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, that is, 3the cities for 4his chariots and the cities for 56his horsemen, and 78everything 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 completely eliminate, 12from them Solomon conscripted 13forced laborers, as they are to this day. 22But Solomon 14did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his commanders, his charioteers, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

23These were the 1516chief officers who were in charge of Solomon’s work, 550, 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, 19he then built the Millo.

25Now 20three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for 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. 28And they went to 25Ophir and received 26420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.