1 Kings 9:15

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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.

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  • Josh 17:11 : 11 Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, the residents of En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.
  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.
  • 1 Kgs 5:13 : 13 King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
  • Josh 19:36 : 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
  • Josh 11:1 : 1 Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
  • Judg 1:29 : 29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
  • Judg 4:2 : 2 The LORD turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
  • Judg 5:19 : 19 Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.
  • Judg 9:6 : 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
  • Josh 21:21 : 21 They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
  • 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.
  • 2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 During Pekah’s reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him. 30 His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father’s place.
  • 1 Chr 6:67 : 67 They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands(in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,
  • 1 Chr 20:4 : 4 Battles with the Philistines Later there was a battle with the Philistines in Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
  • 2 Chr 8:1 : 1 Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,
  • 2 Chr 35:22 : 22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.
  • Ps 51:18 : 18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
  • Zech 12:11 : 11 On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
  • 1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, as well as all of Beth Shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam.
  • Josh 10:33 : 33 Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down, as well as his army, until no survivors remained.
  • 1 Kgs 6:38-7:1 : 38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. 1 The Building of the Royal Palace Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.
  • 1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 Foreign Affairs and Building Projects After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and the royal palace,
  • 1 Kgs 9:16-17 : 16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) 17 Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,
  • 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.

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

    17Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

  • 1 Kgs 9:24-25
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    24Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.

    25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense along with them before the LORD. He made the temple his official worship place.

  • 1 Kgs 11:27
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    27This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
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    1Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

    2(2:1) Solomon had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10-11
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    10Foreign Affairs and Building Projects After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and the royal palace,

    11King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

  • 2 Chr 8:1-2
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    1Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

    2Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
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    15Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
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    17By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

    18Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
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    1The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 8:5-6
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    5He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

    6and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
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    16All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD’s temple was completed.

  • 1 Chr 22:6
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    6He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
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    1The Building of the Royal Palace Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
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    1The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.

    2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
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    12as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-27
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    26Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.

    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
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    25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
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    11The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
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    9All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.

  • 1 Kgs 9:21
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    21Their descendants remained in the land(the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
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    14So Solomon finished building the temple.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
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    12Huram also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 3:1-2
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    1The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.

    2Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
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    2David Orders a Temple to Be Built David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 2:17
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    17Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
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    6Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
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    1When Solomon had finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
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    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
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    2Solomon then sent this message to Hiram:

  • 2 Chr 32:5
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    5Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.