Solomon’s Forced Labor

15 This is the account of the forced labor(A) that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces,(B) the wall of Jerusalem,(C) and Hazor,(D) Megiddo,(E) and Gezer.(F)

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15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(A) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[a](B) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(C) Megiddo and Gezer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24

15 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.

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27 and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces(A) and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

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27 Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces[a](A) and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:27 Or the Millo

27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

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Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall(A) and heightening the towers and the other outside wall.(B) He repaired the supporting terraces(C) of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.

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Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall(A) and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[a](B) of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons(C) and shields.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Or the Millo

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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