Fortifications, Cities and Royal Order

"The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there." "And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath."

"Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come."

He offers on the festivals "according to the commandment of Moses," and appoints "the courses of the priests… and the Levites… and the porters… for so had David the man of God commanded." Huram's ships bring 450 talents of gold from Ophir.

Cities given or received?

1 Kings 9:11–13 says Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns, which Hiram disliked ("Cabul"). Chronicles says Huram gave the towns to Solomon. Readers have proposed that Hiram returned them; others see a different tradition or a reworking.

Tadmor

The Hebrew text of 1 Kings 9:18 reads "Tamar" (in Judah's wilderness) with a marginal "Tadmor"; Chronicles has Tadmor, the oasis later known as Palmyra in Syria. Whether Solomon built there is doubted by most historians.

Gold of Ophir

420 talents in 1 Kings 9:28; 450 here.