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2 Chronicles 8 Summary
Solomon's Later Works and Tribute
After twenty years of building the temple and his palace, Solomon rebuilds and resettles cities given to him by Huram. He conquers Hamath-zobah and builds store cities, fortress cities, chariot cities, and horsemen cities throughout his realm. Solomon imposes tribute on the Canaanite peoples remaining in the land but makes the children of Israel serve only as men of war and officers. He brings Pharaoh's daughter from the city of David to her own house. Solomon orders burnt offerings according to Moses' law and organizes the courses of priests, Levites, and porters. Ships sent to Ophir return with four hundred fifty talents of gold.
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2 Chronicles 8:1-2
“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.”
2 Chronicles 8:12-14
“Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 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. 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.”
2 Chronicles 8:17-18
“Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 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.”
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