Solomon’s Additional Achievements^(A)

¹⁵ And this is the reason for ^(B)the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the Lord, his own house, ^[a]the ^(C)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, ^(D)Hazor, ^(E)Megiddo, and ^(F)Gezer. ¹⁶ (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, ^(G)had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.) ¹⁷ And Solomon built Gezer, Lower ^(H)Beth Horon, ^18 (I)Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, ¹⁹ all the storage cities that Solomon had, cities for ^(J)his chariots and cities for his ^(K)cavalry, and whatever Solomon ^(L)desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

^20 (M)All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel— ²¹ that is, their descendants ^(N)who were left in the land after them, ^(O)whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely—^(P)from these Solomon raised ^(Q)forced labor, as it is to this day. ²² But of the children of Israel Solomon ^(R)made no forced laborers, because they were men of war and his servants: his officers, his captains, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

²³ Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: ^(S)five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

²⁴ But ^(T)Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to ^(U)her house which ^[b]Solomon had built for her. ^(V)Then he built the Millo.

^25 (W)Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the temple.

^26 (X)King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at ^(Y)Ezion Geber, which is near ^[c]Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. ^27 (Z)Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon. ²⁸ And they went to ^(AA)Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.