1 Kings 9:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the same is the summe of the taxe, that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, and his awne house, & Millo, and the walles of Ierusalem, and Hasor, and Megiddo, and Gaser.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And this is the cause of the tribute why King Salomon raised tribute, to wit, to builde the house of the Lord, and his owne house, & Millo, & the wal of Ierusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    (And this is the summe whiche king Solomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde, and his owne house, and Millo, and the wall of Hierusalem, and Hazor, and Megeddo, and Gazer.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And this `is' the matter of the tribute that king Solomon hath lifted up, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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. ...

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 17:11 : 11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, and the three regions of Napheth.
  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 As soon as Pharaoh's daughter went up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he built the Millo.
  • 1 Kgs 5:13 : 13 He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals, birds, creeping things, and fish.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 David took up residence in the stronghold and named it the City of David. He built it up all around, from the Millo inward.
  • Josh 19:36 : 36 Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor,
  • Josh 11:1 : 1 When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard about this, he sent word to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
  • Judg 1:29 : 29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; the Canaanites continued to live among them in Gezer.
  • Judg 4:2 : 2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
  • Judg 5:19 : 19 Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
  • Judg 9:6 : 6 Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered together. They went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo and consume Abimelech.
  • Josh 21:21 : 21 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 This is the reason Jeroboam raised his hand against the king: Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the breach of the city of David, his father.
  • 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, 'Shoot him too!' They struck him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.
  • 2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 The rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 During his reign, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to meet him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when they faced each other. 30 His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
  • 1 Chr 20:4 : 4 After this, war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and they were subdued.
  • 2 Chr 8:1 : 1 After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,
  • 2 Chr 35:22 : 22 But Josiah refused to turn away from him. Instead, he disguised himself to engage him in battle. He did not heed the words of Neco, which were spoken at God's command. So he went to fight him in the valley of Megiddo.
  • Ps 51:18 : 18 For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
  • Zech 12:11 : 11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
  • 1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana, son of Ahilud, was in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-Shean to Abel-Meholah and beyond to Jokmeam.
  • Josh 10:33 : 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his people, leaving no survivors.
  • 1 Kgs 6:38-7:1 : 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (the eighth month), the house was completed in every detail according to its specifications. Solomon built it in seven years. 1 Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.
  • 1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,
  • 1 Kgs 9:16-17 : 16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
  • 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:16-17
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    16Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

    17Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals, birds, creeping things, and fish.

  • 1 Kgs 9:24-25
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    24As soon as Pharaoh's daughter went up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he built the Millo.

    25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD with them, and so he fulfilled the temple obligations.

  • 1 Kgs 11:27
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    27This is the reason Jeroboam raised his hand against the king: Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the breach of the city of David, his father.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
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    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

    2Solomon sent word to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, "Just as you dealt with my father David, and sent him cedar timber to build a house to live in,"

  • 1 Kgs 9:10-11
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    10At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

    11King Hiram of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar, juniper wood, and gold, according to all his desire. King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

  • 2 Chr 8:1-2
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    1After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,

    2he rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him and settled the people of Israel in them.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
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    15King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, David, and Hiram had always been a friend of David.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
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    17You know that my father, David, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars waged against him from all directions until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

    18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
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    1Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 8:5-6
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    5He rebuilt Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars.

    6Additionally, he built Baalath and all the storage cities Solomon owned, as well as all the cities for his chariots and horses, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
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    16So all of Solomon’s work was carried out until the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid and until it was completed. The house of the Lord was finished perfectly.

  • 1 Chr 22:6
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    6Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
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    1Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
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    1In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began building the house of the LORD.

    2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
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    12They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-27
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    26Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
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    25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
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    11So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he successfully accomplished everything he had planned to do for the house of the LORD and for his own house.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
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    9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

  • 1 Kgs 9:21
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    21their descendants who remained in the land, because the Israelites were not able to destroy them completely—Solomon conscripted them for forced labor, as they are to this day.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
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    14So Solomon built the house and completed it.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
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    12Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 3:1-2
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    1Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of the LORD, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

    2However, the people were still sacrificing on the high places because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
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    2David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 2:17
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    17He assigned seventy thousand of them as burden-bearers, eighty thousand as stonecutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as supervisors to oversee the work.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore down houses to fortify the wall.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, commanders of his officers, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
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    6He went out to war against the Philistines, broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, and built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
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    1So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
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    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
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    2Solomon's daily provisions were thirty measures of the finest flour and sixty measures of regular flour.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
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    5Hezekiah took courage and rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built towers on it and constructed another wall outside it. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David and made plenty of weapons and shields.