2 Chronicles 8:11-18

New International Version

¹¹ Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter^(A) 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^(B) 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^(C) for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths,^(D) the New Moons^(E) and the three^(F) annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread,^(G) the Festival of Weeks^(H) and the Festival of Tabernacles.^{(I) 14} In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions^(J) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites^(K) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers^(L) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God^(M) had ordered.^{(N) 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^[a] of gold,^(O) which they delivered to King Solomon.