2 Chronicles 8: Solomon’s Temple and Achievements – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Temple Construction, Cities of Israel, and Solomon’s Prosperity

Experience the magnificent achievements of King Solomon in 2 Chronicles 8, with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the story of the construction of the Temple and the cities of Israel, the prosperity of King Solomon, and his reign over Israel. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this powerful chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

2 CHRONICLES 8 (NIV)

1 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the
Lord and his own palace,

2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given
him, and settled Israelites in them.

3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and
captured it.

4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities
he had built in Hamath.

5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as
fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

6 as well as Baalath and
all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his
horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout
all the territory he ruled.

7 There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).

8 Solomon
conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the
Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

9
But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his
fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and
charioteers.

10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and
fifty officials supervising the men.

11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace
he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of
David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are
holy.”

12 On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon
sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord,

13 according to the daily requirement
for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three
annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and
the Festival of Tabernacles.

14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father
David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the
Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s
requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various
gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

15 They did not
deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any
matter, including that of the treasuries.

16 All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the
temple of the Lord was laid until its completion. So the temple of the Lord
was finished.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.

18 And
Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea.
These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and
fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.