1 Kings 9:15

Easy To Read Version

King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the temple and the palace. Then King Solomon used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo. [124] He also built the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he built again the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9

David lived in the fort and called it “The City of David.” [27] David built the area called the Millo. [28] He also built more buildings inside the city.

1 Kings 11:27

This is the story of why Jeroboam turned against the king. Solomon was building the Millo [146] and fixing the wall of the city of David his father.

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us. Stop the heavy work that your father forced us to do. Then we will serve you.”

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made an agreement with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David. [11] At this time, Solomon was still building his palace and the temple of the Lord. Solomon was also building a wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud was governor of Taanach and Megiddo and all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan. This was below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across from Jokmeam.

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon forced 30,000 men of Israel to help in this work.

1 Kings 6:38

The temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year. This was during the eleventh year that Solomon ruled over the people. It took seven years to build the temple. The temple was built exactly the way it was planned.

1 Kings 9:10

It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace. [121]

1 Kings 9:21

The Israelites had not been able to destroy those people. But Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.

1 Kings 9:24

Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the City of David to the big house that Solomon built for her. Then Solomon built the Millo. [125]

2 Kings 12:20

Joash’s officers made plans against him. They killed Joash at the house of Millo on the road that goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came to fight against Israel. This was during the time that Pekah was king of Israel. Tiglath Pileser captured Ijon, Abel Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the area of Naphtali. Tiglath Pileser took the people from these places as prisoners to Assyria.

2 Kings 9:27

Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, and ran away. He tried to escape through the garden house, but Jehu followed him. Jehu had said, “Shoot Ahaziah, too!”

1 Chronicles 20:4

Later the people of Israel had war with the Philistine people at the town of Gezer. At that time, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Sippai. Sippai was one of the sons of the giants. So those Philistine people became like slaves to the Israelites.

1 Chronicles 6:67

They were given the city of Shechem. Shechem is a city of safety. {\cf2\super [71]} They were also given the towns of Gezer,

2 Chronicles 35:22

But Josiah didn’t go away. He decided to fight Neco, so he changed his appearance and went to fight the battle. Josiah refused to listen to what Neco said about God’s command. Josiah went to fight on the plain of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 8:1

The time it took Solomon to build the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [132]} and his own house was 20 years.

Psalm 51:18

God, please be good to Zion. {\cf2\super [308]} \par Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.\par

Joshua 10:33

Horam king of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army. Not one of them was left alive.

Joshua 11:1

Jabin, king of Hazor, heard about all these things that happened. So he decided to call together the armies of several kings. Jabin sent a message to Jobab, king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,

Joshua 16:3

Then the border went west to the border of the Japhletite people. The border continued to Lower Beth Horon. Then the border went to Gezer and continued to the Mediterranean Sea.

Joshua 17:11

The people of Manasseh also had towns in the area of Issachar and Asher. Beth Shean, Ibleam and the small towns around them belonged to the people of Manasseh. People of Manasseh also lived in Dor, Endor, Taanach, Megiddo, and the small towns around those cities. They also lived in the three towns of Naphoth.

Joshua 19:36

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Joshua 21:21

The city of Shechem from the hill country of Ephraim. (Shechem was a city of safety.) They also got Gezer,

Judges 1:29

{The same thing happened with the people from the family group of Ephraim.} There were Canaanite people living in Gezer. And the people of Ephraim did not make all of those Canaanite people leave their land. So the Canaanite people continued to live in Gezer with the people of Ephraim.

Judges 4:2

So the Lord allowed Jabin king of Canaan to defeat the people of Israel. Jabin ruled in a city named Hazor. A man named Sisera was the commander of King Jabin’s army. Sisera lived in a town called Harosheth Haggoyim.

Judges 5:19

The kings of Canaan came to fight, but they didn’t carry any treasures home! They fought at the city of Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.

Judges 9:20

But leaders of Shechem and house of Millo, [82] if you have not acted right, then I hope that Abimelech destroys you. And I hope that Abimelech is destroyed too!”

Judges 9:6

Then all of the leaders in Shechem and the house of Millo [79] came together. All those people gathered beside the big tree of the pillar in Shechem and made Abimelech their king.