2 Chronicles 8 – NIV & BPH

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2 Chronicles 8:1-18

Solomon’s Other Activities

1At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace, 2Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18 had given him, and settled Israelites in them. 3Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. 4He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. 5He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses8:6 Or charioteers—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

7There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). 8Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. 9But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. 10They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.

11Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

12On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord, 13according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. 14In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. 15They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

16All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid until its completion. So the temple of the Lord was finished.

17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. 18And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents8:18 That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

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2. Krønikebog 8:1-18

Salomons byggeprojekter

1.Kong. 9,10-23

1I 20 år havde Salomon nok at gøre med at bygge Herrens hus og sit eget palads. 2Da de var færdige, gik han i gang med at genopbygge de byer, kong Hiram af Tyrus havde givet tilbage til ham, og han overflyttede nogle af israelitterne til disse byer. 3Derefter gik han til angreb på byen Hamat-Zoba og indtog den. 4Han udbyggede også Tadmor i ørkenen og indrettede byerne i Hamat til forrådscentre. 5Han befæstede byerne Øvre og Nedre Bet-Horon og gjorde dem til forsyningsbyer med stærke mure og forskansede porte. 6Endvidere udbyggede han Ba’alat og andre forsyningsbyer foruden byerne, hvor han indrettede de kongelige heste- og vognstalde. Han fuldførte således alle de byggeplaner, han havde for Jerusalem, Libanons bjerge og hele det store rige, han regerede over.

7-8Salomon udskrev sine tvangsarbejdere fra de folk, Israel havde besejret—hittitterne, amoritterne, perizzitterne, hivvitterne og jebusitterne. Det var nemlig aldrig lykkedes Israels folk at udrydde disse folkeslag helt—selv længe efter deres erobring af landet—ja, endnu den dag i dag findes der slaver, som nedstammer fra disse folk. 9Men han tvang ingen israelitter til slavearbejde. Mange af dem var med i hæren som fodfolk, officerer, vognstyrere og ryttere. 10Blandt israelitterne udpegede han desuden 250 til at være opsynsmænd ved byggeprojekterne.

Forskellige oplysninger

1.Kong. 9,24-28

11Efter at byggeriet var færdigt, flyttede Salomon sin kone, der var en egyptisk prinsesse, fra Davidsbyen til det palads, han havde bygget til hende. „Hun skal ikke bo i kong Davids gamle palads,” sagde han, „for Herrens Ark stod opbevaret i det palads, og derfor er det et helligt sted.”

12På alteret foran templet ofrede Salomon brændofre til Herren. 13Antallet af offerdyr skiftede fra dag til dag i henhold til de instrukser, Moses havde givet. Særlige ofre blev bragt på sabbatten, ved nymånefesten og ved de tre årlige højtider: påskefesten, ugefesten og løvhyttefesten. 14I henhold til den ordning, hans far havde indstiftet, blev præsterne inddelt i skiftehold. Levitterne havde ansvaret for lovsangen, og de skulle også hjælpe præsterne med det daglige arbejde. Tempelvagterne blev stationeret ved templets porte i henhold til deres arbejdsplan, som var fastlagt af David. 15Præsterne og levitterne fulgte til punkt og prikke kongens befalinger vedrørende tempeltjenesten og bevogtningen af templets skatkamre. 16Således havde Salomon nu sørget for, at alt vedrørende tempelbyggeriet var blevet udført nøjagtigt efter forskrifterne, lige fra byggeriet begyndte til templet stod færdigt.

17Salomon tog derefter ned til byerne Etzjon-Geber og Eilat ved kysten ud til Det Røde Hav i Edoms land. 18Kong Hiram havde nemlig sendt ham nogle skibe fra sin egen flåde, bemandet med erfarne søfolk. Salomons folk sejlede nu sammen med dem til Ofir, og de kom tilbage med mere end 15 tons guld, som de afleverede til Salomon.