Other Things Solomon Did
(1 Kings 9.10-28)1 It took 20 years for the Lord's temple and Solomon's palace to be built. 2 After that, Solomon had his workers rebuild the towns that Hiram had given him. Then Solomon sent Israelites to live in those towns.
3 Solomon attacked and captured the town of Hamath-Zobah. 4 He ordered his workers to build the town of Tadmor in the desert and some towns in Hamath where he could keep his supplies. 5 He strengthened Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon by adding walls and gates that could be locked. 6 He did the same thing to the town of Baalath and to the cities where he kept supplies, chariots, and horses. Solomon ordered his workers to build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere else in his kingdom.
7-9 Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. Instead, they were his soldiers, officers, army commanders, and cavalry troops. But he did make slaves of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites did not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves.
10 Solomon appointed 250 officers to be in charge of his workers.
11 Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the part of Jerusalem called David's City to her new palace that Solomon had built. The sacred chest had been kept in David's City, which made his palace sacred, and so Solomon's wife could no longer live there.
12 Solomon offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar he had built in front of the temple porch. 13 He followed the requirements that Moses had given for sacrifices offered on the Sabbath, on the first day of each month, the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters.
14 Solomon then assigned the priests and the Levites their duties at the temple, and he followed the instructions that his father, the man of God, had given him. Some of the Levites were to lead music and help the priests in their duties, and others were to guard the temple gates 15 and the storage rooms. The priests and Levites followed these instructions exactly.
16 Everything Solomon had planned to do was now finished—from the laying of the temple's foundation to its completion.
17 Solomon went to Ezion-Geber and Eloth, two Edomite towns on the Red Sea. 18 Hiram sent him ships and some of his experienced sailors. They went with Solomon's own sailors to the country of Ophir and brought back more than 15 tons of gold for Solomon.
Pārējie Sālamana darbi
(1Ķēn 9:10–28)1 Pēc divdesmit gadiem Sālamans bija uzcēlis Kunga namu un savu namu, 2 kā arī pilsētas, kuras Sālamanam deva Hūrāms, – Sālamans tās uzcēla un nomitināja tur Israēla dēlus. 3 Pēc tam Sālamans devās pret Hamat-Cobu un ieņēma to. 4 Tuksnesī viņš uzcēla Tadmoru. Hamātā viņš uzcēla visas noliktavu pilsētas. 5 Viņš uzcēla augšas Bēt-Horonu un lejas Bēt-Horonu, abas pilsētas bija nocietinātas ar mūriem, un tajos bija vārti ar aizšaujamām bultām. 6 Tika uzcelta arī Baalāta un visas noliktavu pilsētas, kas piederēja Sālamanam, kā arī visas pilsētas kararatiem un pilsētas jātniekiem – tika uzcelts viss, ko vien Sālamans vēlējās uzcelt Jeruzālemē, Lebanonā un visā viņa pārvaldītajā zemē. 7 Visas tautas, kas nebija no Israēla, visi, kas bija atlikuši no hetiešiem, amoriešiem, periziešiem, hiviešiem un jebūsiešiem, 8 un viņu dēli, kas bija atlikuši tajā zemē un kurus Israēla dēli nespēja iznīcināt, Sālamans padarīja par klaušiniekiem līdz šai dienai. 9 Bet Israēla dēliem Sālamans nelika vergot savos darbos, jo tie bija karavīri, galminieki, kararatu virsnieki un jātnieki. 10 Ķēniņam Sālamanam bija divi simti piecdesmit galveno pārvaldnieku, tie valdīja pār tautu.
11 Faraona meitu Sālamans pārveda no Dāvida pilsētas uz namu, ko bija viņai uzcēlis. Viņš pasludināja: “Mana sieva nevar dzīvot Israēla ķēniņa Dāvida namā, jo vieta, kur atrodas Kunga derības šķirsts, ir svēta!”
12 Pēc tam Sālamans upurēja Kungam sadedzināmo upuri uz Kunga altāra, ko bija uzcēlis lieveņa priekšā. 13 Diendienā tika upurēts, kā Mozus bija noteicis – sabatā, jaunā mēnesī un trīs reizes gadā: Neraudzētās maizes svētkos, Nedēļu svētkos un Būdiņu svētkos. 14 Viņš noteica tādu pašu kārtību kā viņa tēvs Dāvids. Priesteriem bija kalpošanas maiņas un levītiem sardzes, lai tie slavē un palīdz priesteriem, kā katru dienu paredzēts. Pie visiem vārtiem bija vārtu sargu vienības, jo tā bija pavēlējis Dieva vīrs Dāvids. 15 Viņi cieši ievēroja ķēniņa pavēles par priesteriem, levītiem, par visām lietām un dārgumu krātuvēm. 16 Tā Sālamans pabeidza visus darbus – no dienas, kad Kunga namam lika pamatakmeni, līdz dienai, kad Kunga nams tika pilnīgi pabeigts.
17 Tad Sālamans devās uz Ecjon-Geberu, pie Ēlatas, jūras krastā Edoma zemē. 18 Hūrāms sūtīja viņa kalpiem līdzi savus kalpus, kas pazina jūru. Kopā ar Sālamana kalpiem tie devās uz Ofīru un no turienes atveda četri simti piecdesmit talantus zelta, ko nogādāja ķēniņam Sālamanam.
