Outros Feitos de Salomão
1Depois de vinte anos, durante os quais Salomão construiu o templo do Senhor e o seu próprio palácio, 2ele reconstruiu as cidades que Hirão lhe tinha dado, e nelas estabeleceu israelitas. 3Depois atacou Hamate-Zobá e a conquistou. 4Também reconstruiu Tadmor, no deserto, e todas as cidades-armazéns que havia construído em Hamate. 5Reconstruiu Bete-Horom Alta e Bete-Horom Baixa, cidades fortificadas com muros, portas e trancas, 6e também Baalate e todas as cidades-armazéns que possuía e todas as cidades onde ficavam os seus carros e os seus cavalos8.6 Ou condutores de carros. Construiu tudo o que desejou em Jerusalém, no Líbano e em todo o território que governou.
7Todos os que não eram israelitas, descendentes dos hititas, dos amorreus, dos ferezeus, dos heveus e dos jebuseus, 8que não tinham sido mortos pelos israelitas, Salomão recrutou para o trabalho forçado, e nisso continuam até hoje. 9Mas Salomão não obrigou nenhum israelita a trabalhos forçados; eles eram seus homens de guerra, chefes de seus capitães, comandantes dos seus carros e condutores de carros. 10Também eram israelitas os principais oficiais do rei Salomão, duzentos e cinquenta oficiais que supervisionavam os trabalhadores.
11Salomão levou a filha do faraó da Cidade de Davi para o palácio que ele havia construído para ela, pois dissera: “Minha mulher não deve morar no palácio de Davi, rei de Israel, pois os lugares onde entrou a arca do Senhor são sagrados”.
12Sobre o altar do Senhor, que havia construído diante do pórtico, Salomão passou a sacrificar holocaustos ao Senhor, 13conforme as determinações de Moisés acerca das ofertas diárias e dos sábados, das luas novas e das três festas anuais: a festa dos pães sem fermento, a festa das semanas8.13 Isto é, do Pentecoste. e a festa das cabanas8.13 Ou dos tabernáculos; hebraico: sucote.. 14De acordo com a ordem de seu pai Davi, designou os grupos dos sacerdotes para as suas tarefas e os levitas para conduzirem o louvor e ajudarem os sacerdotes, conforme as determinações diárias. Também designou, por divisões, os porteiros das várias portas, conforme o que Davi, homem de Deus, tinha ordenado. 15Todas as ordens dadas pelo rei aos sacerdotes e aos levitas, inclusive as ordens relativas aos tesouros, foram seguidas à risca.
16Todo o trabalho de Salomão foi executado, desde o dia em que foram lançados os alicerces do templo do Senhor até seu término. Assim foi concluído o templo do Senhor.
17Depois Salomão foi a Eziom-Geber e a Elate, no litoral de Edom. 18E Hirão enviou-lhe navios comandados por seus próprios marinheiros, homens que conheciam o mar. Eles navegaram com os marinheiros de Salomão até Ofir e de lá trouxeram quinze mil e setecentos e cinquenta quilos8.18 Hebraico: 450 talentos. Um talento equivalia a 35 quilos. de ouro para o rei Salomão.
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6And 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.8.6 all that…: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build
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, 8But 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. 9But 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. 10And 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.8.11 holy: Heb. holiness
12¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 13Even 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.8.14 so had David…: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God 15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16Now 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.8.17 Eloth: also called, Elath 18And 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.
