1 Kings 9:17-28

17So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower 1Beth-horon 18and 2Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, 19and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even 3the cities for 4his chariots and the cities for 56his horsemen, and 78all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land 9under his rule. 20As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, 2110their descendants who were left after them in the land 11whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, 12from them Solomon levied 13forced laborers, even to this day. 22But Solomon 14did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

23These were the 1516chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, 17who ruled over the people doing the work.

24As soon as 18Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, 19then he built the Millo.

25Now 20three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26King Solomon also built a 21fleet of ships in 22Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the 23Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 2724And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. 28They went to 25Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.