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1 Kings 9:23-25
Good News Translation
1 Kings 9:23-25
Good News Translation
23 There were 550 officials in charge of the forced labor working on Solomon's various building projects.
24 Solomon filled in the land on the east side of the city, after his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, had moved from David's City to the palace Solomon built for her.
25 (A)Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built to the Lord. He also burned incense[a] to the Lord. And so he finished building the Temple.
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- 1 Kings 9:25 Hebrew has two additional words, the meaning of which is unclear.
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