2. Solomon rebuilt the villages Hiram had given him. He settled Israelites in them.
3. Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah. He captured it.
4. He also built up Tadmor in the desert. He built up all of the cities in Hamath where he could store things.
5. He rebuilt Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon. He put up high walls around them. He made their city gates secure with heavy metal bars.
6. He rebuilt Baalath and all of the cities where he could store things. He also rebuilt all of the cities for his chariots and horses. Solomon built anything he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon and all of the territory he ruled over.
7. There were still many people left in the land who weren't Israelites. They included Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
8. They were children of the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites came. The people of Israel hadn't destroyed them. Solomon had forced them to work very hard as his slaves. And they still work for Israel to this very day.
9. But Solomon didn't force the men of Israel to work as his slaves. Instead, some were his fighting men. Others were commanders of his captains, chariots and chariot drivers.
10. Still others were King Solomon's chief officials. There were 250 officials in charge of the other men.
11. Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. He said, "My wife must not live in the palace of David, who was the king of Israel. It's one of the places the ark of the Lord has entered. That makes it holy."
12. Solomon had built the Lord's altar. It stood in front of the temple porch. On that altar Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord.
13. Each day he sacrificed what the Law of Moses required. He sacrificed the required offerings every Sabbath day. He also sacrificed them at each New Moon Feast and during the three yearly feasts. Those three were the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.