2. Solomon had rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and settled Israelites there —
3. Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.
4. He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.
5. He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon — fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars —
6. Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.
7. As for all the peoples who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not from Israel —
8. their descendants who remained in the land after them, those the Israelites had not completely destroyed — Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way today.