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Solomon’s Many Achievements

It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time, Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram[a] had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.

Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it. He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers. He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates. He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses[b] could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers to this day. But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers. 10 King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

11 Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, for the Ark of the Lord has been there, and it is holy ground.”

12 Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple. 13 He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[c] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.

14 In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God. 15 Solomon did not deviate in any way from David’s commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.

16 So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the Temple of the Lord was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.

17 Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath,[d] ports along the shore of the Red Sea[e] in the land of Edom. 18 Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors. These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon’s men and brought back to Solomon almost seventeen tons[f] of gold.

Footnotes

  1. 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram; also in 8:18.
  2. 8:6 Or and charioteers.
  3. 8:13 Or Festival of Weeks.
  4. 8:17a As in Greek version (see also 2 Kgs 14:22; 16:6); Hebrew reads Eloth, a variant spelling of Elath.
  5. 8:17b As in parallel text at 1 Kgs 9:26; Hebrew reads the sea.
  6. 8:18 Hebrew 450 talents [15.3 metric tons].

Otras actividades de Salomón

(1 R. 9.10-28)

Después de veinte años, durante los cuales Salomón había edificado la casa de Jehová y su propia casa, reedificó Salomón las ciudades que Hiram le había dado, y estableció en ellas a los hijos de Israel.

Después vino Salomón a Hamat de Soba, y la tomó. Y edificó a Tadmor en el desierto, y todas las ciudades de aprovisionamiento que edificó en Hamat. Asimismo reedificó a Bet-horón la de arriba y a Bet-horón la de abajo, ciudades fortificadas, con muros, puertas y barras; y a Baalat, y a todas las ciudades de provisiones que Salomón tenía; también todas las ciudades de los carros y las de la gente de a caballo, y todo lo que Salomón quiso edificar en Jerusalén, en el Líbano, y en toda la tierra de su dominio. Y a todo el pueblo que había quedado de los heteos, amorreos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, que no eran de Israel, los hijos de los que habían quedado en la tierra después de ellos, a los cuales los hijos de Israel no destruyeron del todo, hizo Salomón tributarios hasta hoy. Pero de los hijos de Israel no puso Salomón siervos en su obra; porque eran hombres de guerra, y sus oficiales y sus capitanes, y comandantes de sus carros, y su gente de a caballo. 10 Y tenía Salomón doscientos cincuenta gobernadores principales, los cuales mandaban sobre aquella gente.

11 Y pasó Salomón a la hija de Faraón, de la ciudad de David a la casa que él había edificado para ella; porque dijo: Mi mujer no morará en la casa de David rey de Israel, porque aquellas habitaciones donde ha entrado el arca de Jehová, son sagradas.

12 Entonces ofreció Salomón holocaustos a Jehová sobre el altar de Jehová que él había edificado delante del pórtico, 13 para que ofreciesen cada cosa en su día, conforme al mandamiento de Moisés, en los días de reposo,[a],(A) en las nuevas lunas,(B) y en las fiestas solemnes tres veces en el año,(C) esto es, en la fiesta de los panes sin levadura, en la fiesta de las semanas y en la fiesta de los tabernáculos. 14 Y constituyó los turnos de los sacerdotes en sus oficios, conforme a lo ordenado por David su padre, y los levitas en sus cargos, para que alabasen y ministrasen delante de los sacerdotes, cada cosa en su día; asimismo los porteros por su orden a cada puerta; porque así lo había mandado David, varón de Dios. 15 Y no se apartaron del mandamiento del rey, en cuanto a los sacerdotes y los levitas, y los tesoros, y todo negocio; 16 porque toda la obra de Salomón estaba preparada desde el día en que se pusieron los cimientos de la casa de Jehová hasta que fue terminada, hasta que la casa de Jehová fue acabada totalmente.

17 Entonces Salomón fue a Ezión-geber y a Elot, a la costa del mar en la tierra de Edom. 18 Porque Hiram le había enviado naves por mano de sus siervos, y marineros diestros en el mar, los cuales fueron con los siervos de Salomón a Ofir, y tomaron de allá cuatrocientos cincuenta talentos de oro, y los trajeron al rey Salomón.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Crónicas 8:13 Aquí equivale a sábado.

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

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

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

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

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

And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, 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 children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

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

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

11 And Solomon brought up 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 holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

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

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

15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

16 Now 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.

17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

18 And Huram 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 thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.