21 For they gave them (A)Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), (B)Gezer with its common-land,

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21 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem(A) (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,(B)

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Solomon’s Additional Achievements(A)

15 And this is the reason for (B)the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the Lord, his own house, [a]the (C)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, (D)Hazor, (E)Megiddo, and (F)Gezer.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:15 Lit. The Landfill

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

28 Now their (A)possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east [a]Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as [b]Ayyah and its towns;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Naarath, Josh. 16:7
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Many Heb. mss., Bg., LXX, Tg., Vg. Gazza

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.

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