Soothly when twenty years were [ful] filled, after that Solomon had builded twain [or two] houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,
And we shall cut down trees of the Lebanon, how many ever thou hast need of; and we shall bring those trees in ships by the sea into Joppa; and it shall be thine doing to lead those [or them] over into Jerusalem.
For of the sons of Israel Solomon set not, that they should serve the works of the king; for they were men warriors, and the first, or chief, dukes, and princes of his chariots, and of his knights;
And after that the sons of Israel had waxed strong, they made subject Canaanites, and they made them tributaries to themselves, and they killed them not.