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)

²⁸ Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer^(A) and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.