1. It took Solomon twenty years to build the lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
2. Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.
3. Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.
4. He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.