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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 8 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > 2 Chronicles 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/7.htm" title="2 Chronicles 7">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 8 <a href="../2_chronicles/9.htm" title="2 Chronicles 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/8.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Solomon Builds Cities</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now it happened at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that he built the cities which Huram had given to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>him, and settled the sons of Israel there. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overpowered it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities <i>with</i> walls, gates and bars; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and Baalath and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and all the cities for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>his chariots, and the cities for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>under his rule. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>As for</i> all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>namely</i>, from their sons who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not consumed, <i>from</i> them Solomon raised up forced laborers to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his chief captains and his chariot commanders and his horsemen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>These were the chief <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>deputies of King Solomon, 250 who ruled over the people. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the places are holy where the ark of Yahweh has entered.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh which he had built before the porch; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and <i>did so</i> according to the daily rule, offering <i>them</i> up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And according to the judgment of his father David, he caused the divisions of the priests to stand for their service, and the Levites for their responsibilities to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they did not turn away from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the treasuries. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>from the day of the foundation of the house of Yahweh, and until it was completed. So the house of Yahweh was finished. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea in the land of Edom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>450 talents of gold and brought <i>them</i> to King Solomon.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>Solomon</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>the</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>the</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>of</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>officers</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>they are</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> As in ancient versions; M.T. <i>as far as</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Approx. 16.87 tons or 15.3 metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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