At the end of 20 years Solomon rebuilt the villages given to him by Hiram and settled Israelites in them. He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities. Solomon conscripted the descendants of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites as slave labour, but he did not make slaves of the Israelites who were fighting men. Solomon built a palace for his wife, who was Pharoah's daughter, because he didn't want her in holy places where the ark had been. On the altar Solomon maintained the regular sacrifices according to the law of Moses and he appointed the priests, Levites and gatekeepers according to the ordinance of his father David. Then Solomon sent out sailors and ships and they sailed to Ophir bringing Solomon 15 tons of gold.
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