1 Kings 9:15

Modern English Version

This is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9

So David occupied the stronghold, and he called it the City of David. He built on all sides from the terraces inward.

1 Kings 11:27

This is what led to his rebellion against the king. Solomon built Millo and repaired the wall of the City of David his father.

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father made our yoke unbearable. Now, therefore, make the grievous service to your father and the heavy yoke he put upon us lighter, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He married Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace, the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana the son of Ahilud in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shan that is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Beth-shan to Abel Meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon drafted men from all Israel, totaling thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 6:38

and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which is the eighth month), the house was completely finished. All the details and plans were met. So he took seven years to build it.

1 Kings 9:10

When twenty years had passed since Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house

1 Kings 9:21

the descendants of those who were left in the land and whom the people of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, were conscripted by Solomon for slave labor to this day.

1 Kings 9:24

But Pharaoh’s daughter moved out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, and he then built Millo.

2 Kings 12:20

His servants rose up, made a conspiracy, and struck Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel of Beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and then exiled them to Assyria.

2 Kings 9:27

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled on the path to the garden house. Jehu chased after him and said, “Shoot him too.” So they shot him on the ascent to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

1 Chronicles 20:4

Now after this, when war broke out in Gezer with the Philistines, Sibbekai of Hushah killed Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and they were humbled.

1 Chronicles 6:67

They gave to them with the cities of refuge: Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim with its outlands, Gezer with its outlands,

2 Chronicles 35:22

But Josiah did not turn away from him, for he went to battle against him disguised. He did not listen to the words of Necho that came from the mouth of God, but he came to battle in the plain of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 8:1

It came that after twenty years, Solomon built the house of the Lord and his royal house,

Psalm 51:18

Do good to Zion in Your good pleasure; build the walls of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 12:11

On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as that of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Joshua 10:33

King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua attacked him and his people until he did not have a single survivor left.

Joshua 11:1

When King Jabin of Hazor heard these things, he sent word to King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Akshaph,

Joshua 16:10

They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim until this day performing heavy labor as slaves.

Joshua 16:3

It goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, to the border of lower Beth-horon and Gezer, and then goes out to the sea.

Joshua 17:11

In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned districts: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor, En-dor, Taanach, Megiddo, Naphoth, and their respective villages.

Joshua 19:36

Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Joshua 21:21

They gave them Shechem (a refuge city for people who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

Judges 1:29

Ephraim did not drive out the inhabitants of Gezer, so the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

Judges 4:2

The Lord sold them into the hands of King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera. He lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.

Judges 5:19

“Kings came to wage war. The kings of Canaan waged war in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they took no money as profit.

Judges 9:20

If not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech!”

Judges 9:6

All the leaders of Shechem and everyone from Beth-millo gathered together by the oak near the pillar in Shechem to make Abimelech king.