1 Kings 9:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֶ֨ה דְבַר־הַמַּ֜ס אֲשֶֽׁר־הֶעֱלָ֣ה ׀ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנוֹת֩ אֶת־בֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֤ה וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּלּ֔וֹא וְאֵ֖ת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְאֶת־חָצֹ֥ר וְאֶת־מְגִדּ֖וֹ וְאֶת־גָּֽזֶר׃

Transliteration

And this dəbar-the-mas which-heʿĕlāh the-melek šəlōmōh to libnôt ʾet-house of-YHWH and ʾet-his-house and ʾet-the-millôʾ and ʾēt wall of-yərûšālāim and ʾet-ḥāṣōr and ʾet-məgiddô and ʾet-gāzer.

Grammar Details

*dəbar*: noun, masculine singular construct - account of
*mas*: noun, masculine singular with article - the forced labor
*heʿĕlāh*: hiphil perfect 3ms - he raised/imposed
*melek*: noun, masculine singular with article - the king
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*libnôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to build
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*millôʾ*: proper noun with article - the Millo
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*ḥāṣōr*: proper noun - Hazor
*məgiddô*: proper noun - Megiddo
*gāzer*: proper noun - Gezer

Word Meanings

*dəbar*: account/matter/report
*mas*: forced labor/corvée/tax
*heʿĕlāh*: raised/imposed/conscripted
*millôʾ*: Millo (a part of fortification in Jerusalem)

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Referenced Verses

Josh 17:11 : 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 5:13 : 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
2 Sam 5:9 : 9 And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
Josh 19:36 : 36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Josh 11:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Josh 16:10 : 10 And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.
Judg 1:29 : 29 And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judg 4:2 : 2 And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.
Judg 5:19 : 19 The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
Judg 9:6 : 6 And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Josh 21:21 : 21 And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden - house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they smote him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goeth down to Silla.
2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
1 Chr 6:67 : 67 And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
1 Chr 20:4 : 4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
2 Chr 8:1 : 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2 Chr 35:22 : 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Ps 51:18 : 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Zech 12:11 : 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
Josh 10:33 : 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
1 Kgs 6:38-7:1 : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 1 And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
1 Kgs 9:16-17 : 16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.

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1 Kgs 9:16-17
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16Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
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13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kgs 9:24-25
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24But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
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1 Kgs 11:27
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27And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
2 Chr 2:1-2
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1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 Kgs 9:10-11
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
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1 Kgs 9:19
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1 Kgs 9:14
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14And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
2 Chr 8:1-2
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1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
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1 Kgs 5:17-18
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2 Chr 3:1
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2 Chr 8:5-6
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1 Kgs 7:1
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1And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Kgs 6:1-2
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2 Chr 7:11
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1 Kgs 7:9
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9All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.
1 Kgs 9:21
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21their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
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14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
2 Chr 2:12
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2 Chr 33:14
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1 Kgs 3:1-2
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1 Chr 22:2
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2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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