4. Solomon also built the town of Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the towns in Hamath as towns for storing grain and supplies.
5. He rebuilt the towns of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, protecting them with strong walls, gates, and bars in the gates.
6. He also rebuilt the town of Baalath. And he built all the other towns for storage and all the cities for his chariots and horses. He built all he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and everywhere he ruled.
7. There were other people in the land who were not Israelites—the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
8. They were descendants of the people that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon forced them to be slave workers, as is still true today.