1-6. At the end of twenty years, Solomon had quite a list of accomplishments. He had:built The Temple of God and his own palace;rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and colonized them with Israelites;marched on Hamath Zobah and took it;fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities he had founded in Hamath;built the fortress cities Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, complete with walls, gates, and bars;built Baalath and store-cities;built chariot-cities for his horses.Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly—whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon—wherever he fancied.
11. Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter from the City of David to a house built especially for her, “Because,” he said, “my wife cannot live in the house of David king of Israel, for the areas in which the Chest of God has entered are sacred.”
12-13. Then Solomon offered Whole-Burnt-Offerings to God on the Altar of God that he had built in front of The Temple porch. He kept to the regular schedule of worship set down by Moses: Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual feasts of Unraised Bread (Passover), Weeks (Pentecost), and Booths.