J) for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths,(K) the New Moons(L) and the three(M) annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(N) the Festival of Weeks(O) and the Festival of Tabernacles.(P) 14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions(Q) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites(R) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers(S) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God(T) had ordered.(U) 15 They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

16 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.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. 18 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[c] of gold,(V) which they delivered to King Solomon.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:6 Or charioteers
  3. 2 Chronicles 8:18 That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons
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