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World English Bible

2 Chronicles 8 (WEBP)

[1] At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house and his own house,
[2] Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
[3] Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
[4] He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.
[5] Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
[6] and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
[7] As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel—
[8] of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.
[9] But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
[10] These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
[11] Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to 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 where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy.”
[12] Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar which he had built before the porch,
[13] even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times per year, during the feast of unleavened bread, during the feast of weeks, and during the feast of booths.
[14] He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions 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 divisions at every gate, for David the man of God had so commanded.
[15] They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.
[16] Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.
[17] Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
[18] Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 8:13 or, feast of tents (Sukkot)
2 Chronicles 8:18 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 450 talents is about 13.5 metric tons

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Chronicles 8 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
[2] that the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
[3] And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
[4] And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
[5] Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
[6] 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.
[7] 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,
[8] 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.
[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 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 Ezion-geber, 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.

2 Chronicles 8:6 Heb. all the desire of Solomon, which he desired to build
2 Chronicles 8:11 Heb. holiness
2 Chronicles 8:14 Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God
2 Chronicles 8:17 Or, Elath

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Chronicles 8 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () μετὰ () εἴκοσι () ἔτη, () ἐν () οἷς () ᾠκοδόμησεν () Σαλωμων τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () ἑαυτοῦ, ()
[2] καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις, () ἃς () ἔδωκεν () Χιραμ τῷ () Σαλωμων, ᾠκοδόμησεν () αὐτὰς () Σαλωμων καὶ () κατῴκισεν ἐκεῖ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Σαλωμων εἰς () Αιμαθ Σωβα καὶ () κατίσχυσεν () αὐτήν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὴν () Θεδμορ ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις () τὰς () ὀχυράς, ἃς () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐν () Ημαθ.
[5] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὴν () Βαιθωρων τὴν () ἄνω () καὶ () τὴν () Βαιθωρων τὴν () κάτω, () πόλεις () ὀχυράς, τείχη, () πύλαι () καὶ () μοχλοί,
[6] καὶ () τὴν () Βααλαθ καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις () τὰς () ὀχυράς, αἳ () ἦσαν () τῷ () Σαλωμων, καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις () τῶν () ἁρμάτων () καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () τῶν () ἱππέων () καὶ () ὅσα () ἐπεθύμησεν () Σαλωμων κατὰ () τὴν () ἐπιθυμίαν () τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () Λιβάνῳ καὶ () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ὁ () καταλειφθεὶς () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () Χετταίου καὶ () τοῦ () Αμορραίου καὶ () τοῦ () Φερεζαίου καὶ () τοῦ () Ευαίου καὶ () τοῦ () Ιεβουσαίου, οἳ () οὔκ () εἰσιν () ἐκ () τοῦ () Ισραηλ ()—
[8] ἦσαν () ἐκ () τῶν () υἱῶν () αὐτῶν () τῶν () καταλειφθέντων () μετ’ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ, () οὓς () οὐκ () ἐξωλέθρευσαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ ()—καὶ () ἀνήγαγεν () αὐτοὺς () Σαλωμων εἰς () φόρον () ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () οὐκ () ἔδωκεν () Σαλωμων εἰς () παῖδας () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () αὐτοὶ () ἄνδρες () πολεμισταὶ καὶ () ἄρχοντες () καὶ () δυνατοὶ () καὶ () ἄρχοντες () ἁρμάτων () καὶ () ἱππέων. ()
[10] Καὶ () οὗτοι () ἄρχοντες () τῶν () προστατῶν βασιλέως () Σαλωμων· πεντήκοντα () καὶ () διακόσιοι () ἐργοδιωκτοῦντες ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ. ()
[11] Καὶ () τὴν () θυγατέρα () Φαραω () Σαλωμων ἀνήγαγεν () ἐκ () πόλεως () Δαυιδ () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον, () ὃν () ᾠκοδόμησεν () αὐτῇ, () ὅτι () εἶπεν () Οὐ () κατοικήσει () ἡ () γυνή () μου () ἐν () πόλει () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () ἅγιός () ἐστιν () οὗ () εἰσῆλθεν () ἐκεῖ () κιβωτὸς () κυρίου. ()
[12] Τότε () ἀνήνεγκεν () Σαλωμων ὁλοκαυτώματα () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον, () ὃ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἀπέναντι () τοῦ () ναοῦ, ()
[13] καὶ () κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () ἡμέρας () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () τοῦ () ἀναφέρειν () κατὰ () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () Μωυσῆ () ἐν () τοῖς () σαββάτοις () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () μησὶν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἑορταῖς () τρεῖς () καιροὺς () τοῦ () ἐνιαυτοῦ, () ἐν () τῇ () ἑορτῇ () τῶν () ἀζύμων () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ἑορτῇ () τῶν () ἑβδομάδων καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ἑορτῇ () τῶν () σκηνῶν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἔστησεν () κατὰ () τὴν () κρίσιν () Δαυιδ () τὰς () διαιρέσεις () τῶν () ἱερέων () κατὰ () τὰς () λειτουργίας () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () Λευῖται () ἐπὶ () τὰς () φυλακὰς () αὐτῶν () τοῦ () αἰνεῖν () καὶ () λειτουργεῖν () κατέναντι () τῶν () ἱερέων () κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () ἡμέρας () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () καὶ () οἱ () πυλωροὶ κατὰ () τὰς () διαιρέσεις () αὐτῶν () εἰς () πύλην () καὶ () πύλην, () ὅτι () οὕτως () ἐντολαὶ () Δαυιδ () ἀνθρώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ· ()
[15] οὐ () παρῆλθον () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () τοῦ () βασιλέως () περὶ () τῶν () ἱερέων () καὶ () τῶν () Λευιτῶν () εἰς () πάντα () λόγον () καὶ () εἰς () τοὺς () θησαυρούς. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἡτοιμάσθη () πᾶσα () ἡ () ἐργασία () ἀφ’ () ἧς () ἡμέρας () ἐθεμελιώθη () ἕως () οὗ () ἐτελείωσεν () Σαλωμων τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου. ()
[17] Τότε () ᾤχετο Σαλωμων εἰς () Γασιωνγαβερ καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () Αιλαθ τὴν () παραθαλασσίαν () ἐν () γῇ () Ιδουμαίᾳ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Χιραμ ἐν () χειρὶ () παίδων () αὐτοῦ () πλοῖα () καὶ () παῖδας () εἰδότας () θάλασσαν, () καὶ () ᾤχοντο μετὰ () τῶν () παίδων () Σαλωμων εἰς () Σωφιρα καὶ () ἔλαβον () ἐκεῖθεν () τετρακόσια () καὶ () πεντήκοντα () τάλαντα () χρυσίου () καὶ () ἦλθον () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Σαλωμων.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.