8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
8:1 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house

8:2 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
8:2 that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.

8:3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
8:3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.

8:5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
8:5 He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities [with] walls, gates, and bars;

8:6 and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
8:6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;
8:7 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

8:8 of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy (of bondservants) unto this day.
8:8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.

8:9 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 rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
8:9 But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains, and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.

8:10 And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
8:10 And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.

8:11 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 Jehovah hath come.
8:11 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 dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the LORD has entered."

8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;

8:13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set 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.
8:13 and [did so] according to the daily rule, offering [them] 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.

8:14 And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
8:14 Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering 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.

8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
8:15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.

8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. (So) the house of Jehovah was completed.
8:16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.

8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
8:18 And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.