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1So Solomon finished building the Lord ’s Temple and his own palace. Solomon built everything that he wanted to build.
2Then the Lord appeared to Solomon again, just as he did at Gibeon.
3The Lord said to him,
10It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord ’s Temple and the king’s palace.
11Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar, pine and gold that he wanted, so Solomon gave him 20 cities in Galilee.
12So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him. But Hiram was not pleased when he saw them.
13King Hiram said, “What are these towns that you have given me, my brother?” King Hiram named that land the Land of Cabul. And that area is still called Cabul today.[#9:13 This name is like the Hebrew word meaning “worthless.”]
14Hiram had sent King Solomon about 9000 pounds of gold to use in building the Temple.[#9:14 Literally, “120 talents” (4140 kg).]
15King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the Temple and his palace. Then he used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo and the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he rebuilt the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16In the past the king of Egypt had fought against the city of Gezer and burned it. He killed the Canaanites who lived there. When Solomon married Pharaoh’s daughter, Pharaoh gave him that city as a wedding present.
17Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the city of Lower Beth Horon.
18He also built the cities of Baalath and Tamar in the Judean desert.
19He also built cities where he could store grain, and he built places for his chariots and his horses. King Solomon also built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and all the places he ruled.
20There were people left in the land who were not Israelites. There were Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
21The Israelites had not been able to destroy them, but Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.
22Solomon did not force any Israelites to be his slaves. The Israelites were soldiers, government officials, officers, captains, and chariot commanders and drivers.
23There were 550 supervisors over Solomon’s projects. They supervised the men who did the work.
24Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
25Three times each year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar that he built for the Lord . King Solomon also burned incense before the Lord and supplied what was needed for the Temple.
26King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber. This town is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27King Hiram had some skilled sailors who knew the sea well. He sent them to serve in Solomon’s navy and work with Solomon’s men.
28Solomon’s ships went to Ophir and brought back about 16 tons of gold for him.[#9:28 Literally, “420 talents” (14,490 kg).]