24. When Pharaoh’s daughter went up from David’s City to the palace he had built for her, Solomon built the stepped structure.
25. Three times a year Solomon would offer entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices on the altar that he had built for the Lord. Along with this he would burn incense to the Lord. In this way, he completed the temple.
26. King Solomon built a fleet near Eloth in Ezion-geber, on the coast of the Reed Sea in the land of Edom.
27. Hiram sent his expert sailors on the fleet along with Solomon’s workers.
28. They went to Ophir for four hundred twenty kikkars of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.