2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 8
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2 Chronicles 8 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, That the cities which had restored to , built them, and caused the children of to dwell there. And went to -zobah, and prevailed against it. And he built in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in . Also he built -horon the upper, and -horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; And , and all the store cities that had, and all the cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that desired to build in , and in , and throughout all the land of his dominion. As for all the people that were left of the , and the , and the , and the , and the , which were not of , But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of consumed not, them did make to pay tribute until this day. But of the children of did make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. And these were the chief of king ’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. And brought up the daughter of out of the city of unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of king of , because the places are holy, whereunto the of the LORD hath come. Then offered burnt offerings unto the LORD the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of , the sabbaths, and the new moons, and the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the , and in the , and in the . And he appointed, according to the order of his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the 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 the man of God commanded. And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. Now all the work of 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. Then went to -geber, and to , at the sea side in the land of . And sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of to , and took thence four hundred and fifty of gold, and brought them to king .