Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 980

Desert,1 and several Colonial Cities that he built about Hamuth. Hs built as well Beth-boron-thc~Lower; all fortibed Cities with walls, gates, and bars. And Balath, and all the Colonia

Cities that Solomon possessed, and all the Barracks, for Chariots and Cavalry, with all that- Solomon do- vised to build for his amusement in jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and iu the whole of the country he governed.

(1015 ac.) ·Snl¤mmt Wunuzrilrzs ily: zo Murigiuzz. Solomon raised a conscriptiou,

which lasts to this day, from all the descended from Israel, the Hitites, the Amorites, the Perizites, the Hivitos, the jebusites, the descen- country, whomcthe Children of Israel had not destroyed. charioteers, and horsemen. mass of the population who were not dents of those who remained in the Solomon, however, did not make

slaves. of the Children of Israel for his works, but they were soldiers, and o@cers, and Commanders of his King Solomon's General Onicers

were two hundred and Hfty, who commanded the forces. Salaam; rznwhzz his Wife, $!;¤nl;’¤ I I ez Qsnglyizr, {rum Zinn. Solomon, however, took the

daughter of Pharoh from the City of David, to a house he had built for her; for he said, “ My wife shall not reside in the Palace of David, King of Israel, for that, where the Ark of the EVER-LIVING was brought, is Solomon was accustomed to oder

Burnt-offerings, to the EVER-LIVING on an Altar to the LORD, which he had built before the Porch, regularly, day by day, with the Burnt·oEerings as commanded by Moses; and on the Sabbaths, and Holy-days, and at the Assemblies three times inthe year; at the Feast of the Unfermented Bread, and at the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. And, as his father David had Decreed, he set up the Courses for the Services

1 No:rn.—Ch.8,v.4. Called bythe Greeks a simple translation of the Hebrew name.-—F. F. of the Priests, and the Levites and their Omcers, to give praise and sing in association with the Priests regu- larly day by day; with the Door- keepers in courses from Gate to Gate, as David the MAN of GOD had com- manded. He did not depart from the arrangements of that King about the Priests and Levites in anything, or about the Treasuries. Thus all the works of Solomon

were finished about the Temple of the EVER-LIVING, from the day of its foundation to the entire completion of the House of the LORD. Snlammt winner hill; ®pl;:r.

Solomon also went to Azion-gabar,

and Ailoth, on the shore of the Sea of the Land of Edom; and Huram united with him by supplying the crews with his Ofhcers, ships, and sailors, who understood the Sea, who proceeded with the sailors of Solomon to Aufer, and brought from there four hundred and fifty talents of Gold} and delivered them to Solomon. 16 18

(ggz ac.) Eb: Qnwt of Slyzlm bears uf $¤l¤mcnt from ily: its dapiuins. So the Queen of Sheba heard of 9 the fame of Solomon, and came to jerusalem, to test him by problems, with a very great retinue, and Camels loaded with spices, and a quantity of Gold, and precious stones, which she brought to Solomon, and spoke with him about. all she had in her mind; and Solomon informed her about all her enquiries, and she stated no dihiculty, that Solomon could not explain to her. But when the Queen of Sheba perceived the wisdom of Solomon; and the Palaces he had built ;· and the rovision of his table; gand the discip `ne of his servants; and the appointments of his Ministers, and their Uniforms ; his Cup-bearers, and their dresses; and the stairs by which he went up to the House of the EvER—L1v1NG, there was no more spirit in her, and she exclaimed to the King :-—- ‘ It was a true report that I heard

in my country, about your achieve- ments and wisdom! But I did not 6 Nora ——Ch. 8, v. 18. Aboutfour hundred

and nity %5o) cwt. English Weights, at each voyage.- .‘F. AOA