1Xalumoos siv sijhawm nees nkaum xyoo ua lub Tuamtsev thiab nws lub loog. 2Nws txhim kho dua cov nroog uas Vajntxwv Hilas muab rau nws thiab tso cov Yixalayees mus nyob hauv cov nroog ntawd. 3Nws mus txeeb tau cheebtsam Hamas thiab Xaunpas, 4thiab nws txhim ntsayeej thaiv lub nroog Palimas uas nyob hauv tiaj suabpuam, thiab nws rov txhim kho cov nroog hauv Hamas ua chaw rau khoom. 5Thiab Xalumoos txhim kho cov nroog no: lub nroog Npethes Hauloos theem siab thiab lub nroog Npethes Hauloos theem qis (uas yog ob lub nroog uas muaj ntsayeej thiab roojvag thaiv khov kho), 6lub nroog Npa-alas, cov nroog uas nws rau khoom, thiab cov nroog uas nws tso nws tej tsheb nees. Xalumoos siv tus qauv no mus ua rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, hauv lub tebchaws Lenpanoos thiab thoob plaws txhua cheebtsam uas nws kav. 7-8Xalumoos yuam cov Kana-as tej xeebntxwv uas cov Yixalayees tsis muab tua thaum lawv los nyob hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, tsis hais cov Hitis, cov Amaules, cov Pelixes, cov Hivis thiab cov Yenpus ua qhev los txog niaj hnub no. 9Cov Yixalayees tsis raug yuam ua qhev, tiamsis lawv ua tubrog, ua nomtswv, ua thawj tubrog, ua tubrog tsav tsheb nees thiab ua tubrog caij nees. 10Xalumoos tsa ob puas tsib caug leej ua cov thawj saib cov neeg uas ua vaj ua tsev. 11Xalumoos coj nws tus pojniam uas yog cov Iziv tus vajntxwv tus ntxhais hauv Daviv lub nroog los nyob rau hauv lub tsev uas Xalumoos ua rau nws tus pojniam ntawd nyob. Xalumoos hais tias, “Nws yuav tsum tsis txhob nyob hauv cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Daviv lub loog, vim txhua qhov uas tso tus TSWV lub Phijxab rau, puavleej yog tej chaw dawbhuv.” 12Xalumoos muab khoom hlawv rau saum lub thaj uas nws ua rau ntawm hauv ntej lub Tuamtsev fij rau tus TSWV. 13Nws muab khoom hlawv fij raws li Txoj Kevcai uas Mauxes sau tseg hais txog tej hnub so li no: Hnub Xanpataus, Hnub ua Kevcai Hli Xiab, Hnub ua Kevcai Noj Ncuav Tsis Xyaw Keeb, Hnub ua Kevcai Sau Qoobloo thiab Hnub Kevcai Nyob Tsev Pheebsuab uas yuav tsum tau niaj xyoo ua. 14Nws ua raws li txojkev tswjhwm uas nws txiv Daviv tau hais tseg lawm, nws faib haujlwm rau cov povthawj, thiab cov Levis uas yog cov hu nkauj thiab pab cov povthawj ua haujlwm txhua hnub. Nws muab cov uas zov lub Tuamtsev faib ua tej pab ua lawv tej haujlwm ntawm roojvag txhua hnub raws li Daviv uas yog Vajtswv tus neeg tau hais tseg lawm. 15Thiab lawv ua txhua yam raws li Daviv tej lus uas nws hais rau cov povthawj thiab cov Levis txog tej tsev rau khoom thiab lwm yam huv tibsi. 16Txhua yam uas Xalumoos ua puavleej tiav tas rau lub sijhawm no, tsis hais thaum pib ua tus TSWV lub Tuamtsev thiab tej khoom siv hauv lub Tuamtsev. 17Ces Xalumoos txawm mus rau hauv lub nroog Exi-oonkenpes thiab Elas uas nyob ntawm ntug hiavtxwv hauv tebchaws Edoos. 18Vajntxwv Hilas tso nws cov nomtswv saib cov neeg uas txawj tsav nkoj, tsav nws cov nkoj nrog Xalumoos cov nomtswv mus rau nram tebchaws Aufiles thiab thauj tau kaum rau tas kub los rau Xalumoos.
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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 Hiram⚓ 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 horses⚓ —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 talents⚓ of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.