21 even their children who remained in the land after them whom the children of Israel were not able to destroy utterly, on them Solomon imposed forced labor until this day.
22 But Solomon did not make slaves of the children of Israel, for they were the men of war, his servants, his officials, his captains, his charioteers and his horsemen.
23 These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, 550 who supervised the people who did the work.
24 As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David to her house built for her, he built the Millo.
25 Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar that he built for Adonai, burning incense with them on the altar that was before Adonai. When he finished the House,
26 King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Sea of Reeds in the land of Edom.
27 Hiram sent his servants with the fleet—sailors who knew the sea—along with Solomon’s servants.