1 Chronicles 11:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 9:6 : 6 And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire come out from Abimelech, burning up the townsmen of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the townsmen of Shechem and Beth-millo, for the destruction of Abimelech.
  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;
  • 2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.
  • Neh 4:2 : 2 And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

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  • 2 Sam 5:9
    84%

    9 So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    78%

    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

    6 And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    73%

    14 After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:27
    72%

    27 The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;

  • 1 Kgs 9:24
    71%

    24 At that time Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her: then he made the Millo.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

    4 In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

  • 2 Chr 11:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

    6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

    7 And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    70%

    6 He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 8:2
    69%

    2 He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.

  • 2 Chr 11:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

    11 And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

    12 And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    69%

    15 And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.

  • 2 Chr 8:5
    68%

    5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    68%

    15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • Jer 31:38
    68%

    38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.

  • 2 Chr 26:9
    68%

    9 Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

  • 2 Sam 5:7
    68%

    7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 1 Chr 11:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

    5 And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

    7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

  • Isa 22:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.

    10 And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.

  • Neh 3:16
    67%

    16 By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family, and the pool which was made and the house of the men of war.

  • Ps 122:3
    66%

    3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;

  • Ezek 4:2
    66%

    2 And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

  • 2 Sam 12:28
    66%

    28 So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
    66%

    12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

  • Neh 12:29
    66%

    29 And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:9
    66%

    9 And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

  • Neh 3:24
    66%

    24 After him Binnui, the son of Henadad, was working on another part, from the house of Azariah as far as the turning of the wall and the angle.

  • Ps 147:2
    66%

    2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together.

  • Neh 3:18-19
    2 verses
    66%

    18 After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.

    19 And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.

  • 2 Sam 12:26
    66%

    26 Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

  • Neh 3:2
    65%

    2 And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.

  • Zech 14:10
    65%

    10 And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-crushing places, men will be living in her.

  • Eccl 9:14
    65%

    14 There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    65%

    2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • Neh 7:4
    65%

    4 Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

  • 2 Sam 11:16
    65%

    16 So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

  • Neh 3:27
    65%

    27 After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.

  • Zech 2:4
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    4 Then I said, What have these come to do? And he said, These are the horns which sent Judah in flight, and kept him from lifting up his head: but these men have come to send fear on them and to put down the nations who are lifting up their horns against the land of Judah to send it in flight.