Solomon Build and Arrange Im Kingdom
Afta twenty years of building, Solomon make cities strong, force di Canaanite people wey remain to work, keep Israelites as sojas and officers, and arrange priests and Levites for David divisions. Ships from Ezion-geber bring gold, and di work of we Papa house finish.
8 1After twenty years, wey Solomon take build di house of our Papa and im own palace, 2Solomon rebuild di towns wey Huram give am, and settle di people of Israel inside dem.
3Den Solomon go fight against Hamath-zobah and conquer am. 4E build Tadmor for di wilderness, plus all di storage towns wey e build for Hamath. 5E also rebuild Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon as strong towns, wit walls, gates, and bars, 6Baalath, all Solomon im supply towns, im chariot and horsemen towns, and everything wey e wan build for Jerusalem, Lebanon, and im whole kingdom.
7People still remain from di Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, wey no be Israelites. 8Dia pikin dem wey still dey live for di land, wey Israel no destroy, Solomon force dem to do hard labour, as e still be till today. 9Solomon no make any Israelite slave for im work; dem be soldiers, commanders of im officers, and commanders of im chariots and horsemen. 10Dis na King Solomon im chief officers: 250 wey dey oversee di people.
11Solomon bring Pharaoh im pikin girl from di City of David go di house wey e build for her, e talk say, “No wife of mine go live for di house of David wey be king of Israel, because di place wey di ark of our Papa don enter na holy place.”
12Den Solomon offer burnt offerings give our Papa for di altar wey e build in front of di portico, 13every day as dem require, follow di command wey Moses give: Sabbaths, New Moons, and three festivals every year—di Feast of Unleavened Bread, di Feast of Weeks, and di Feast of Tabernacles.
14E follow di rules of im papa David, e set di priest divisions for service, di Levite divisions to praise and serve for front of di priests as each day require, and di gatekeeper divisions for each gate, because David di man of our Papa don command am so. 15Dem follow di king im orders to di priests and Levites well-well, reach even di storerooms.
16All Solomon im work finish, from di day wey dem lay di foundation of di house of our Papa reach di time wey e complete; di house of our Papa complete finish.
17Den Solomon go Ezion-geber and Eloth for di sea coast for di land of Edom. 18Huram send am ships through im servants, wit sailors wey sabi di sea; dem sail wit Solomon im servants go Ophir, carry about seventeen tons of gold, and bring am give King Solomon.
