10 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord's house and the king's house, 11 For which Hiram king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber and gold as he desired, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him. 13 He said, What are these cities worth which you have given me, my brother? So they are called the Cabul [unproductive] Land to this day. 14 And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
15 This is the account of the levy [of forced labor] which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, burned it with fire, slew the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-horon, 18 Baalath and Tamar (Tadmor) in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19 And all the store cities which Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build 1 for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites, 21 Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon made a forced levy of slaves to this day. 22 But Solomon made no slaves of the Israelites; they were the soldiers, his officials, attendants, commanders, captains, chariot officers, and horsemen.
23 These were the chief officers over Solomon's work, 550 who had charge of the people who did the work.
24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.
25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he built to the Lord, and he burned incense with them before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26 And King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in Edom. 27 And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, shipmen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 They came to Ophir and got 420 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.